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For engineers, buyers, sourcing professionals, and product designers working with precision metal stamping, few decisions have as much influence on part cost, quality, manufacturability, and long-term production performance as tolerances. A tolerance on a metal stamping drawing is more than a number around a nominal dimension. It communicates how much variation a stamped part can… Read More >

Quick answer: The 2026 U.S.-Canada trade dispute has raised steel and aluminum input costs, lengthened lead times, and made stamping quotations less predictable for buyers of stamped metal components. Section 232 tariffs of up to 50% on covered steel, aluminum, and copper products, combined with Canadian retaliatory tariffs of 15%-50% on roughly $20 billion of… Read More >

When prospective customers evaluate a metal stamping supplier, they often focus on capabilities, equipment, pricing, quality certifications, tooling expertise, and production capacity. These are all important considerations, but there is another factor that can have an enormous impact on a supplier’s ability to consistently deliver quality parts on time: preventative maintenance. At Larson Tool &… Read More >

For buyers, engineers, and sourcing professionals in the metal stamping world, quality problems are rarely a surprise when you look back at where they started. A cracked part, an out-of-tolerance dimension, a wrinkle that shows up three weeks into a production run, these issues can almost always be traced back to a decision made long… Read More >

If you manufacture products for the defense, aerospace, or national security sectors, you have almost certainly encountered the acronym ITAR. You may have nodded along in meetings where it was mentioned or checked a compliance box on a supplier questionnaire. But for many procurement managers and engineers, the full meaning of ITAR, and why it… Read More >

If you are a procurement manager, engineer, or operations leader sourcing precision metal stampings today, you are navigating one of the most turbulent raw material environments in recent memory.Read more › Read More >