In 1976, Bill Byrd ended his tenure with the U.S. Navy and started teaching himself how to die-cast. Eventually, his brother, Bob, eager to get out of banking and into small business joined forces and purchased PacDie.
Nine months after purchase in 1981, the Byrd brothers' plant burned down. A fellow die-caster agreed to let PacDie operate their machines at night as the Byrds built their new plant by day. By 1984, PacDie was booming with new orders.
In 1985, PacDie made the investment it took to meet Tier One Automotive Standards and landed a major account. As competitors in China emerged on the Die Cast landscape, the Byrds streamlined processes and retrofitted their machines to compete.
In 2020, the Byrd brothers sold PacDie to HgH Companies. CEO Elizabeth Gubrud spent the last 10 years leading Fortune 500 industrial manufacturing companies. COO Khiem Hoang comes with 20 years of experience as a mechanical engineer with a concentration in fluid dynamics and new product development.
The new owners are committed to extending PacDie's reputation in manufacturing excellence while pursuing new challenges and developing a portfolio of the industry's most technical jobs.
“Pacific Die Castings continues to produce high quality parts and we expect that trend to continue for many years to come.”
