Congratulations to Ben on his Retirement!
Lestercast would like to wish our Ben, a long and well deserved happy retirement! Ben has worked for us for over 35 years and will be sorely missed by everyone.…
Why Choose Lestercast Investment Casting Services?
50 YEARS OF INVESTMENT CASTING MANUFACTURING EXPERTISE Lestercast have been providing OEM’s and suppliers with high quality investment cast components for over 50 years. In this time, our investment casting…
Lestercast Welcomes Work Experience Student
This week, Lestercast has been joined by a lovely young lady, Faith Slinger – a student from Leicester College. As part of work experience for her college course, Faith has…
The Charities Lestercast Support
Lestercast is so pleased to receive this letter (right) from Nicola at the Birmingham University Clinical Trials Unit. The clinical trials unit supported our much loved colleague and friend, Chris…
Why Choose Investment Casting / Lost Wax Casting?
Why Use Investment Casting? Good quality surface finish Near-net shape / little or no machining required. Ideal for complex castings Used for ferrous and non-ferrous metals and super alloys. Option…
Lestercast Join The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA)
We are pleased to announce that Lestercast is now a member of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). The NIA membership will give Lestercast a chance to increase our network with…
Hema Retires after 40 Years with Lestercast
Our very special lady, Hema, is hanging up her overalls & goggles after nearly 40 years, to finally put her feet up and enjoy a happy retirement! During her journey…
Lestercast Christmas Video 2023
The team at Lestercast would like to wish all of our customers and suppliers a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2023. We hope you all have a fantastic…
Lestercast take part in their Annual Christmas Outfit Day in Support of ‘Save The Children 2023’.
Today, Lestercast held our annual Christmas Outfit competition in support of ‘Save The Children 2023’. There was a £20 Amazon voucher up for grabs for the best dressed/most original Christmas…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
