Foundry Road Engineering (sample) started with two lathes in a rented unit. Today 38 people machine, fabricate and inspect parts for equipment makers.
We are a subcontract shop: we make parts to other companies’ drawings. That means we never compete with our customers, and every job starts with reading someone else’s design carefully.
The company is still owned by the family that started it, and most of the people who run it came up through the shop floor (sample).
The size of the shop tells you what kind of work suits us: batches and assemblies, not mass production.
Founded
1987
People
38, including 5 apprentices
Shop floor
2,400 m²
Shifts
Two, Monday to Friday
Customers
About 60 active accounts
Company facts (sample).
The same steps for a single prototype or a repeat batch: a drawing review before we quote, and a measured first part before the batch.
Route card: your order
You send
Drawing and quantity
You get
Parts, report and certs
Drawing review
An engineer reads your drawing and model and asks about anything unclear.
Day 1
Quotation
Price per part at your quantities, set-up shown separately, lead time in working days.
Within 2 days
Order and planning
Material ordered with certificates, programs written, the job booked on a machine.
Week 1
First article
The first part is measured in full; on new parts you get the report before we run the batch.
Week 2
Production
The batch runs with in-process checks at the machine.
Weeks 2 to 4
Final inspection
Sample inspection to your drawing, paperwork checked against the order.
Before dispatch
Dispatch
Packed to protect the finish, sent by our van or your carrier.
On the date agreed
Typical times for a new part in a batch of 50 to 500 (sample).
One estimator and one planner follow your part from the quote to the delivery.
Managing director (sample)
Works manager (sample)
Estimating and sales (sample)
Production planning (sample)
Quality manager (sample)
Apprentice training (sample)
Tell us about the part, the quantity and the date. If we are not the right shop for it, we say so.