Midland Pressure Diecasting (MPD) was identified as a key supplier at the very start of the Covid-19 pandemic and has proactively responded by boosting its workforce in a number of strategic positions, including electrical maintenance, fabrication, CNC operation and die casting.
The company, which provides aluminium and zinc high pressure die castings and CNC machining services, supplies critical safety parts used in hospital beds and air filtration, as well as components for mobile sanitising equipment that is keeping medical facilities clean.
It has also received instruction from the MoD to continue to produce specialist lighting parts that are used by vehicles taking part in vital logistics operations.
Urgent client demands for parts have been met by the 75 employees, who thanks to application of additional PPE and a new factory layout, are all adhering to government guidelines.
He continued: “With the full support of our staff we have overcome a number of challenges since the start of the pandemic, such as altering our site layout and operations to ensure the safety of our workers and securing our supply chain in the face of a number of suppliers temporarily closing down as a result of Covid-19.
“The safety of our workforce is a priority and we’ve taken measures to increase social distancing by redesigning the factory to introduce more workstations so they are further apart, working from home where possible and staggering breaks and shifts so our staff always maintain a safe distance from each other.”
Midland Pressure Diecasting supplies customers in batch sizes (ranging from 50 parts to 5 million) and with components as heavy as 6kg produced at the company’s two Willenhall facilities spanning a combined 80,000ft2.
The company, which recently completed another investment drive of £250,000, can also provide high quality tooling and CNC machining services to clients who require parts to be supplied finished for their assemblies.
Mr Suman concluded: “This is a real team effort and MPD, like many Black Country manufacturers, is proud to do what we can to help the country get through these difficult times. We are fortunate to be in a position to hire skilled people when a lot of staff are being furloughed across the UK and this helps to secure both vital industrial knowledge and experience, whilst being a welcome boost for local employment.
“With production volumes continuing to increase, we will shortly be looking to create even more positions at the business.”
