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August 8, 2023

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…

August 1, 2023

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…

July 17, 2023

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…

July 6, 2023

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…

July 5, 2023

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…

June 21, 2023

Lestercast at GIFA 2023

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…

June 8, 2023

Six Lestercast Staff Celebrate 190 Years’ Service Collectively!

Long Service Award 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…

May 11, 2023

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…

April 6, 2023

Lestercast Exhibit at Castcon 2023

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…

March 30, 2023

Lestercast Exhibiting At Castcon 23!

Lestercast will be exhibiting at Castcon 23, next week! On 5th April at Cranfield University, we will have a good selection of investment castings on show, manufactured from a variety…

March 21, 2023

New Health, Safety & Environment Officer

We have recently welcomed a new member of staff to our Lestercast team! Tess Johnston, is now our new Health, Safety & Environment Officer. Tess joins Lestercast, with an engineering…

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February 27, 2023

Investment Casting for Cost & Weight Reduction

Investment Casting a Marine Cleat for a Luxury Yacht. Investment Casting for cost and weight reduction The demand for lightweight components is at an all-time high due to global requirements…

February 23, 2023

The Benefits of Investment Casting a Three Port Collector

CUSTOMER A high-end global automotive company. PRODUCT A three port collector for a hypercar. MANUFACTURE Due to the complex shape, the component is traditionally welded together from 4 separate parts.…

February 16, 2023

Investment Casting using Rapid Prototyping

Rapid Prototyping a Silicon Bronze Investment Casting for the Melina Pendant. Investment Casting using 3D Printing CUSTOMER Hand & Eye Studio, London, designed by Mentsen. PRODUCT The Melina Pendant, originally…

December 7, 2022

Congratulations to Lestercast’s Dennis Hewitt!

The Lestercast team are so delighted to announce that Dennis, our Methods Engineer, has now received confirmation from the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers that he has PASSED his “Level 3 Metal Casting,…

November 23, 2022

Lestercast Manufacturing the ‘Flying B’ on behalf of Bentley Motors

Lestercast produce thousands, upon thousands of investment castings for companies across the globe and across a wide range of industries every year. But, due to the nature of our work,…

November 21, 2022

Lestercast Enjoy A Night Out At The CMF Casting of the Year Awards……

The Lestercast team, along with many other companies from the UK’s casting industry, enjoyed an evening at The Best of British Casting Industry Awards Dinner, which took place last Thursday…

November 16, 2022

Nuclear Manufacturing Summit 2022

Lestercast Exhibiting At The Nuclear Manufacturing Summit 2022 Lestercast are exhibiting today (and tomorrow) at the AMRC Nuclear Manufacturing Summit at Rotherham’s Magna Science Adventure Centre. Come and visit us…