Vice Brothers began in 1939 when Edward, Forrest, and James Vice opened a foundry in Wabash, Indiana making brass and aluminum castiings for local industries. The foundry and pattern shop thrived making valves, fittings, and custom castings for customers throughout the Midwest.
In 1972, the company introduced its' own product line of aluminum and brass castings for water drainage and control. And though custom castings continued to be produced, Vice Brothers Drainage Products became the largest product line.
The growth of the business led to a new plant in 1989 in the nearby town of Lagro. The plant is home to a green sand foundry that uses only natural bonded sands guaranteeing no environmental waste. A pattern shop prepares and maintains all patterns and all machining, finishing, and assembly of the castings, is done on site.
Beginning in 2005, many of the high volume castings were converted to the die cast process, allowing for increased inventories and better casting finish. Today, most of the product line is die cast and the plant houses a large inventory to meet the needs of the water drainage industry.
At Vice Brothers, our success can be credited to the fact that we care about our customers just as the Vice Brothers did over seventy-five years ago. Top quality and service was our goal then and it still is today.
