MP hears aluminium issues
March 2016

SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS has joined with the Aluminium Federation (ALFED) to help raise the profile of the industry and its importance to the UK’s job market in a meeting with Don Valley MP Caroline Flint.

The MP toured Senior’s manufacturing facility in Denaby. The visit provided the opportunity to highlight the various issues facing the aluminium sector in terms of energy efficiency targets, competition from overseas and skill shortages.

The group also included Peter McNestry MBE, chairman of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, to highlight the importance of supporting local companies to help bring back industry and employment opportunities to former mining communities such as Denaby.

Senior Architectural Systems managing director Mark Wadsworth said: “Although we operate on a national level, we are extremely proud of our South Yorkshire roots. This is an area that has a rich heritage of manufacturing and we are always delighted to fly the flag for the local business community and the wider industry. Attracting, nurturing and retaining a local labour force is a key strategy to our future growth, as is our commitment to developing new products and manufacturing processes that are truly sustainable. It was a pleasure to meet with Ms Flint and I hope that the visit provided her with a greater understanding of the challenges that our industry is facing and the important role that UK manufacturers play in both fuelling the national economy and supporting the local communities in which they operate.”

Picture: (l to r) Councillor Nigel Ball, Shaun O’Brien (director, Coalfields Regeneration Trust), Peter McNestry MBE (chair, Coalfields Regeneration Trust), Jonny Greenstreet (business relationship manager, Senior Architectural Systems), Mark Wadsworth (managing director, Senior Architectural Systems), Mark Wheatley (technical director, Senior Architectural Systems), Caroline Flint MP, Ian Oliver (marketing & communications manager, ALFED) and Mark Burton (production manager, Senior Architectural Systems).

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