Record growth for aerospace EDM graphite & tooling specialist

AMJune17News - Erodex
AMJune17News - Erodex

Erodex UK, supplier of EDM graphite & tooling to the aerospace market, has experienced record levels of growth following a £3.5million investment and expansion into North America.

Erodex UK, supplier of EDM graphite & tooling to the aerospace market, has experienced record levels of growth following a £3.5million investment and expansion into North America.

Overall turnover increased 20% during the last financial year, following previous record years for the firm. The growth has been a direct result of the investment, specifically targeted at work within the aerospace and industrial turbine sectors.

Director Steve Rolinson commented: "We have experienced significant growth on the tooling side of the business, which in fact is the fastest growing part of the Erodex group. The decision to invest in our own tool rooms and dedicated tooling inspection facilities has given us a real point of differentiation in the market.

“As well as designing the optimum electrode, the electrode holder and work piece holder, Erodex design and manufacture the whole package, all with a single point of contact. This is unique in our market and we are seeing more and more customers buying into this mindset because of cost and time savings".

As well as picking up a number of new clients in China and Israel, the company have established a new £2million facility in Virginia, North America as well as investing £1.5million in a new UK tool room and machine shop.

The decision to create a new UK tool room enables Erodex to produce their own tooling in house – particularly that with a significant amount of intellectual property. Doing so allows for tighter quality control, greater support and the carrying out of function trials by their own toolmakers prior to release.

Co-director John Rolinson added: "Rolls Royce Group announced that they were opening a new turbine blade facility in Virginia and Erodex were asked to support that as a result of our long term working relationship with them. This started off with us supplying graphite electrodes from the UK, however as their Virginia operation grew, we entered conversations about starting a tool room there so that we could offer the same fixture care and repair as well as inspection/trialling of tools in Virginia that we would do in the UK".

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