The Companies
Alucast
Brief description of Products and Services:
Aluminium castings manufactured in sand, gravity and pressure techniques, tool design and manufacture, machining and surface coatings.
Countries we currently export to:
France, Holland, Germany, Scandinavia, USA, and Eastern Europe.
Current Accreditations:
ISO 9001: 2000.
Key Product Applications:
Oil chambers for industrial compressors; vacuum pump bodies; engine, gearbox and chassis components; oil filter and oil metering bodies, commercial vehicle mirror systems, brake calipers, radiator and intercooler tanks.
Business Background:
Alucast was formed in 1961 as a gravity foundry and then further developed into sand casting and pressure die casting now on one site. The company has its own full machining facilities.
Current in-house facilities:
Casting, coremaking, finishing, heat treatment, real time x-ray and laboratory, machine shop.
In-house Design Capability:
Concept to production, product design input, tool design and development. Significant R&D development. Winner UK Cast Metals Federation - Component of the Year Award for brake caliper for Bugatti Veyron.
CAD systems used:
Flow modelling software, Magmasoft, Catia and AutoCAD via toolmakers.
Corporate Data
Number of Employees: 115
Turnover: £8 million
Export: 15%
