PRESS & RECOGNITION
From casting projects once considered impossible to national recognition for innovation, Dakota Foundry is helping prove that world-class manufacturing can still be built in small-town America.
Featured Recognition
Fast Company ranked Dakota Foundry #9 among its Most Innovative Manufacturing Companies of 2026 for modernizing American foundry work through MAGMA simulation, 3D sand printing, vertically integrated casting resources and continued investment in domestic manufacturing.
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Awards & Honors
Best Prototype
Dakota Foundry earned the American Foundry Society's 2025 Best Prototype recognition for a 1,600-pound ductile iron wheel created for a restored 1911 Advance steam traction engine. The team used MAGMA simulation and approximately 20 interlocking sections of 3D-printed sand mold to recreate a casting process not performed in more than a century.
CO—100 Enduring Business Honoree
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce selected Dakota Foundry as a 2025 CO—100 honoree in the Enduring Business category, recognizing its resilience, American craftsmanship, innovation and commitment to preserving skilled manufacturing jobs.
Google Economic Impact Report — Featured South Dakota Business
Google selected Anderson Foundries as the featured South Dakota business in its 2025 Economic Impact Report. The story highlights Kory and Ali Anderson, the Webster team, the growth of the American-made foundry network, technology adoption and the mission to strengthen the skilled-trades workforce.
Newcomer of the Year
Dakota Foundry earned the American Foundry Society's 2022 Newcomer of the Year recognition for a 2,000-pound Class 35 gray iron wire-stripper block. Using a nine-section 3D-printed sand mold, the team recreated a complex replacement component from 1951 drawings after Dakota Foundry was the only supplier willing to respond.
World Record — 150 HP Case
The Dakota Foundry team helped produce more than 250 unique castings for Kory Anderson's recreation of the 150 HP Case. The engine was completed in 2018 and later recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest steam-powered tractor. The project remains one of the clearest examples of what can happen when foundry experience, persistence and American craftsmanship come together.
Featured Media & Company News
Casting Source
Casting Source profiles Kory Anderson, Dakota Foundry's award-winning Advance steam-engine wheel, the company's investments in 3D sand printing and its mission to preserve American manufacturing.
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Casting Source
The story behind Dakota Foundry's award-winning 2,000-pound wire-stripper block and the team willing to tackle a replacement casting other suppliers would not pursue.
Read the storyAnderson Foundries acquired Muncie Castings on November 3, 2025, expanding the network into aluminum castings.
Kory and Ali Anderson traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for American foundries and skilled-trades policies.
Kory Anderson spoke at the 2026 American Foundry Society Metalcasting Congress.
Kory and Ali Anderson are scheduled to speak at the October 2026 Build Freedom Summit about building the next generation of American makers.
Dakota Foundry continues investing in MAGMA simulation, ExOne 3D sand printing, improved process controls and safer, more efficient foundry equipment.
Dakota Foundry supports Iron Warrior Academy and its mission to bring 100,000 people into the skilled trades by 2030.
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