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Meet Lakeside & IPD Sales Person of the Year: Scott Robinson
Meet Lakeside & IPD Sales Person of the Year, Scott Robinson. Scott has worked for Lakeside Metal Specialties & IPD for 6 years this month in his current position as National Sales Manager. Scott earned Sales Person of the Year two times prior to this, in 2015...
A Wide Array of OEM Products
Lakeside Metal Specialties handles a wide array of OEM products, investment castings, die castings, precision machine castings, industrial hardware, fluid control systems, food service components, specialty hardware and electrical devices including transformers,...
Meet Your Lakeside Team: Shea Ahlsted
Meet the hopeful and rising star National Sales Manager at Lakeside & IPD, Shea Ahlsted. Although he is a choice contender for Salesman of the Year 2021, you won’t easily find him in the office. Shea’s trusty two step strategy of “maintain + gain” keeps him busy...
Working with ISO Certified Manufacturers
Lakeside Metal Specialties provides complete Distribution and Supply Chain Solutions. Consolidating your Global Supply base and delivering you Quality on time. We create tailored inventory solutions and leverage our global engineering resources to save you money....
Meet Your Lakeside Team: Jason Scranton
Jason Scranton is a Project Engineer for Lakeside Metal Specialties & IPD, he has been with the company for 3 years. Jason has over 24 years of Manufacturing and Design experience. before joining Team Lakeside, he worked for an International Manufacturer for 21...
Meet Your Lakeside Team: Terry Short
Meet Terry Short our Purchasing Support for Lakeside Metal Specialties and IPD. Terry started his journey in the metal working industry almost 50 years ago. Terry has worked as a Quality Analyst, Production Manager and Purchasing Manager in his previous roles. Working...
Ogio Endurance Force Zip Giveaway
We are giving away one of these awesome Ogio Endurance Force ¼ Zip in either Men’s or Ladies. If you would like to be added to our list, like and share our post and PM us your email and we will add you to our drawing! Or sign up on our website...
Meet Your Lakeside Team: Shawn Clark
Meet Shawn Clark, he has been an engineer for Lakeside Metal Specialties, Inc. (LMS) and International Procurement & Distribution, Inc. (IPD) for the past 4 years. Prior to joining the LMS/IPD Team, Shawn worked for a Fortune 500 company for more than 26 years in...
Die Casting
Die Casting by Terry Short What is the Die Casting Process? The Die Casting Process is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal into a mold cavity under the application of high pressure or under gravity. Because of the metal mold, the same...
Investment Casting
Investment Casting by Terry Short The history of investment casting or lost-wax casting dates thousands of years. Originally developed by ancient Chinese and Egyptian culture to create artwork until development of the jet turbine engine at the end of World War II....
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