Bridgnorth Aluminium (BAL) is launching its next recruitment drive with an important message to government.
BAL, which is Britain’s only fully integrated producer of flat rolled aluminium coils, is looking to fill 10 positions at its expansive site in Bridgnorth and believes the materials needs a bigger profile.
The company is looking to champion the role of aluminium as a critical material that is used in vitally important sectors, such as aerospace, automotive, defence and energy generation.
Bosses at the firm want it to have the same standing and political attention as steel, especially considering that it is an infinitely recyclable metal and one that is suited to achieving a true circular economy.
“We’re a profitable industry doing some amazing things yet always seem to fall behind other metals when it comes to attention and backing. Working with other companies in our sector, we want to change that,” explained Adrian Musgrave, Commercial Director of Bridgnorth Aluminium.
“We’re investing heavily in greening our manufacturing operations and diversifying into new markets, where aluminium offers a new lightweight option. There’s an appetite to create new jobs and expand, but there are a lot of external challenges facing us – including the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM) and scrap leakage.”
He continued: “Government needs to put together a joined-up sector-specific strategy by consulting with us.”
Bridgnorth Aluminium provides aluminium flat-rolled products to clients in the construction, lithographic, packaging and, increasingly, the electrification sector.
From its 66-acre site, the company has access to two cast houses, two rolling mills, two cold rolling mills, a multi-slitting line and multiple finishing lines, not to mention well-equipped R&D facilities and metallurgy laboratories.
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