Posts Tagged ‘castings’
“It’s in our blood.” Come join the team.
The C.A. Lawton Minster facility is producing gray and ductile iron castings from 20 pounds all the way up to 45,000 pounds. We caught up with Steve Johnson, who now has a few months under his belt as the plant manager at our Minster location. Plant manager Steve Johnson on his first few months “I’ve…
Read MoreEngineering at The C.A. Lawton Co.
A successful casting is the result of a close collaboration between the OEM design engineer and the foundry. Our cross-functional engineering and production team meets with the customer to discuss the part’s application, critical dimensions, and performance characteristics. The goal of this deep technical dialogue is to reduce the manufacturing cost of the casting, improve…
Read MoreWhere does Iron come from?
There’s no doubt that iron is crucial to the process of metal casting. Iron is known for it’s strength and flexibility, making it one of the most common materials used when creating castings. Iron can almost be taken for granted by foundry folks, but have you ever thought about where iron comes from and where…
Read MorePenn-Mar Castings joins The C.A. Lawton Co. family
The C.A. Lawton Co. welcomes Hanover, PA facility as a third iron foundry location Birmingham, MI – Private equity firm, Oakland Standard Co., is proud to announce the expansion of its specialty metals platform and specifically the iron foundry group. Penn-Mar Castings, a gray-and-ductile iron foundry located in Hanover, Pennsylvania, will operate as the third…
Read MoreThe C.A. Lawton Co. receives Outstanding Organization Award from the American Foundry Society.
De Pere, WI – The C.A. Lawton Co. is proud to announce they have been selected to receive the 2020 Outstanding Organization Award from the American Foundry Society. This award is chosen by the Marketing Division of the American Foundry Society Management Council. The C.A Lawton Company is being recognized for their energetic and effective…
Read MoreHow Lawton Ensures the Highest Quality Castings
Lawton takes pride in the true craftsmanship that their Pattern Shop holds. Quality tooling is the essential starting point to obtaining a quality casting. The patterns produced by the Lawton pattern shop follow strict manufacturing guidelines to ensure the highest quality castings will result from their use. Often times, Lawton customers will request we use…
Read MoreFoundry Redesign – Mapping the Future
By TJ Aaron, Foundry Coach During the last week of January 2020, The C.A. Lawton Co. was invited to participate in a Value Stream Mapping (VSM) exercise by its sister company Temperform in Novi, MI. VSM is a lean management method for analyzing the current state of an operation to design a future state goal.…
Read MoreThe next best thing to being there
Ever since little red school houses dotted the country, field trips have been an awesome way to make learning memorable. But today’s rich multimedia technology has given the old-fashioned field trip a major upgrade: It’s now possible to virtually tour a facility to learn about it. A case in point: Students from the Ashwaubenon School…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe C.A. Lawton Co. FAQs
At The C.A. Lawton Co., our team of customer advocates hears similar questions about our capabilities, metrics, and processes from many current and prospective clients. And with our blog being built to serve as an educational resource for readers, we’d like to answer some of these common questions in today’s post: Castings What kind of…
Read MoreThe Lawton Difference: Integrated Offerings
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. In this series of blog posts, we will be highlighting the “Lawton Difference” and how Lawton makes the difficult task of procuring castings…
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