FEINDEF 2025 Defence & Security Brokerage Event

12–14 May 2025 | Madrid, Spain

Manuel Pedro Castro e Melo Mendes

Commercial Director

CMW Foundries

Lousado, Portugal

Metallurgical engineer & Commercial Director at Portugal’s top steel foundry. We supply cast parts for defence and seek long-term partnerships.

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CMW Foundries

CMW Foundries

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LOUSADO, Portugal

CMW Foundries is a Portuguese foundry group founded in 1981. We are specialists in wear resistant technical castings, made of high alloyed cast iron, steel, stainless steel and nickel based alloys. We operate three foundries in Portugal, two close to Oporto and one near Lisbon. With installed capacity to produce 12,000 tons of castings per year, we can manufacture and deliver finished castings in a wide variety of alloys, up to 8 Tons. We keep engineering, pattern making, production, quality control and machining under one roof, to create an efficient process and short communication lines, which reflects our full commitment to ensure high quality products and on-time deliveries. We are focused on long term customer satisfaction through competitive prices, high quality of castings, on time deliveries and efficient service. Our core business is supporting customers with technical assistance in order to develop and produce wear solutions in materials resistant to abrasion, impact, corrosion, and temperature, to increase lifetime of components and achieve cost savings. 90% prodution goes for export, mainly europe, with Germany as the main export country.
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    Steel and alloyed iron castings

    Portuguese group of foundries, expert in technical castings Machined castings up to 9 tons

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    Manuel Pedro Castro e Melo Mendes

    Commercial Director at CMW Foundries

    Lousado, Portugal