How does the casting industry fuel everyday life, the economy, and many other industries? Driving the economy Since 1991, ninety percent of all durable goods produced each year incorporate cast metal components. Twenty-eight years ago, U.S. metal casting was a $19 billion dollar industry. Since then, its annual revenue has more than doubled to $33.7 billion. It provides 200,000 direct jobs and even more indirectly through its supply chain (Kaempf, 1993; AFS, 2019). For an industry primarily dominated...Continue Reading

We’re proud to support the SEC and the Dodd-Frank Act. Click to view the PDF version of our updated policy. The details of the policy are below. In 2010 the President of the United States signed into law the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, also known as the Dodd-Frank Act.  This law enabled the Securities and Exchange Commission to enact rules requiring manufacturing companies to report the use of “conflict minerals” in their products.  Conflict minerals...Continue Reading

The Lawton Standard Co. held an intercompany kaizen event during the week of April 12-16 at 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 this selection as...Continue Reading