The Shop Floor — Pacific Die Casting

PacDie Prepares for Growth with New Property Expansion

PacDie has recently completed the purchase of the building it operates from and acquired an adjacent vacant lot as the company prepares to double its business over the next five years. Known for its nearly 50-year partnership supplying parts used in commercial trucks, PacDie has expanded its reach under the ownership of Khiem Hoang and Elizabeth Gubrud-Howe since 2020.

Hoang, overseeing engineering, design, and customer collaboration, highlights the company’s growth into light assembly, prototyping, machining, and more complex, high-precision work. With approximately 50 employees in Vancouver, WA, PacDie serves diverse industries including automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer sectors.

President Elizabeth Gubrud-Howe emphasizes that the property acquisition represents a strong commitment to American manufacturing. “The best parts in the world can and should be made right here at home,” she states. The newly acquired adjacent lot offers significant potential for future expansion, reflecting PacDie’s focus on hard work, quality, and sustained growth.

Hannah WendlerJune 24, 2025PacDie

PacDie Welcomes New Inside Sales Manager

PacDie is pleased to announce that Darian Busselman has accepted a new role as Inside Sales Manager at PacDie. Darian is a recent college graduate with a degree in business from Eastern Washington. She has over a year of industrial sales experience where she was responsible for building relationships with existing customers and securing new accounts. She was previously recognized for being instrumental in the company’s growth and instituting process that improved the customer’s experience. We are excited that she will be joining the PacDie Sales team and focusing her attention on improving the customer’s experience. She will initially be responsible for entering sales orders, quoting, and connecting with customers. She plans to enhance her role by streamlining key processes and improving the customer’s overall experience.

desiree RolandJanuary 13, 2022

Remembering Dave Clemons: Country-boy with candor and Fortune-500 finance skills

This month I had to say goodbye to a colleague, a friend, and PacDie’s Chief Financial Officer, Dave Clemons. It was a tremendous loss, a hit to PacDie, and it gave me a lot to reflect upon.

I met Dave back in 2011 in Kansas City. My company had decided to consolidate -- meaning close -- a manufacturing site we had acquired and that Dave had financial responsibility for. I was 30 and I knew everything. He was twice my age.

Gabriel HoweAugust 31, 2021

Internships @ PacDie – Meet Grant Owens

11 JUNE 2021 | VANCOUVER, WA. -- Shortly after graduating high school, Grant Owens enlisted with the US Navy and found himself working on a submarine from 2008 to 2013. After leaving the service, Grant wasn't quite ready for college, so he went to work in the North Dakota oil fields for a few years, but remained intrigued by the submarine he served on for five years.

Clark BeggsJuly 7, 2021

PacDie Featured in Die Casting Engineer

PacDie, the West Coast's premier die casting company, was recently featured in North America Die Casting Association's trade magazine Die Casting Engineer.

Clark BeggsMarch 19, 2021