The latest companies to join the Cast Metals Federation (CMF) include a supplier, a service provider and a historic foundry company.
Supplier Ultraseal International Group Ltd is a global specialist in porosity sealing technology, whilst also offering a wide breadth of subcontract post casting treatments, such as powder coating, wet painting, chromating, pressure testing and shotblasting.
Gareth Ridge, Operations Manager, said “We pride ourselves on being a trusted partner to foundries to help achieve superior casting quality, cosmetic enhancement and ultimately delivering added value to our customers products, and by joining the Federation we can demonstrate our continued commitment to the castings industry in the UK.
Asset Disposal Services Ltd has joined the Cast Metals Federation to enhance its support of the UK foundry and castings industry. “We have been supporting the Federation and its members in the industry for many years but are keen to formalise this relationship by becoming a supplier member,” explains ADS Director Phil Stokes. “We have one simple objective, and that is to maximise the return generated for our clients from their surplus assets, whether that means single items or full production lines, without adding to their workload.”
Paralloy Ltd with its two divisions, Paralloy and Firth Vickers, is the latest foundry group to join the Cast Metals Federation.
The company has its origins in the UK’s steel industry, and Paralloy & Firth Vickers (comprising FVC & FVE) manufacture centrifugally cast, as well as static cast, products and solutions in a wide range of alloys, including high nickel alloys, for the petrochemical, industrial gas turbine and aerospace sectors.
Robert McGowan, CEO for the group company Paralloy Ltd said: “Our group supplies the highly engineered components for sectors where exceptional quality and reliability are demanded, and we take pride in serving some of the words most challenging industries from power generation and transportation to manufacturing and critical chemical industries. We are pleased to be part of the Federation at a time when there is a growing recognition of the importance of manufacturing to the UK economy and look forward to playing an active role though our membership.”
CMF CEO Pam Murrell commented: “It is really important that we work together as a sector in the UK – there are some clear challenges for UK manufacturing, but also some great opportunities as we look to re-power the UK economy. Our sector has a role to play in providing the engineering solutions for the UK and also contributing to net zero, to the circular economy for metals and to levelling up. It is fantastic to have companies like Paralloy Ltd joining with us at this time”.