A roomful of axes, hundreds of college students and hours and hours of hard work. Cast in Steel 2026 pitted college teams against each other, trying to design and cast the best horseman’s axe. This was the 7th year for the competition put on by the Steel Founders of America Society (SFSA). The annual competition...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. is gearing up for the upcoming AFS Metalcasting Congress in Grand Rapids on April 14th -16th. We hope you can stop by and see our team at Booth 734 at this year’s show. AFS Metalcasting Congress is a great event to make new connections, catch up with familiar faces and learn the...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
What a three days it was in Milwaukee for the annual American Foundry Society Metalcasting Congress. Lawton Standard was part of the three-day event which ran April 22nd -April 24th at the Baird Center. Lawton and its family of companies had a great time interacting with old friends and making new connections at the event....Continue Reading
