We're proud to be recognized by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in their 2022 Minnesota Manufacturing Awards as one of their Manufacturers of the Year. This is a great accomplishment for our team. Congratulations to all our employee-owners on this exciting and well-deserved award! You can read more about this award in the press release
We normally are not ones to boast here at Lou-Rich, but recently there are certainly lots of reasons to celebrate. We are currently continuing to celebrate our 50th year in business, we were recently named Large Manufacturer of the Year by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, and the past two consecutive months have been overall
This year Lou-Rich will reach a very significant milestone is our companies’ history; 50 years in business. One of the things engrained in the culture of the organization is never being satisfied with how things operate as they do today. Lou-Rich is full of people who start a lot of conversations with, “well, what if
Jesse Jaeger has been a member of the Lou-Rich team since January of 2021. Jesse was recently promoted to Manufacturing Quality Engineer. Previously, he was positioned in CNC doing lathe work. This is an impressive jump in a short amount of time and is no doubt a reflection of the value Jesse brings to the
At Lou-Rich we have a cutting-edge 8 stage wash and paint system that can handle a wide variety of powder coat paints. With finishes ranging from textured to semi-gloss, rest assured our industrial powder coating experts will get your project finished just the way you need it. Paint line department supervisor, Joe McBeain says,
This year, Lou-Rich will celebrate its 50th year in business. That is an accomplishment less than 3% of all manufacturing companies started last century can claim. The small two-man tool and die operation opened its doors for the first time on March 6, 1972, and 50 years later has grown into a robust and
Chris Williams has worked on the Lou-Rich team for 25 years. In 1997, he started as the 2nd Shift Laser Operator and within two years became the 2nd shift Lead. After that, in 2003, Chris became the Weld Tech for the fabrication department, and in 2018 he evolved into our Fabrication Department Supervisor. As Fabrication
For 50 years now, Lou-Rich has been making a wide variety of parts for a customer base just as varied as the components we build. The one constant in everything we do, is operating with the customers success in mind. Yes, we measure all kinds of things internally that can give insight into likely customer
This year, Lou-Rich has budgeted 3.3 million dollars for capital investments in 2022. Some of this year’s budget will go towards updating our current infrastructure and rearranging some of our equipment and workflows. However, most of the 3.3 million will be spent on purchasing new equipment for our various facilities to increase product quality, capacity,
And just like that, it is 2022! What a year 2021 was. It feels like 2021 was a constant blur with all the challenges it presented us. Through all the challenges that came our way, our team persevered and had a great year, exceeding our budgeted overall sales goals. I want to thank all our
