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• Immediate Quotes Please allow us to Quote your ForgingsPlease allow us to Quote your Forgings• Competitive Pricing• P.O. to Forged Samples in 5 Weeks Maximum• Current lead time for repeat orders 6-8 weeks• 10 Million pounds of steel @ Lefere ready to make your parts• 100,000 pounds of die material on hand to immediately make your new dies!• Made in the U.S.A. with 100% American labor and steel!
Lefere Forge 665 Hupp Ave., Jackson, MI 49203 Phone: 517-787-7665 Fax: 517-784-0929 email Sales: [email protected] or [email protected]
Lefere Forge
• Company Profile
• Founded in 1929 by Alidor Lefere @ current site.• Started forging truck wheel hubs the heavy truck industry later that same year.• In 1932 the company became debt free and remains financially strong today!• In 1933 Lefere developed a patented process for making truck wheel hubs. This
technology allowed Lefere to control this market for over 50 years.• The company today remains controlled and run by the Lefere family.• Senior management experience equals well over 150 years.• Twenty Lefere’s work in management and other internal plant operations.• The facility has a total of 180,000 square feet of manufacturing space under roof.• 2014 annual sales = + $23,000,000• Diversified product and customer mix including: Agricultural, Conveyors Systems,
Heavy Truck, Trailer and Off-Highway Products, Mining, Construction, Petrol Chemical, Rail Road and others:
• Customers include: ArvinMeritor, Axletech, Baker Hughes, Dana, Nat. Oil Well, ZF-Lemforder etc.
Lefere Forge
• Production Equipment
• (4) 3,000# Power Hammers - Parts from 5# minimum to 25#• (2) 4,000# Power Hammers - Parts from 10# to 35 # • (1) 5,000# Power Hammer - Parts from 20# to 50#• (1) 8,000# Power Hammer - Parts from 50# to 150#• (2) 10,000# Power Hammer - Parts from 50# to 160# * adding second 10,000 hammer 2014-2015• After forging all cells have conveyors that feed a main conveyor leading directly to
shot blast cleaning and inspection.• (1) Mechanical Shear• (1) Hydraulic Shear• (3) Carbide Saws• Capable of sawing / shearing steel up to 7 ½”
Lefere Forge
• Quality
• BS EN ISO9001:2008 Registered, Certification # US004367-1• Current Registration Period: 03 January 2015 to 02 January 2018• Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP)• Collaboration between all operational functions Engineering, production, purchasing,
sales and marketing.• Five pieces per hour from every production unit are taken for hot inspection, parts
are taken to the quality department and checked attribute data and critical characteristics as specified by the customer.
• All SPC data is retained in “MQ1” database software designed for easy retrieval and use.
• All parts are visually inspected for attribute data such as scale, non fill and laps.• Certified outside sources are utilized for all metallurgical and material testing.
Lefere Forge
• In-House Tooling
• 100% in-house tooling for fast start up of new parts both symmetrical and non symmetrical.
• In addition to a complete array of conventional die sinking equipment, we have recently added two new computer controlled CNC Machining Centers.
• (1) Viper V-1500 Vertical Machining Center • (1) Toyoda Vertical Machining Center• (1) Okuma CNC Lathe • All die blocks are also machined and prepped in house prior to sinking impressions• 95% of all maintenance machining is also done in house saving time and
transportation.• 100% of all dies following production are brought into the die room and reworked.
When the next order comes in the dies are ready without delay!
Lefere Forge
• Markets
• Agricultural (Farm Equipment)• Construction Equipment• Gears• Hoist / Crane• Industrial Equipment• On/Off Highway• Mechanical Power Transmission• Mining• Petrochemical• Railroad• Rock Crushing• Timber
Lefere Forge
BS EN ISO9001:2008 Certified
Certificated by Bureau Veritas Certification number US007419-1 Date issued 03 January 2015 Valid until 02 January 2018
For Bureau Veritas Certification UK ltd.Great Guildford House30 Great Guildford StreetLondon SE1 0es
Lefere Forge
• Additional Information
• Quotes typically in 3-4 days, faster if required• Samples from production tooling in 5 week or less• Typical lead time to PPAP 5 weeks• Volumes of 500 piece per year minimum up to 20,000 pieces per year, average part
volumes are 2,000 to 5,000 per year.• The only forging plant world wide with a totally automated conveyor system for material
handling. From bar steel to forged and inspected parts, lift trucks are not involved until parts are ready for inventory or shipment.
• The company and management are committed to quality, if a problem is encountered, Lefere will immediately visit your faculty to review and rectify any issues.
• Dedication to continuous improvement and capital reinvestment.• Most recent investments have been in the die facility with two CNC Vertical Machining
Centers. Lefere also maintains large inventories of spare parts for all capital equipment.• Deliveries from Lefere are second to none. Large inventories of standard grade raw
materials provide fast turnaround and peace of mind to all customers. At any point in time it is not unusual for steel inventories to exceed ten (10) million pounds
Lefere Forge
• Product Examples
Lefere Forge
• Recent Capital Investments and near term plans
• Installing an additional 10,000 pound hammer – completion 12 months• New water cooling tower installed January 2012• 3rd Carbide Saw for cutting steel installed 2011.• Additional investments also continue relating to keeping the forging facility in top
operating condition, including building siding and complete over haul of the overhead crane in the forge building.
• Recent investment also includes a Toyoda CNC Vertical Machining Center in the die room for sinking large dies for non-symmetrical parts.
• Purchased first Viper V-1500 CNC Vertical Machining Center for the die room. This machine makes smaller to mid size dies for non-symmetrical parts.
• A new 300 ton press trim press has been purchased and added to the 10,000 pound hammer cell allowing for trimming of larger more complex parts.
• Constructed a new building for the protection of lubricants, drums and steel shavings from rain water run off etc.
• Other capital projects to be reviewed and implemented as appropriate.
Lefere Forge
•Personnel
• Pete Lefere – President – [email protected]
• Tim Lefere – VP and Die Room Manager
• Chris Lefere – VP and Quality Manager
• Matt Lefere – Purchasing Manager & Secretary/Treasurer [email protected]
• Beth Perez – CFO & Controller [email protected]
• Terry Lefere – Production Control [email protected]
• Jim Olson – Sales Manager [email protected] or [email protected]
Lefere Forge 665 Hupp Ave., Jackson, MI 49203 Phone: 517-784-7109 Fax: 517-784-0929 email Sales: [email protected] or [email protected]
