Business View Magazine | August 2020

52 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020 AT A GLANCE LAMAR TOOL & DIE CASTING INC. WHAT: A provider of die casting services WHERE: Modesto, California WEBSITE: www.lamartoolanddie.com H eadquartered in Modesto, California, with another facility in Stockton, the family- owned and operated Lamar Tool & Die Casting, Inc. services the automotive, agricultural, medical, aerospace, and many other industries with die castings in aluminum, zinc, and other exotic alloys. The ISO9001-certified company was begun in 1982 by Larry Snoreen and his wife, Margie, thus the portmanteau: Lamar. “My father was a tool and die maker by trade, straight out of high school,” recounts Brian Kolsters, Lamar’s Vice President and Director of Operations. “He worked for other folks, building die cast molds and plastic injection molds for many years. In 1982, he decided to venture out on his own. So, he had a small shop built in his mother’s backyard, where he had a mill, a lathe, IE CASTING INC. CAS T W I T H P R I D E