About LAB The leading manufacturer of high-quality lock tumbler pins
Since 1956, LAB has specialized in manufacturing high-quality component parts and aftermarket packaging for the mechanical security, firearms, electronics, and consumer goods industries.
LAB is the home of the largest concentration of D-2, D-4 and D-6 Swiss Escomatic screw machines in North America, producing over 800 million high-quality precision parts annually. Our highly trained professional operators make LAB the sought-after source for high-volume, high-quality precision parts delivered on time. All LAB Pins and Pin Kits are made in the USA, with quality inspections performed at each phase of manufacturing to ensure superior reliability, and accuracy.
Today, LAB is proud to be recognized as a “World Class Supplier” and “Supplier of Choice” for manufacturers and market suppliers around the world.
Committed to QUALITY
- The best raw materials available
- An ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
- State-of-the-art inspection equipment
They said it couldn’t be done… but LAB did it
While employed as a toolmaker in the 1950s, Robert Labbe envisioned a high-speed screw machine that could produce lock tumbler pins 20 times faster. He was told it would be impossible—but within a year, his first lock tumbler pin machine had achieved the goal, and LAB was born.
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