Lobenhofer Consulting, Inc.

1806 Magnolia Lane

Mount Prospect, IL 60056-4565

Telephone - 847.640.8065

Email - rwl@lobenhofer.com

Mission Statement

Lobenhofer Consulting, Inc improves operations by providing practical measurement and analysis techniques of quantitative variables.

I started Lobenhofer Consulting in 1988. After working in foundries for about 15 years and spending another 11 years (see the Qualifications page for more details) working for the American Foundrymen's Society (at that time the technical society for the North American foundry industry, I decided to concentrate my efforts on my passion - having the foundry industry use decision making processes based on quantifiable variables.

While I usually work alone, there have been instances where I have teamed with other consultants to accomplish projects. To get a better feel of the type of consulting most typically done, visit the page titled Consulting. A special form a consulting are the customer surveys we conduct. Visit the Survey page to learn more.

My long experience with foundries naturally allows me to quickly determine the capabilities of specific foundries. This can be advantageous for companies needing to buy castings. For more information on this service, visit the page titled  Auditing. 

My desire to see decision making based on quantifiable variables and computers are a natural link. I've developed a number of programs that assist foundries in using quantifiable variables. Those programs are described in the Software page.

For the last few years much of my attention has been focused on controlling the tensile properties of gray and ductile iron. I decided it was time to make my thoughts on the subject available. You can find them by going to the control page.

While, as with most engineers, communicating through the written word is never easy, I've been fortunate enough to have a number of articles and magazine columns published. If you'll check the Publications page, you'll be able to access some of my published articles. That will also lead you to a link of some writings that will most likely never be published.

Of course, life is more than foundries, statistics, writing, and computers. I enjoy collecting and sharing  motivational quotes, photography and travel. 

Thank you for visiting the site. If you have any comments or questions, please write me at rwl@lobenhofer.com.

Roy Lobenhofer