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Automotive

Established in 1857, Ash & Lacy has grown into a company with a group annual turnover of £75 million+, with experience in the Automotive sector for 150 years+.

Ash & Lacy Automotive with Vestatec specialise in the manufacturing of metal performance and decorative A surface components through a large variety of capabilities: perforating, expanding, photo etching, laser cutting, stamping, fabrication, machining and multiple coating solutions.

With total solution manufacturing and services in-house, we offer over 21 OEMs and Tier 1s a highly experienced, responsive and controlled supply.

Smethwick, West Midlands

Nottingham

Manufacturing since 1857
Total design & prototyping support
Under one roof
Supply globally

Categories

Body In White

Body in White

Our perforating, expanding, laser, and press forming capabilities allow us to produce fully finished ventilation meshes, decorative grilles and pressed exterior assemblies.

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Powertrain

What we can offer you as mesh parts does not stop at grilles and ventilation. Interior or exterior, from seatbelt components to microphone covers, if the part requires holes we can provide our best mesh parts solution for you given our highly accurate perforating, etching and expanding capabilities.

Interiors

Interiors

We provide a full range of metal decorative and performance interior components, specialising in speaker grilles. From the raw material to a fully assembled solution, we utilise our competencies so that your vision can become a reality thorough our extensive range of materials, processes and finishes.

Capabilities

Perforated

Perforated Mesh

Our all-across and CNC-operated punch presses contain punches to stamp a full sheet width or cluster series of holes, producing your required perforated pattern.

Expanded

Expanded Mesh

Our dedicated, purpose-built expanded metal machines simultaneously slit and stretch longitudinally.

Laser cutting

Laser Cutting

Our in-house 2D flat bed and 3D 5-axis lasers offer bespoke mesh and pattern designs with no tooling cost and quick turnaround, whilst complementing our complex geometry pressing for trimming and detail without distortion.

Meal Pressing & Stamping

Metal Pressing & Stamping

Utilising a wide range of press tonnages and bed sizes, we can cater from simple form operations to full car width multistage progression pressing.

Photo Etching

Photo Etching

Our in-house metal photochemical etching line can realise intricate designs faster and more efficiently than ever.

Fabrication

Fabrication

Our CNC milling supports a huge scope of capabilities to bring your vision to life. Our MIG, TIG or robotic automated laser welding are there to offer the optimum solution.

Finishes

Finishes

We offer a wide range of coatings and processes to best fit the application, vision, and style.

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Assembly

With our state-of-the-art Qualicoat approved polyester powder coating (PPC) line, from small trim to A surface body in white, we can offer a vast range of solutions, aesthetic or performance driven.

Can we help?

If there’s anything you need, we’d love for you to get in touch.

Accreditations

Ash & Lacy are committed to the highest standards of quality. Our manufacturing sites are regularly audited according to:

IATF 16949
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