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Building World Class Tooling

Hanson International, a division of the Hanson Group, was founded in 1966. Our name comes from our founder and chairman of the board, Merlin Hanson, a tool and die apprentice graduate himself. Our facilities, now located on a 50-acre site in St. Joseph, Michigan, consist of an office and engineering group, a 42,000 sq. ft. tooling facility, and a 10,000 sq. ft. mold testing facility.

Hanson International specializes in the design, build, sample, and inspection of precision molds – primarily for the die cast industry. Using our modern equipment and engineering/design software, our team is committed to providing the die cast industry with the finest, most efficiently designed, high quality, long lasting tooling available. From small, multi-cavity dies to large, single-cavity tooling with complex slides, Hanson Mold ensures you a World Class tool.

We offer complete die design, construction, sampling, and inspection of zinc, magnesium and aluminum die cast dies.

Meet Our Management Team

Hanson International management members are journeymen with years of experience designing and building die cast dies and injection molds.

Julie LaVanway
Julie LaVanwayPresident
Joined Hanson International in 2018.
Jeff Hines
Jeff HinesVP - Engineering
Joined Hanson International in 1993.
Chip Spear
Chip SpearVP- Manufacturing
Joined Hanson International in 1993.
Heath Weich
Heath WeichDirector of Sales
Joined Hanson International in 2011.