Lamsco West, Inc.

Lamsco West, Inc. is a manufacturer of shims, detail parts and laminated shim stock for aerospace and defense, based in Santa Clarita, California. It has been in business since 1961 and says it is the largest single manufacturer of detail parts, shims and laminated shim stock in the world. It is part of the Avantus Aerospace group of companies.

Products

• Shims: solid and laminated shims, tapered shims and fillers
• Detail parts: CNC machined (3 and 5 axis) and sheet metal parts, including doublers, stiffeners, splice plates, angles, brackets, washers, machined extrusions and clips, plus other precision metallic and non-metallic components
• Assemblies: from simple to specialised assemblies, including nutplates
• Shim stock and composite materials made in-house: aluminium, stainless steel, titanium, brass, phenolic, carbon fibre, fibreglass and polyimide panels and laminated stock

Value added services

• Min/max management
• Kitting
• Just in time (JIT) delivery
• DLF and vending programmes

Customers and recognition

The company supplies major OEMs, sub-tiers and distributors, and its careers page names customers and programmes at Boeing, Airbus, Northrop, Lockheed, Collins Aerospace, Gulfstream, Bell and Bombardier. It lists 13 Boeing Performance Excellence Awards, the 2013 Boeing Supplier of the Year, Mitsubishi Partner of the Year in 2014 and 2017, and four Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Awards.

Certifications and approvals

• ISO 9001 and AS9100 (listed as valid to August 2027)
• ISO 14001 environmental standard
• Customer approvals listed on its accreditations page, including Boeing, Airbus and Bell Textron
• Positions are subject to ITAR, so applicants must be US persons

Facilities

Lamsco West operates a purpose built factory in Santa Clarita with a program management team for new product industrialisation. It offers a virtual 3D tour of the facility on request and welcomes visitors where safety rules allow.