How a 139-year-old foundry is “LEAN-ing” into the future of castings

LEAN Castings Culture

Several years ago, C.A. Lawton faced a significant challenge: Become dramatically more capable to meet customers’ rising expectations for quality and speed, or begin a slow slide into irrelevance. Its solution? Make a complete commitment to LEAN, a methodology that emphasizes simplifying and accelerating work processes while simultaneously improving product quality. It’s very fundamental –…

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United Way Award! Best in Show/Best Team

Lawton United Way Best In Show Best Team

Best in Show/Best Team is given a company that thinks outside of the box to try to reach their goals. They exemplify creativity and innovation throughout all aspects starting with the employees, coordinators, and leadership.  C.A. Lawton motivated employees to give back to United Way by having each of their supervisors kickoff the campaign during…

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Executive Edge Winners Announced!

Executive Edge

Prevea Health, in partnership with Western Racquet & Fitness Club, sponsored their first ever team edition of Executive Edge.  Fifteen Green Bay area teams participated in the wellness challenge to improve their biometric score and earn points by participating in healthy activities. Eight employees from The C.A. Lawton Co. formed 2 teams to participate in…

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Governor Scott Walker Visits

If you didn’t hear, there was a big announcement on Friday about a local STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Center. CA Lawton was proud to host Gov. Scott Walker and other members of the Brown County Board. We are excited to see the future of our workforce.   Click to read more: https://lnkd.in/erXz7u6

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C.A. Lawton Co: New Approach to Old Method

The C.A. Lawton Co. constantly strives to meet or exceed its customers’ needs. Often, it involves meeting very short customer lead times. Making the core and core boxes required to produce a casting is the most time-consuming step in the process. This step can add many weeks to the casting production time. In order to…

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The Lawton Difference: Quality and On-Time Delivery

At The C.A. Lawton Co., we are proud of the reputation our foundry has built over the last two centuries: a reputation for quality, on-time iron casting solutions alongside high-touch customer service. Through this series of blog posts, we have provided details that further reveal the “Lawton Difference” and the areas in which we excel.…

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The Lawton Difference: A Culture of Flexibility and Urgency

At The C.A. Lawton Co., we take pride in what sets us apart from other foundries and manufacturing companies. This includes our culture of flexibility and urgency, integrated offerings, dedicated customer advocates, and our focus on quality and on-time delivery. Through this series of blog posts, we have provided details that further reveal the “Lawton…

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The C.A. Lawton Co. to offer manufacturer direct plates, work holding, platens, and weld tables

After producing its own angle plates and work holding fixtures for more than a century, The C.A. Lawton Co., a De Pere, WI-based foundry, pattern, and heavy manufacturing machine shop, will now offer these highest-quality products through a Lawton-branded consumer product line being sold directly to machinists and fabricators. The new products will complement Lawton’s…

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U.S. Senator Visits The C.A. Lawton Co.

The C.A. Lawton Co., an industry-leading supplier of large iron castings, was a stop on U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s recent tour of Wisconsin manufacturing companies. Senator Johnson, looking to learn more about the wide range of products Lawton manufactures for the United States and the world, met with Lawton’s leadership and took a tour of…

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