The Mazak Mega-Turn 900 VTL is one of Lou-Rich's 40+ machines. We use this machine to run a majority of castings ranging from thin wall cast iron to heavy walled aluminum.

Since 1972, Lou-Rich has been the contract manufacturing choice for industry leading companies across North America. With robust capabilities that include complex metal fabrication, precision machining, paint, assembly and supply chain management, Lou-Rich is uniquely positioned to deliver the goods. We believe being 100% employee owned makes everything in the customer experience better.

Recently installed at our Albert Lea North facility is a 16’W x 40’L x 10’H wash booth and paint pretreatment system. This new capability allows us to have a high-quality final paint finish, with great paint adhesion, on our large weldments. The pretreatment system is a wand wash pressure washer that heats the pretreatment

The Mazak HCN-10800 is one of the largest horizontal machining centers in our facility. The 10800 combines advanced technology, high performance and outstanding productivity for virtually any large part machining requirements. The machine features a large pallet size as well as a fast rapid traverse speed and rigid, reliable spindle, allowing us

Let's Talk Lou-Rich: Powder Coating In our Let's Talk Lou-Rich video series, John explains what powder coating painting is and why we use it.

Doosan Machining Centers Doing Double Duty What do you do with a 20-year-old CNC machine that has been modified and has more than 40,000 cut hours on it? Send it into retirement and replace it with something new of course. Lou-Rich has a significant budget each year for equipment upgrades, replacements and

We're #19 on The Fabricator's 2020 FAB 40 list! The FABRICATOR takes the information and identifies the 40 most successful metal fabricating operations on the basis of 2019 reported revenue. #19) Lou-Rich: 2019 Revenue: $60 million Headquarters: Albert Lea, MN Company Locations: 3 Employees: 300 Services: Sheet Metal Fabrication, Structural Steel Fabrication,

All Fired Up Lou-Rich has been a part of the Albert Lea, MN business community for nearly 50 years, and when approached recently about making the signage that will hang outside the new Fire Rescue station in town, we jumped at the chance to be involved. Our team was very proud and

“Turning” Out to be a Special Upgrade Equipment upgrades happen all the time, in virtually every manufacturing business. But every once in awhile that upgrade is special. In March 2020 Lou-Rich took delivery of a new Doosan Twin Turret Lathe that is “turning” out to be just that – special. Lou-Rich has

Genesis Robotic Welding Cell Every year, Lou-Rich invests a significant amount in new equipment and this year is no exception. The company reviews options on capital equipment and makes selections on the items that will most help our customers. “We tend to prioritize new investments around automation and robotics” states Lou-Rich General