We are excited to announce our partnership with American Iron (AIA), our new sister company in Waukesha, Wisconsin. As a benefit to our customers and theirs, we will now distribute Versa-Bar! With this partnership, we can now offer even more services to customers in Texas and the surrounding area. Read the complete press release here.Continue Reading
Since QESC joined The Lawton Standard family, we’ve learned more about iron casting. Because we’ve always been known for quality steel castings, we wanted to ensure that our iron castings were of high quality too. One thing that has helped us learn is Iron 101 workshops. At Lawton Standard foundries, engineers and craftspeople create high-quality,...Continue Reading
Want to change the future for the better? Improve your practices today. That’s the foundational principle behind the “Good Catches” workplace safety program. Read here how The C.A. Lawton Co. works to focus on leading indicators to improve safety. QESC recently held a drawing to recognize a few Good Catchers! Congrats to Ricardo Mercado and...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. has recently added Northern Iron & Machine (NIM) located in St. Paul, Minn. to the Lawton Standard family as part of its expansion strategy. NIM produces and machines high-quality, cast gray, ductile, and austempered iron castings up to 250 pounds. This adds to The Lawton Standard Co. offerings by both size...Continue Reading
Our dear friends at the foundry in De Pere, Wisconsin today are going through a tough time. We send our best wishes in light of a serious accident. Read the press release here.Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. continues efforts to expand capacity and capability within the domestic foundry industry. We better serve our customers using robot technology for quick, economical, and accurate molds. We’re excited to tell you about the KUKA RMC90 robot! About the robot The Robot Pattern Mill (RPM) and the associated equipment will support pattern...Continue Reading
Being a recruiter today is challenging; meeting with people isn’t as easy asit used to be and making everyone feel safe is a moving target. These are justtwo hurdles recruiters face while giving new hires the best opportunity tostart with The Lawton Standard family. We sat down with both of our recruitersMaria Margraf and Christa...Continue Reading
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. QESC, LLC., is a relaunch of Quality Electric Steel Castings that was founded in 1948. The Lawton Standard Co. has recently added the facilities and team members of QESC (Houston, TX) to its growing casting business to respond to constrained industry capacity and as part of its broader expansion strategy....Continue Reading
Our on site pattern shop provides our customers with several services: Complete layout capability. New pattern setup. Maintenance of existing pattern equipment. Pattern storage Pattern construction Our long standing relationships with many local pattern shops allows us to respond quickly to our customers requirements for building new patterns and core boxes. Our master pattern makers...Continue Reading
