Bridgnorth Aluminium has invested £600,000 into new equipment at its Stourbridge Road facility.
New opportunities in underfloor heating and cooling applications for the automotive sector and data centres has inspired this latest investment.
The company, which is one of the town’s largest employers, is installing a refurbished Schmutz line, giving it an in-house capability for finishing thinner gauge materials.
The equipment will provide slitting and winding for thin gauge aluminium reels destined for customers in Wales, the EU and the US.
Commissioning should be complete by March 2026 and comes just a month after the business returned to 24/7 operations in key process areas, building on new molten metal filtration equipment that reduces impurities in the casting process.
These recent equipment investments position the company as a leader in flat rolled aluminium coils for lithography, packaging, cooling and heating applications, electrification and data applications.
Adrian Musgrave, Commercial Director at Bridgnorth Aluminium, commented: “It has been a really positive start to 2026, with export orders up, new domestic clients secured and some major advancements in capabilities well on the way to being completed.
“This is all being achieved against a backdrop of global uncertainty and is real testimony to the long-term strategy the management team has put in place and the way our 330-strong workforce responded to a difficult time for our business in 2023.”
He concluded: “The Schmutz line has also sparked a mini recruitment drive, with a 10% increase in our finishing team that work flexibility across several of our lines.”
