Lawton Standard Industrial Engineer Nick Knotts knows a thing or two about mold wash. He just took home his second straight Founders’ Choice Award at the Steel Founders Society of America’s (SFSA) Technical and Operating conference for his research on mold wash. “It feels amazing,” said Knotts. “To win twice in a row, first person...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. is proud to announce that our Lawton De Pere trainer and EHS coordinator, Jairo Ramirez, has been selected to be on the board for the Wisconsin Cast Metals Association (WCMA). Jairo has always been passionate about promoting safety, sustainability and continuous learning. As Lawton De Pere’s Environmental, Health and Safety coordinator,...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. is proud to once again be a finalist for the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year award. This time around Lawton is a finalist for two awards, the Grand Award for large businesses (500-999 employees) and the Spotlight Award for our community impact. Each year the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) ,...Continue Reading
Guiding the next wave of engineering excellence in the foundry industry. The Lawton Standard Co. is proud of its internship program, where we can help teach, guide and lead the next generation of foundry engineers. Meet this Year’s Intern, Ryan Hart After pouring through resumes, interviews and other job checks, Lawton hired Ryan Hart to...Continue Reading
In manufacturing, companies take pride in the parts and castings they make, and Lawton Standard is no different. But you may wonder why sometimes we don’t showcase or show off those awesome castings we make? Trust us, we’d love to brag about some of the incredible castings we make, but we also value our customer’s...Continue Reading
It was great to be part of this year’s AFS Wisconsin conference in Brookfield, Wisconsin on February 4th and 5th. The Lawton Standard Co. was set up in booth #44 making great connections with others in the foundry industry. Our hot sauce was a big hit again, bringing the heat to this year’s AFS WI...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. was 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 that...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. was featured in an 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 CEO Alex...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
