Why Titan Works

The run sizes the big casters stopped taking

There are only a handful of companies in the world casting polyurethane elastomer at scale, and several of them are overseas. The largest domestic players are structured for programs worth tens of millions of dollars. When a part falls below that threshold, it gets quoted high, pushed to the back of the schedule, or dropped at the next renewal.

Titan Works is built for exactly that work: a few hundred to a few hundred thousand parts a year, run reliably, with tooling that stays yours.

Material sourced in the United States

Our polyurethane systems come from a domestic supplier, and we are moving the last of our supply to a Michigan facility that sources its chemistry in North America. That matters two ways:

• Lead time. Nothing we make waits on a container. Buyers who were stranded by port backlogs in 2021 moved work to us for this reason and stayed.
• Compliance. Domestic material simplifies Buy American, Berry Amendment, and country-of-origin questions for defense and government programs.

Quality you can audit

Titan Works is certified to ISO 9001:2015. In practice that means:

• Documented work instructions for mixing, pouring, curing, and inspection
• Lot traceability from raw material to shipped part
• Dimensional and durometer inspection records available with each shipment
• Corrective action process when something does go wrong

Urethane that replaces something else

Polyurethane elastomer is often described as liquid rubber, but it behaves differently. It resists abrasion, oil, and tearing far better than rubber, holds up under repeated compression without taking a set, and can be formulated from soft gel to nearly rigid plastic. That range lets it replace parts that were never urethane to begin with.

One example: a suspension component for the Ford Raptor that had been machined from aluminum. Titan Works cast it in polyurethane. The result was lighter, quieter, and cheaper to produce at aftermarket volumes. The same logic applies to engine mount isolators, fixture pads, and wear strips.

The owner is your contact

Titan Works is deliberately small. Alex Van Drie quotes the work, approves the material, oversees the pour, and signs the shipment. If a part needs to change mid-program, you talk to one person and it changes.

Veteran owned and operated

Alex is a US Army veteran, and the shop is registered as veteran owned. For federal and defense contracting, that status carries weight in evaluation. For commercial buyers, it is a fair signal of how commitments get treated.

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