For centuries, foundries have been making new metal objects by melting old ones. As a result, metalcasting facilities recycle more than 14 million tons, or 31.5 million pounds of steel each year. This is enough energy to light the homes of Chicago for one year. Foundries convert unwanted scrap metal and recycle it into new valuable products. The scraps can include broken and dated appliances, sewer grates, cans, automobiles, and water meters, to name a few. These may...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. held an intercompany kaizen event during the week of April 12-16 at Temperform’s sister company, Penn-Mar Castings, LLC in Hanover, PA. This was a first for Penn-Mar since joining The Lawton Standard family of foundries in February 2021. Participants from all the Lawton family sites were involved in this exciting project. As the first kaizen event at Penn-Mar, the team chose a 6S project on the grinding room. At first, the leadership team viewed...Continue Reading
To build any team, members need to know and understand the capabilities of each member. Anyone who has been on a team, whether a sport, business organization, or even a volunteer group, understands that everyone has different strengths and skills to bring to the effort. The Lawton Standard Co. recognized that to join four distinctly different foundry organizations, the strengths, and skills of the managers need to be understood by the leadership team. This led The Lawton Standard...Continue Reading
Founded in 1970, Temperform began with the vision of becoming a leading specialty manufacturer of steel castings. In January 2020, Temperform joined The C.A. Lawton Co. as part of a long-term acquisition and expansion strategy. They created a new specialty metals platform to better position both companies for growth in the industry. This merger allows each company access to the other’s products and enhances value-added offerings across our customer bases. Read the announcement here. In April 2020, Damascus...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. is pleased to announce the next step in building a comprehensive casting offering in the iron and steel segments of the foundry industry. This step involves installing effective operational leadership for each of its sites to direct the overall strategies of delivering quality castings from the newly formed family of foundries. Tim Horner will continue as Operations Manager of The C.A. Lawton Co. facility in Minster, OH. Tim joined the operation as a grinder...Continue Reading
