To provide a durable and aesthetic finish, powder coating is the preferred method of painting here at Lee Manufacturing. The powder used in our finishing process is a combination of resin and finely ground particles of pigment. This mixture is first electrostatically sprayed onto the substrate to be coated. The powder particles are charged and […]
Doing More with More
Our last blog addressed how more companies are returning to American vendors, as the economic advantages of doing business overseas is eroding. Lee Manufacturing is both very grateful and fortunate to benefit heavily from this transition. As a result of this increased business, we recently added a number of new machines to our fabrication department […]
Manufactured in the USA
We live in a global economy. This reality stuck home the hardest for many U.S. manufacturing companies over the past 20 years, whereas Chinese manufactures, dealing under a different set of labor, patent and environmental rules, were able to make many products manufactured in the United States, “un-competitively ” priced, leading to losses of many […]
Our employees are like family, and family is hard to leave.
After spending more than 30 years in manufacturing, the past 15 of which were as a press room operator at Lee Manufacturing, Lorene Mifflin formally retired and headed to the warmth of Tennessee 2 years ago. We were extremely sad to see her go. Lorene’s charismatic personality, along with her devotion to the company was […]
Energy Efficiency at Lee Manufacturing
Energy conservation is an important factor here at Lee Manufacturing, as we are always looking for new ways to do more with less. This past fall we started from the top (literally), as we applied 40,000sf of additional ridged insulation to our roof when we installed a new rubberized roof covering about half the plant. […]