Contract manufacturer specializing in metal fabrication, stamping, and precision machining
Lake Air Products operates a full-service job shop focused on metal fabrication, stamping, welding, and precision machining for industrial customers. The company is aggressively hiring—50 roles posted in the last 30 days—with 69 of 84 active openings in manufacturing, signaling a production scaling phase. Their tech stack is traditional (SolidWorks, Mastercam, Epicor, Lean Six Sigma) and stable, with internal focus on process efficiency: root-cause analysis, scrap reduction, and throughput improvement are their top active projects.
Notable leadership hires: Production Lead
Lake Air Products is a privately held contract manufacturer headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, serving industrial and OEM customers with capabilities spanning prototyping, short-run stamping, metal fabrication, precision machining, structural fabrication, laser cutting, and custom assembly. The company operates an in-house tool and die shop and provides end-to-end design and manufacturing services. With 51–200 employees and founded in 1974, Lake Air competes on quality, cost, and lead time in a traditional manufacturing market. Current operational priorities center on meeting quality and cost targets, increasing throughput, and reducing scrap and production waste through process improvement initiatives.
Lake Air Products provides metal fabrication, stamping, welding, precision machining, structural fabrication, laser cutting, custom assembly, and in-house tool and die services, from prototyping through short-run and full production.
Lake Air uses SolidWorks for design, Mastercam for machining programming, AutoCAD for technical drawings, Lean Six Sigma for process improvement, and Epicor for enterprise resource planning.
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