Aldermans
Alderman Tooling is a metal fabrication company and has been in business for over 50 years. The metal parts that Aldermans produces help to make some very interesting and useful products such as metal bed feet, bus handrails, and displays for museums and fashion retailers. If it can be made out of metal, Aldermans can make it!
Most of the company’s clients are other manufacturing businesses, including some well-known Plymouth manufacturers such as Rittal, Plessey, Vispring, and Vortok.
Aldermans has won awards for being a great place to work. The business takes on apprentices most years and everyone is expected to take part in training, to keep their skills fresh, whether they’ve been at Aldermans for one year or 40 years. Their longest serving employee has completed 42 years!
Job Roles at Aldermans include:
Design Engineer, Precision Toolmaker, Metal Fabricator, Welder, CNC Machine Specialist (eg, Laser Cutting, Turning).
Did you know?
Aldermans' biggest power press can exert a force of 250 Tonnes to shape metal products. This is equivalent to the weight of 200 small cars pressing down on a piece of metal - imagine!
Their Turret Punch machine can punch through steel at a rate of 1200 hits per minute, that’s as fast as a woodpecker can peck!
They process over 700 sheets of steel per week and their Fibre Laser machine can cut through steel at a rate of 60m per minute.
Top Facts
Family-run Metal Fabrication Business
50 Employees based in Plymouth at Newnham Industrial Estate, Plympton
On average 4-5 apprentices in the company
