Changing of the guard

Over the past few months I have visited several long term customers where the businesses have been handed down to the next generation (both men and women) and with that has come a renewed desire to utilize their systems as fully as possible.

In some cases this has been the passing to sons & daughters and is some cases son-in-laws have taken the reigns. It is a great thing to see this happening in an industry that many young people would consider a part of our industrial past but that is still a vibrant and essential part of our future, with foundries readily and eagerly embracing new technologies to help with both quality & speed of getting first article approval or short run quantities.

Welcome to a new generation of foundry visionaries 

Simon Adlington

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