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U.S. defense depends on metal castings. Great read from Agility War.

"Traditional foundry lead times are stretching from about one to three years, which is crazy...and almost all of that is backlog. It obviously doesn't take three years to make a casting." Fabri's founder, Steven Davis, spoke with Modern Casting about rethinking labor-intensive foundry processes, the company's recent expansion, and what's next as Fabri scales. Thanks to Kim Phelan and American Foundry Society for the conversation.

Fabri is growing fast. Bigger team, bigger sign, and bigger parts. Many new roles opening soon. 

Earlier this week, Fabri was proud to take part in Lockheed Martin Ventures Demo Day 2026. Steven Davis presented on the work we're doing to rebuild domestic casting capacity, and demonstrated alongside co-founder Pieter Coulier what a software-defined foundry makes possible. Among the companies presenting, the common thread was urgency. Every startup there is building crucial capacity our country needs faster than the current industrial base can deliver. Castings are among the toughest bottlenecks on the critical path to American reindustrialization, and we're proud to be solving that constraint at the speed and scale our nation needs. Thank you to the LMV team for the invitation and continued support, and to the other founders in the room doing the same work on their own piece of the industrial base.

Katie Swanson and Kaija wearing our new shirts in DC. Thanks for the support this week. If you want one of your own, we're hiring: https://lnkd.in/g6pR3hV3

Fabri is proud to welcome Zachary Walton to the team as Director of Technical Business Development. Prior to joining Fabri, Zach led defense strategy and commercial growth at advanced manufacturing companies, helping bring emerging manufacturing technologies into demanding industrial and defense applications. Earlier in his career, Zach spent a decade at Halliburton as an engineer supporting rapid design, production and fielding of downhole systems for North American operations, including scaling manufacturing and supply chains globally. He brings deep experience at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and business development, with a focus on helping industrial customers qualify new manufacturing capabilities and transition them into production. At Fabri, Zach will lead engagement with industrial customers and government programs as we build the fastest domestic casting supply chain for the U.S. defense industrial base, getting critical hardware to the warfighter faster.

From the ships that defend our seas to the car you drive, castings are everywhere. They underpin the U.S. industrial base and our everyday lives. We’re redefining how they’re made, at the speed of our nation’s needs.

More capacity arrived this week. Fabri can now cast parts up to 15 x 16.5 x 19.5 inches. Larger castings for the systems that fly, drive and defend our country. Made here, at the speed you need. Scale with us: info@fabriusa.com

Co-founder and COO Thomas Cole spoke yesterday about how Fabri's software-defined approach is bringing foundry capacity back to America, cutting lead times for critical metal parts from years to weeks. Thank you to the Town of Billerica and the U.S. Small Business Administration for hosting the conversation.

Every new part that leaves our floor is capacity our country didn't have last quarter. Real qualified castings, made in days, headed for systems that can't wait months. We're not just redefining how America makes its most critical metal parts. We're changing what it means to work at a foundry. Join us. Roles in the comments below.