Green Masters Participant

By C.A. Lawton | April 27, 2015

The WI Sustainable Business Council’s Green Masters Program (V4.0) seeks to recognize sustainable actions by businesses from across the state.  The Green Masters Program (V4.0) is a points based program, set up to encourage continuous improvement in Sustainable Business practices.   The C.A. Lawton is proud to be a participate in the Green Masters Program.  

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Total Cost of Ownership : How An Old Analysis Technique Could Strengthen The U.S. Manufacturing Revival

By C.A. Lawton | April 22, 2015

There are many reasons why conditions here are more favorable than in the past. The economics of offshoring—only to return products—were always based on poor assumptions. For instance, it was assumed that assembly labor was the significant, intractable piece of the pie, one that could easily be transplanted to foreign shores at great savings. Actually,…

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Iron 101 Classes

By C.A. Lawton | April 14, 2015

The C.A. Lawton Company has been offering Iron 101 Classes to it’s business partners.  In March and April, there were 31 attendees from 11 companies at our Iron 101 programs. Day-Long, Hands-On, Interactive Training Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Iron Castings Includes Pre-Production, Pattern-Making, Foundry, and Machining Taught by Experts at the C.A.…

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Additive Manufacturing – MSOE Rapid Prototyping Consortium 4/17/15

By C.A. Lawton | April 10, 2015

Presentation: Additive Manufacturing Sand Molds and Cores Compared to a Traditional Method Kelly Coles, chief operating officer, CA Lawton Sheku Kamara, director, Rapid Prototyping Consortium Due to the high cost of additive manufacturing molds and cores for individual parts, its use in the sand casting process has been limited to projects that require one to…

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Printed Sand Molds and Cores for Large and Complex Castings

By C.A. Lawton | April 7, 2015
3d Sand Molds

Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is the process of making usable objects from digital models.  By building-up successive layers of material, additive manufacturing provides access to capabilities not available with traditional manufacturing processes.  Not only can additive manufacturing technology build objects using materials such as plastics and metals but recent advances have proved successful in…

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C.A. Lawton Co. Launches New Website

By C.A. Lawton | February 2, 2015

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new C.A. Lawton Co. website! Our new website has been designed to provide improved functionality as well as a clean, updated look. Developed with the customer experience in mind, the website uses the latest responsive web technologies allowing  content to be viewed equally well on all computer browsers…

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Excellence in Business Award

By C.A. Lawton | September 2, 2014

Six companies up for Excellence in Business Award Green Bay Press-Gazette Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Richard Ryman, Press-Gazette Media     Six Green Bay area companies were nominated for the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Award. They are Associated Banc-Corp., Green Bay; The C.A. Lawton Co., De Pere; Master Fleet, Ashwaubenon;…

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C.A. Lawton’s Flexibility Leads to 135 Years of Success

By C.A. Lawton | August 25, 2014

C.A. Lawton’s flexibility leads to 135 years of success Green Bay Press-Gazette Monday, August 25, 2014 Richard Ryman, Press-Gazette Media DE PERE – Press-Gazette Media talks to business leaders in its Monday conversation. Alex Lawton, the most recent member of the founding family to run De Pere’s C.A. Lawton Co., talks about what is required…

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