ABOUT US
Established over six decades ago by Darrell and Mary Lanz in Eugene, Oregon, Lanz Cabinets was built on a foundation of providing handcrafted custom cabinetry with dependable service to a local market. Lanz has grown from that groundwork under the leadership of its current president, Kyle Bressler, son-in-law of Brent Lanz (the founders’ eldest son), and stands today as a progressive cabinet manufacturing company that sells multifamily cabinetry, countertops, and sinks throughout the western United States.
OUR MISSION
To enhance the lifestyles of our customers by creating and providing affordable, quality cabinetry through the use of innovative and functional design.
OUR VISION
Lanz Cabinets will become the cabinetry company of choice in the Western United States, exceeding our customers’ expectations in Quality, Value, and Service through the best technology and manufacturing practices in the world.
Core Values
Our Customers
Our customers trust Lanz Cabinets because they know our business is dedicated to designing, manufacturing and providing quality products.
- We will handle every interaction in a responsive and professional manner while maintaining the highest degree of ethical standards.
- We will provide products and services of the highest quality and value at a competitive price.
- We will be known for the reliability of our products, our innovative designs, and flexible product offerings.
- As a team, we take pride and personal responsibility for meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations.
Our TEAM
Lanz Cabinets values our team members and recognizes them as critical to our business success.
- We are committed to creating an atmosphere of teamwork where every member is valued, treated with respect and dignity, encouraged to contribute their ideas and opinions, and recognized for his or her efforts.
- We will provide a positive work environment where every team member can feel safe and secure in his or her job.
- We will provide every team member the opportunity for career advancement and personal and professional development.
- We are open and honest in our communication, providing information to team members that impact their jobs and provides insight about company performance.
- We will hold ourselves accountable for meeting our job expectations. We take responsibility for our performance, decisions, and actions.
- We will create a family-oriented atmosphere, helping team members realize a healthy work and life balance.
Our COMMUNITY
As an industry leader, Lanz Cabinets is committed to improving the communities where we work and live.
- We maintain our image and reputation as a provider of meaningful work to members of our community.
- We share our success by giving generously back to the community through a wide variety of community and nonprofit organizations.
GREEN MANUFACURING
ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP
Lanz Cabinets is committed to conducting business in a manner that safeguards our customers, employees, and the communities where we work.
ANSI/KCMA A161.1
We are active members of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA). Our cabinets are ANSI/KCMA 161.1 certified. Cabinets bearing the ANSI/KCMA 161.1 certification have been extensively tested according to rigorous standards developed, and periodically revised, by a committee operating under rules set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and developed by the KCMA. The KMCA was founded in 1955 as a non-profit for residential cabinetmakers to aid in setting standards, sponsoring research, and providing education and management tools.
Environmental
Initiatives History
1999
In an effort to reduce hazardous waste we started recycling solvent. We started using UV Finishes. This process reduced the amount of product being released as an air pollutant.
2002
Lanz Cabinets started using optimizer technology in the cutting of face frame material, maximizing material consumption of our solid stock face frame material.
We started using optimizer technology in cutting melamine door and drawer faces resulting in a better yield of panel material.
We retrofitted the lighting in our manufacturing facility converting it from metal halide to T8 fluorescent lights, thereby reducing electricity consumption.
Incorporated variable drive 50 and 200HP air compressors. These only produce and use HP on a supply and demand base resulting in a 40% savings in power.
Implemented a policy requiring that all 25HP and larger motors and machines we buy, use soft start technology. This means when a machine starts it does not create a surge of power, resulting in smoother and cleaner consumption
2004
Lanz Cabinets purchased an automatic rip saw resulting in improvements in the utilization of lumber products. This is accomplished by using the machine’s software to calculate the most efficient way to cut the lumber to result in the greatest yield.
2007
We switched from solvent-based UV finishes to water-based UV finishes with no HAPs and only traces of VOCs.
2008
Retrofitted our Building 1 dust collection with return socks which returns the heated air into the building rather than discharging it. This was also included in the purchase of the new Building 3 dust collection system.
Lanz Cabinets began working with Lane County by implementing the Lane County Master Recycling Program. All office paper, cardboard, metal, and plastic are being recycled.
Year-end 2008 we show an 81% reduction in the amount of VOCs since 2006 and a 67% reduction in the disposal of hazardous waste while increasing production an average of 12% per year during that same time period.