The Vancouver-based company, which was formerly owned by Cominco Ltd. (Teck Resources), started its foundry activities in the early 1900s with an emphasis on the plumbing and forestry industries. The company's ability to cast non-ferrous metals has grown, enabling it to diversify its product line to produce gravity cast zinc and aluminum anodes for the commercial marine industries. The company was able to offer the use of their performance-enhanced alloys to the world's top boat and marine engine makers by building on the success attained in the commercial marine market. Here, the business was able to use the pressure die casting process to create more complex castings that were required to safeguard the underwater components of the quickly growing