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88 Years of Reinvention

Founded by three Sarginsons brothers in 1933, Sarginsons Industries is an aluminium foundry, with a global reputation, that has been innovating at the heart of British industry for over 80 years, working alongside engineering greats, such as Sir H Ricardo, and leading technologies, with the first copy milling machine in the UK. 

After being bombed twice in WW2, whilst making aircraft engine components, the company moved to the current Torrington Rd site in 1950, previously a 10,000sq ft old trouser factory with company pond at the back. It was soon involved in almost every aspect of the post war British car industry, as well as making the dancing taps for Norman Wisdom.

The foundry was launched in 1953 which boomed in the 1960's before making all the, non-engine, castings for the DeLorean DMC 12 in 1983, a time which also saw the company become a leader in safety critical thin wall castings, which it still is?

Sarginsons is the principal amongst four companies that comprise the Nudation Group. All companies work seamlessly, to ensure their specialist area of casting expertise helps push every boundary of the casting process. All of which can be best seen in Sarginsons uniquely exhaustive Design for Manufacture service.

Sarginsons vision is to be 'the world's most advanced, most trusted and most collaborative gateway for complex aluminium castings'. Effectively, to be a pathway for clients to design and produce better castings by exploiting the very latest in liquid metal engineering.

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Our Strategy

Sarginsons seek to dominate all aspects of the technology of aluminium casting, as a means of producing stronger, greener, and lighter cast components. The massive economies and significant performance improvements this offers, make us an essential gateway and first port of call for all new aluminium components, assemblies and structures. 

Sarginsons constantly work with Universities and OEMs, across the world, to further the immense possibilities that advanced casting promises. The dream is total liquid metal engineering, where any shape liquid metal can take becomes castable.

Sarginsons most recent breakthroughs includes the world's only true digital twin simulations, high strength recycled aluminium, controlled TYE performance, and the ability to create sand cast prototypes with the same mechanical performance as production components.

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Sarginsons Industries

Sarginsons has been an aluminium foundry and pattern maker since 1936 quickly establishing a reputation for innovation, which has been most frequently seen over a 70 year involvement with the UK automotive industry.

Today Sarginsons specialises in low porosity castings from Low Pressure, Gravity and Sand casting facilities, particularly in the automotive and aerospace industries, but it's real skill is in finding solutions, usually through its technology, to otherwise insurmountable problems.

Sarginsons is not your everyday foundry. It specialises in advancing casting technology as a means of solving complex and challenging casting dilemmas, like lightweighting, the merging of components and enhanced TYE performance. 

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Numachine : A Casting Machinist

The CNC machining of castings is a specialist skill. It requires a detailed knowledge of tooling, datum strategies, and fixturing, as well as an in depth understanding of casting, heat treatment, and coating options.

Sarginsons view CNC machining as an integral part of the casting design process, with well planned tolerances and optimised CNC pathways being critical to finding the perfect casting design.

Numachine is one of the best. With capacities up to 1.6m it is capable of handling the largest of castings, whilst its years of solving the most complex of machining problems positions it ideally to solve the next impossible challenge.

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Pattern Solutions

Having an internal pattern maker is critical to a responsive and innovative casting service. It's not only about being able to produce original, solution driven, patterns, it's also about being able to do so immediately.

Pattern Solutions provides a rapid turnaround service that perfectly complements Sarginsons iterative approach to casting design. The numerous tweaks and modifications required to refine, test and explore optimum design solutions demand in house production - particularly when seeking perfect production prototypes.

Pattern Solutions produces all of Sarginsons sand patterns but also its CNC, X-Ray and heat treatment fixturing, utilising 3D printing as well as traditional fabrication techniques.

Our People. Intelligent Aluminium Thinking

The excitement may be all about the technology, but the reality is all about our people. 

Annette Milton

Finance Director
Annette Milton

Ashley Stafford

Commercial Director
Ashley Stafford

Rick Davies

Engineering Director
Rick Davies

Gavin Shipley

Technology Centre Director
Gavin Shipley

Elliot Eaton

Programme Director
Elliot Eaton

Steve Carter

Quality Manager
Steve Carter

Dave Waite

Programme Launch Engineer
Dave Waite

Your Challenges. Our Solutions.

Challenges are the lifeblood of Sarginsons. They're the kernel of our R&D, the reason for our existence, the essence of who we are. From the foundation of the company we have been solving problems, realising ambitions, smashing assumptions and changing the possible. Problems are our doorways to progress.

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A Success Story. Built on failure.

There's no such thing as failure, only another lesson learnt. It is this attitude that defines Sarginsons. We know there's a solution, it's just a little difficult to find sometimes. We know, because we've found plenty.

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