Abstract: The apparatus manufactures, in repetitive cycles, apertured composite articles, such as stators for electric motors, including an apertured prefabricated insert. A machine applies molten molding material about the insert by die-casting or injection molding to constitute the composite. The apparatus includes a plurality of clamping mandrels for clamping in such apertures to constitute temporarily "mandrel-with-insert" or "mandrel-with-composite" combinations, a discharge station for discharge of the composites, a charging station for charging the mandrels with inserts, and a loading system with tongs, constituting holders for holding the mandrels, and with a conveying mechanism for repetitively carrying out a series of operations in appropriate timed sequences.