Founded in De Pere, Wisconsin, in 1879, The C.A. Lawton Co. is a fifth-generation, foundry-centered manufacturer of gray and ductile iron castings. The company operates foundries in De Pere and Minster, Ohio, and its Minster location produces castings up to 45,000 pounds. Its history also includes earlier manufacturing of machinery and products such as coal stokers, presses, and roll-wrapping equipment.
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 14001:2015
ISO 45001:2018
National Board registration for ASME pressure vessel production
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Wisconsin DNR Green Tier 2
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Wisconsin Green Masters Program
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WISCONSINGREENTIER2
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The Lawton Standard CoThe Lawton Standard Co. is a multi-site foundry and casting-centered manufacturer producing iron and steel castings, with machining and related capabilities across its network. Formed in 2019 when The C.A. Lawton Co. and Temperform joined forces, it builds on the fifth-generation foundry heritage of the Lawton family, whose manufacturing history in the Green Bay area dates to 1879.MINSTER, OH
Penn-Mar Castings, LLCTracing its roots to Hanover’s foundry tradition of the 1840s, Penn-Mar Castings manufactures complex gray and ductile iron castings from 150 to 5,000 pounds. Now known as Lawton Hanover within the Lawton Standard family, the 80,000-square-foot facility combines no-bake flaskless molding with an in-house pattern shop and pours more than 1,000 net tons of iron each month. Its Hanover operation holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 certifications.HANOVER, PA
Chris Erhart Foundry and Machine CoEstablished in 1854 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Chris Erhart Foundry and Machine Co. is a family-owned metalcaster that moved to Cincinnati in 1874 and is among the oldest ongoing family-owned metalcasters in the United States. It makes low- and medium-volume gray and ductile iron castings, specializing in jobbing and semi-production work for short runs, repair parts, and prototypes.CINCINNATI, OH
OSCO Industries, IncSince its 1872 beginnings as the Ohio Stove Company, Portsmouth-based OSCO Industries has grown into a three-plant foundry manufacturer of gray-iron castings. Its South-Central Ohio operations specialize in medium- to high-volume parts weighing under 50 pounds, with production spanning green-sand and shell molding. The company’s roots in stove making give its modern casting work a distinctive 150-year history.PORTSMOUTH, OH