Foundry expansion
Private equity firm, Oak- land Standard Company, announces the expansion of their its foundries. Midwest Manufacturing & Logistics, an iron foundry located in Minster, Ohio, will operate under Oakland Standard’s specialty metals platform as a second location of The C.A. Lawton Co.
N idec Minster Corpo- ration’s Executive Officer (present foundry operator), David Winch says, “Since our founding in 1896, our ability to locally source high-quality parts has been extremely important to both our internal product as well as the external customers we serve. Over that same period, the metal forming industry and especially the foundry business has adapted to many changes. We believe that in today’s market, domestic production of these prod- ucts and quality standards is best accomplished as a team – increasing available resources to serve customer needs as well as supply chain availability. We are very happy to have found this operational partner in The C.A. Lawton Company.”
Alex Lawton, CEO of the specialty metals platform (includes The C.A. Lawton Co., Temperform, LLC, and Damascus Steel Casting Company), will lead the integration of the businesses and man a gement teams. He says, “The combination of The C.A. Lawton Co. and Midwest Manufacturing & Logistics creates a unique powerhouse in the gray iron space. Together we have literally hundreds of years of history coupled with mod- ern approaches to meeting metal casting needs. Couple that with the rest of the partners on the steel side of our platform and we are indeed crafting the premier supplier-partner where reliability meets flexibility.”
The Minster facility is a 117-year-old foundry with numerous capabilities in engineering and machin- ing services. It offers gray and ductile castings up to 45,000 pounds, which will nearly double the manufacturing capacity of Lawton. These new abilities will com- plement the current structure of Lawton. Minster will become the second iron site of The C.A. Lawton Co. offer- ing logistical benefits in a prime manufacturing center.