About Us
The Lund Team
Lund Coating Technologies, Inc. and
Lund Precision Products Division Holly Springs, MS, U.S.A.
Lund Precision Products, Ltd. Athlone, Republic of Ireland
The International Perspective
The Lund Precision Group is truly an international company. We are both active and comfortable in the multi-national environment. However, it is important to note that these international activities are not a recent effort for Lund. The Athlone factory was built over
thirty years ago to satisfy demand that had already grown too large to be supplied from the U.S. From Athlone, we have served customers throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Ireland's skilled, educated workforce provides a dynamic environment for Lund's European activities. Moreover, Ireland is a cost effective entry and distribution point for the European Economic Community countries.
From our two factories Lund presently serves customers worldwide, including Eastern and Western Europe, South America, Australia and Japan.
The Lund History
The Lund Precision Group presently includes Lund Coating Technologies, Inc. and The Lund Precision Products Division located in Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.A.; and Lund Precision Products, Ltd. located in Athlone, Republic of Ireland. However, the company’s origins go back to 1947 when Swedish immigrant Gustave Lund and his son Roger founded Lund as Lund Products, Inc. in an old mill building in Maynard, Massachusetts.
The company quickly became the dominant supplier of cutting components to the U.S. agricultural market. In 1965, Lund Products was sold to Rexnord, Inc., a large Milwaukee based capital goods manufacturer listed on the New York Stock Exchange. At this point the company became known as the Rexnord Knife Division.
By the late 1970's the Rexnord Knife Division had successfully penetrated the European market for agricultural knives and cutting systems. In 1981 a new factory was completed in Athlone, Ireland to serve the European market.
Lund was purchased from Rexnord in 1985 by its senior management team. At that time, the company adopted the name of Lund International Corporation, to reflect its international scale.
More recently, in order to more accurately reflect the company’s broader scope in the cutting systems and wear parts industry, the names of the Hudson and Athlone operations were changed to Lund Precision Products, Inc. and Lund Precision Products, Ltd., respectively.
Finally, in April of 2004, Piper Industrial Coatings of Collierville, Tennessee was added to the Lund Precision Group. In the process, its name was changed to Lund Coating Technologies, Inc.
The facility in Ireland has full manufacturing and R&D capabilities, and occupies a 55,000 sq. ft. building in a modern industrial park. The
Holy Springs operation occupies an 80,000 square foot facility.
In January, 2007, Lund embarked on a new phase. The Hudson, Massachusetts operation
was relocated to an 80,000 square foot facility in Holly Springs, Mississippi, just southeast of
Memphis, a major distribution center. In August 2007, Lund Coating Technologies was moved to Holly Springs as well.
The Lund Credo
The owners and management of Lund are committed to the following business principles, which we believe to be the foundation of our past success and the pathway to our future:
- We will always conduct our business with the understanding that our customers are our only reason for being.
- We will always provide our customers with quality products, and on-time deliveries are the overriding consideration in the day-to-day running of our business.
- We will never allow ourselves to be put into situations which compromise either our integrity or credibility.
- We will always strive to develop new and better technology for the benefit of our customers and the security of our future.
- We will always conduct our business in an honest and fair manner with respect to our customers, our suppliers, and our employees.
- We will operate our business so as to assure its fiscal health and continued growth, in the interest of our customers and employees.
- We will be concerned and involved citizens in the communities in which we operate our facilities.
We also recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset. Their well-being shall always remain our highest concern. To this end, we are dedicated to the following “people principles”:
- We will provide our employees with a workplace that is at all times clean, safe,
non-discriminating, non-threatening and drug free.
- We will encourage our employees to improve their skills and enhance their career opportunities through training and other educational assistance.
- We will treat all employees consistently and fairly.
- We will compensate all employees competitively within the financial abilities of the Company.
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