Lyndon Poskitt, the motorcycle racer from St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire, has an insatiable desire to achieve more. But after you’ve already completed the gruelling Dakar Rally, which he did in 2013, what could be more challenging? The Dakar Rally is already the longest and most arduous race in the world. How do you…
Attwater & Sons Ltd has been supplying materials to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for several years for use on the new Shannon Class All Weather Lifeboats, so it is fitting that the RNLI has called upon composite tube specialist Custom Composites, part of the Attwater Group to provide the rollers that will help launch…
Industrial laminated products specialists Attwater and Custom Composites will display advanced carbon fibre marine products and a range of their best selling laminates, when they return to the Composites Engineering show for the seventh year. The Lancashire company has become a familiar face at the industry show this year has a bigger stand to showcase…
Attwater tours Europe to gain and share industry insight Attwater technical controller Matt D’Arcy has been clocking up the air miles in his quest to keep his laminates company at the forefront of the industry. Along with two colleagues, Matt contributed to the European Electrical Insulation Manufacturers AGM in Berlin, followed by a visit to…
Attwater adds to extensive testing toolkit Attwater, the industrial laminates specialist, has expanded its in-house testing facility with the construction of a furnace-hardened steel fixture. The apparatus has been designed and built to test gasket materials, and adds another dimension to the company’s facilities which already boast more than 30 methods of testing materials and…
Phil Parker started work at Attwater in the year England won the world cup. And while the national team has failed to recreate its moment of glory Phil’s career has gone from strength to strength. Now retiring after 50 years the head of the joiner’s shop has been looking back at a successful and enjoyable…
Mark Burrow did not get off to the best start when he joined Attwater in 1990. Just a couple of months after beginning his job as a press operative the company went on a three day week and he was laid off. But he had already made a good impression and he was taken on…
Attwater Group, the Lancashire-based industrial laminates manufacturer and machining specialist, has secured more than £350,000 worth of orders in the aerospace sector in just three months. The work covers machined parts manufactured by Attwater, delivered to the exacting quality standards demanded by the aerospace sector. Materials that have proven particularly popular are its B34 polyimide…
