What Temperform does

Temperform, operating since 2025 under the trade name Lawton Novi, is a single-site specialty steel foundry headquartered at 25425 Trans X Rd, Novi, Michigan, founded in 1970 and now a division of Lawton Standard, a privately held diversified metal-casting group with six U.S. foundries. The company manufactures heat, corrosion, and abrasion-resistant steel and stainless steel castings, with individual casting weights ranging from 2 to 5,500 pounds and stated monthly melting capacity of 150 tons, and offers vertically integrated machined components delivered ready for installation. Core process technology is no-bake sand mold casting supplemented by proprietary methods such as chromite facing sand for manganese steel and teapot ladles for defect-controlled pours, supported by an in-house metrology and spectrographic laboratory for alloy chemistry and elemental verification.

The product portfolio spans basic carbon, high-strength low alloy, austenitic manganese (Hadfield), and white iron (Ni-Hard / high-chrome) castings, plus the Damascus Steel sub-brand (acquired in 2020) for seamless tube piercing points and guide shoes. Temperform serves seven industrial verticals: cement manufacturing, mining and iron ore, aerospace, paper mills, pump and valve, heat treating and forging, and seamless tube production. The go-to-market is consultative direct B2B sales, with quote-based pricing, no published rates, and no distributors or resellers; customer engagement runs through phone (1-800-227-8464), website quote requests, and technical-content marketing via a steel-alloy educational blog.

Revenue mechanics are project-based one-time orders on custom castings, priced on alloy, complexity, weight, and volume, with multi-year supply arrangements inferred from ongoing customer relationships. The business holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 certifications and has won industry recognition including the SFSA Founders' Choice Award (2025). Temperform employs between 51 and 100 people and operates as a wholly owned division under Lawton Standard alongside C.A. Lawton Co., Penn-Mar Castings, and QESC.

Name

Temperform

Legal name

Temperform, LLC

Website

https://temperform.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Temperform (now Lawton Novi) is a Novi, Michigan-based specialty steel foundry manufacturing heat, corrosion, and abrasion-resistant steel castings and machined components for industrial customers in cement, mining, aerospace, paper, pump/valve, heat treating, and seamless tube industries, operating as a division of Lawton Standard.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Steel Castings

NAICS

Primary Metal Manufacturing (331), Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (3328)

SIC

Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills (3310), Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Casting (Continuous Casting, Ingots, Semi-Finished Slabs/Billets/Blooms) (IMAKABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Heat Treatment & Metallurgical Processing (Annealing, Quenching/Tempering, Normalizing) (IMAKABAK), Heat Treatment & Thermal Processing Furnaces (Hardening, Annealing, Induction) (IMAHADAI)

Keywords

• Steel castings
• Machined components
• Foundry services
• Abrasion-resistant castings
• Custom steel manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Novi

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Steel and Stainless Steel Castings: Manufacture and sale of custom steel and stainless steel castings ranging from 2 lbs to 5,500 lbs. Revenue generated through one-time purchase orders for custom components, with pricing based on complexity, alloy type, and volume. Customers include industrial manufacturers requiring specialized cast components for demanding applications.
2. Machined Components: Value-added machining services for cast components, providing finished parts ready for installation rather than raw castings alone.
3. Custom Alloys and Specialty Products: Production of specialized alloys including Damascus Steel products (piercing points, guide shoes, hammers) for the seamless tube industry and other niche applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Temperform (Lawton Novi) operates a steel foundry in Novi, Michigan that manufactures custom heat, corrosion, and abrasion-resistant steel and stainless steel castings ranging from 2 to 5,500 pounds using no-bake sand molding, chromite facing sand, and teapot ladle pouring. The company provides vertically integrated services from casting design and prototyping through heat treatment and in-house precision machining, serving industrial OEMs across cement, aerospace, pump/valve, paper mill, mining, heat treating, and seamless tube manufacturing with alloys including manganese steel, Ni-Hard white iron, and Damascus Steel.

Product overview

Temperform (now Lawton Novi) is a specialty steel foundry offering heat, corrosion, and abrasion-resistant steel castings and machined components. The core product line includes steel castings weighing from 2 to 5,500 pounds, with specialized sub-brands like Damascus Steel for seamless tube applications. The company serves industries including cement manufacturing, mining, aerospace, paper mills, and pump/valve sectors through industry-specific product solutions. Manufacturing capabilities include no-bake sand molding and ceramic molding processes, with vertical integration providing machined finished components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Damascus Steel: High-performance steel castings product line including piercing points (6% molybdenum for heat resistance), guide shoes for seamless tube making, and hammers for crushing applications. Products range up to 4,000 pounds.

Products and services

• Heat, Corrosion, and Abrasion-Resistant Steel Castings Specialty steel castings engineered to withstand extreme heat, corrosive environments, and abrasive conditions for industrial customers in cement, mining, aerospace, paper, and pump/valve applications.
• Machined Components Precision machined components produced in-house using vertical integration, providing turnkey solutions from casting through final machining for industrial customers.
• Damascus Steel Products Specialized Damascus Steel brand castings including 6% molybdenum heat-resistant piercing points, guide shoes for seamless tube mills, and crushing hammers up to 4,000 pounds, primarily serving the seamless tube industry.
• Austenitic Manganese Steel Castings High-toughness, work-hardening Hadfield manganese steel castings used in crushing applications, with the alloy capable of work hardening from approximately 220 BHN to as high as 500 BHN under impact and grain refinement improving tensile strength and elongation.
• White Iron Castings Abrasion-resistant cast irons (Ni-Hard and high chrome white iron) with surface hardness of 450-650 Brinell, used for wear plates and liners under ASTM A532 specification.
• Basic Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Castings General application carbon and low alloy steel castings with low to medium strength and moderate to high ductility, used in pumps, valves, and pressure vessels.
• High Strength Low Alloy Steel Castings High-strength steel castings with ultimate tensile strengths ranging from 80 ksi to 260 ksi, using heat treatment processes including quench and temper (QT) and normalize, quench and temper (NQT).
• Cement Industry Castings Cast components for cement manufacturing plants including thimbles, nose rings, air cannons, grate plates, and drag chains, designed for kiln and processing equipment durability in high-heat, abrasive environments.
• Pump and Valve Components Cast components for the pump and valve industry including casings, volutes, bodies, impellers, and back covers for fluid handling systems requiring corrosion resistance and pressure handling.
• Paper Mill Products Cast components for paper mills including discharge grates and alligator castings designed for wear resistance in continuous-operation processing equipment.
• Mining and Iron Ore Products Heavy-duty cast components for mining and iron ore processing including pelletizing grates, blankets, feed chutes, rotary cooler castings, stripper castings, swing hammers, ring hammers, and crusher hammers.
• Aerospace Components Cast components for aerospace manufacturers including isothermal forging dies and composite/lay-up tooling requiring precise tolerances, thermal stability, and high strength at elevated temperatures.
• Heat Treating and Forging Products Cast components for heat treating and forging industries including trays, posts, pins, open/closed die tooling, curb castings, and furnace hardware for thermal cycling service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grain refinement in manganese steel can increase tensile strength by 25-35% and elongation by 50-80%
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Damascus Steel Casting CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Damascus Steel Casting Company, founded in 1906 and operating in New Brighton, Pennsylvania for over 100 years, was acquired by Lawton Standard in 2020 and merged into Temperform LLC as a product line. The acquisition was designed to provide continuity of supply for Damascus Steel customers, transitioning products like piercing points and guide shoes to the Temperform facility in Novi, MI.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The C.A. Lawton Co. Sibling company under Lawton Standard operating iron foundries in De Pere, WI and Minster, OH. While specializing in gray and ductile iron (rather than steel), it shares the same parent platform, customer overlap in industrial casting, and back-office resources, making it a direct operational and strategic peer.
• Metaltek International: Specialty metal casting company producing heat-, corrosion-, and wear-resistant steel and alloy castings for industrial, mining, and aerospace applications. Direct peer in the niche of high-alloy industrial steel castings.
• Stainless Foundry & Engineering: Independent specialty steel and stainless steel foundry in Milwaukee, WI, producing corrosion- and heat-resistant castings for similar industrial verticals including pumps, valves, and aerospace. Closely comparable in alloy specialization and customer mix.
• QESC (Quaker Engineered Castings): Lawton Standard foundry in Houston, TX serving oil and gas, mining, and heavy industrial markets with steel and alloy castings. Comparable as a sibling specialty casting facility with overlapping vertical market exposure.
• Magotteaux: Global specialty producer of wear-resistant castings and grinding media for mining, cement, and aggregate industries. Directly comparable in the niche of high-chrome white iron and abrasion-resistant castings used in cement and mining verticals.
• Penn-Mar Castings: Another Lawton Standard foundry based in Hanover, PA, producing iron and steel castings for industrial markets. Directly comparable as a sibling specialty foundry serving overlapping end markets and sharing the multi-foundry platform with Temperform.
• ESCO Corporation: Specialty steel and high-alloy casting producer serving mining, infrastructure, and resource industries with wear-resistant products. Highly comparable to Temperform in abrasion-resistant castings for cement, mining, and earthmoving applications.

Broad incumbents

• Waupaca Foundry: One of the largest iron foundries in North America, producing gray, ductile, and alloyed iron castings primarily for automotive and industrial markets. A broad incumbent in metal casting with significantly larger scale and broader customer reach than Temperform.
• Charlotte Pipe and Foundry: Vertically integrated US iron and steel casting and piping manufacturer with broad industrial and plumbing product lines. Comparable as a large incumbent US metal caster, though with a much broader and more commoditized product mix than Temperform's specialty focus.
• American Foundry Group: Multi-site US foundry group producing iron and steel castings across a broader product portfolio and customer base. Comparable in scale and multi-foundry platform model but with a wider, less specialty-focused offering than Temperform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/temperform
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/temperform-llc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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