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.
Categories
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.
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
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 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 Mesh
Our dedicated, purpose-built expanded metal machines simultaneously slit and stretch longitudinally.
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.
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
Our in-house metal photochemical etching line can realise intricate designs faster and more efficiently than ever.
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
We offer a wide range of coatings and processes to best fit the application, vision, and style.
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.
Automotive Case Studies
Explore our case studies to see how we've helped clients achieve their goals through innovative solutions.

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







