14 Nov at 11:24 am

Lestercast Sponsoring The 2023 Best of British Casting Awards Dinner

Lestercast are proud to be sponsoring the CMF 2023 Best of British Casting Awards Dinner next Thursday 23rd November 2023 at Drayton Manor Hotel and Conference Centre. Central to the evening will…

26 Oct at 11:30 am

Lestercast Staff Celebrate Their Five Year Service!

We are pleased to say that we have been celebrating some more Lestercast service anniversaries! Colin Caine ( our General Manager) presented Henry Ready, Dennis Hewitt & Erikka Clarke with…

11 Oct at 4:04 pm

We Are Exhibiting Today – Nuclear Manufacturing Summit 2023

Today we are exhibiting at The Nuclear Manufacturing Summit! The two-day event on the 11th & 12th October, is taking place at The Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham. This…

11 Oct at 1:19 pm

We have a new Laser Room!

We are excited to say that we now have a new Laser Room within our Fettling Department! This, as the name states, is to house all of our laser equipment…

10 Oct at 12:13 pm

We are Exhibiting at The Nuclear Manufacturing Summit 2023

We are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting our castings at The Nuclear Manufacturing Summit 2023 in Rotherham on 11th & 12th October. Please come along to join…

14 Sep at 10:48 am

What Is Lost Foam Casting and How Does It Compare to Lost Wax Casting?

Lost foam casting, also known as evaporative pattern casting, is a metal casting process where a foam pattern is used to create a mould for the final component. Foam beads…

13 Sep at 3:04 pm

Lestercast Welcomes a New Maintenance Engineer Apprentice

Today, we have welcomed a new apprentice, Hayden Roper to the team! Hayden will be joining the Level 3 Mechatronics programme at the MTC, Anstey Park in Coventry where he…

Lestercast Maintenance Engineer Apprentice

12 Sep at 3:25 pm

Another Competitive Night at Hollywood Bowl

The Lestercast team enjoyed another competitive night out at Hollywood Bowl, with colleagues trying to knock the champion Dennis Hewitt, off his perch! There was a lot of poor bowling…

8 Aug at 11:24 am

New LIBS Analyser for Faster Results

Lestercast have just purchased a new handheld LIBS analyser for material verification. This replaces our existing Spectrometer based in our Metrology Lab. At Lestercast, we use a spectrometer to verify…

8 Aug at 11:18 am

How Does Additive Manufacturing Produce Metal Castings?

What is Investment Casting? The Investment casting process involves producing wax patterns (through tooling or 3d printing), and coating the wax patterns in several layers of ceramic slurry to create…

1 Aug at 9:39 am

2023 Annual Sales Meeting Day

The Lestercast team headed to Hellidon Lakes in Daventry to hold our annual sales meeting. This is the chance for our sales director, our sales & marketing team and the…

17 Jul at 11:00 am

Lestercast Take Part in Promotional Film for Sustainable Manufacturing, with the MTC & Lloyds Bank

We have had Lloyds Bank and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) here, working on a promotional film for Sustainable Manufacturing. The teams were busy filming our modern Lestercast facilities, our…

6 Jul at 11:24 am

The Advantages of Lost Wax Casting

VAST RANGE OF METALS – Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals, & Super Alloys can be cast using the lost wax process. AFFORDABLE TOOLING – Cast using an Aluminium tool. TIGHT TOLERANCES…

5 Jul at 11:13 am

Lestercast Staff Celebrate Long Service

Colin Caine took Julie, Aaron & Heather to lunch at Rothley Court, as a thank you for their hard work over the years. They all received a certificate of long…

21 Jun at 1:40 pm

Lestercast at GIFA 2023

Last week, Craig Townsend our Production Manager, Russell Gray our Technical Manager and Dennis Hewitt our Methods Engineer spent a couple of days at GIFA – The International Foundry Trade Fair for foundry technology. GIFA is…

8 Jun at 1:29 pm

Six Lestercast Staff Celebrate 190 Years’ Service Collectively!

Yesterday, the Lestercast Directors whisked six valued members of our staff away to Rothley Court Hotel, for a ‘slap up’ lunch, gift, and presentation. This was to thank them for…

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11 May at 1:36 pm

Twelve Reasons to use Lestercast Investment Casting Services

Lestercast’s Investment Casting Services are trusted by the most prestigious manufacturers in the Automotive, Marine and Rail industries. ISO 9001:2015 & IATF 16949:2016 Accredited – we have proudly held these…

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6 Apr at 2:25 pm

Lestercast Exhibit at Castcon 23

The Lestercast technical and sales team enjoyed a day exhibiting at Castcon 23, which was hosted at Cranfield University yesterday. It was a fantastic event with presentations throughout the day…

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