The Lawton Standard Co. has been selected as one of the finalists for this year’s Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year award. The annual award is giving out by Wisconsin Manufacturing and Commerce, in coordination with Baker Tilly and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. The WMC says that manufacturing creates economic growth and is the engine...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. will be featured in an upcoming episode of World’s Greatest! on Bloomberg TV. The World’s Greatest! film crew was at the C.A. Lawton Co. facility in De Pere back in the Fall to film the episode, which includes some incredible video of what we do and interviews with several employees, including...Continue Reading
We are proud to announce that the Lawton Standard Company was featured in the October edition of Manufacturing in Focus. The article details the five generations of leadership at Lawton and how the company has grown and expanded through the years using innovation and a family-feel atmosphere. Lawton Standard article in Manufacturing in Focus A...Continue Reading
We are so proud of our own Dan Bruins, who will be flown to Washington, D.C. in November to receive the prestigious General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award from the Army. Dan works as our accounting controller at Renaissance Manufacturing Group in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The General MacArthur Leadership Award The award has been presented to...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Company had the pleasure of two of our casting engineers presenting their research at this year’s MAGMASOFT® UGM event. Lawton uses MAGMASOFT® solidification software to detect any issues in our castings before the pattern is built and before the first drop of molten metal is even poured. Casting engineer Lauren Innis during...Continue Reading
3D printing has come along way over the past few years and Lawton Standard is excited to start using the technology to help create even higher-quality steel and iron castings. The uses for 3D printing in a foundry can span from making complex cores to making quick replacement parts for certain equipment and tools. “3D...Continue Reading
The foundry industry has a wide variety of interesting and intriguing careers. From engineering to metallurgy, melt deck operations to furnace maintenance, spectrometer operator to automated machines. The possibilities are great and the foundry industry needs more young people to get involved. We caught up with Lawton Standard casting engineer Lauren Innis and Lawton Standard...Continue Reading
Jack McPike joined Lawton Standard in November of 2023 as Director of Operations. This newly created position reports to Paul Suber, President of Lawton Standard, and has responsibility for the foundries under the Lawton umbrella. Jack comes to Lawton with 20+ years of foundry experience in cast iron waterworks, steel railroad components, and cast iron job shop work....Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co., a leader in the metals industry, is pleased to announce Paul Suber as President. Suber will be responsible for manufacturing operations (foundries and related services such as machining and pattern making), sales, engineering, purchasing, and project management. Suber, an innovative manufacturing and operations executive, brings a wealth of experience to The...Continue Reading
We asked RJ Hawkins, our Platform Engineering Manager, to weigh in on where our engineering team currently stands and what growth he would like to see. He explains that our team today has a vast amount of practical knowledge, which most of them acquired through years of experience in the foundry business. Overall, RJ believes...Continue Reading
