Alucast, which employs over 100 people at its Wednesbury base in the West Midlands, has been chosen by Coventry-based Premier Group to manufacture the top and bottom caps for the London 2012 Olympic torch. The company is responsible for tooling, machining and polishing using gravity casting technology to produce the aluminium components that hold the […]

Front L – R:  Deborah Burrows &  Arthur Turner  – Directors of Majorsell Ltd Back L – R :   Charles Lartey  – thinkSandwell   &  Rachel Eade  – Manufacturing Advisory Service Inward Investment Officer                National Automotive Sector Lead. Images from Majorsell launch event 20th January 2012. (more to be added shortly.) www.majorsell.co.uk thinkSandwell supports Majorsells relocation to Oldbury.

Sandwell companies feature prominently in a new campaign to demonstate the strength of the auto components sector across the wider Birmingham and Black Country city region. The  advert was launched last week in India at Auto Expo 2012, whioch run from 5th – 11th January 2012, in  New Delhi. Companies such as Rimstock (West Bromwich), […]

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has appointed the Midlands office of national construction firm Willmott Dixon to build an £8m pool and leisure centre in Tipton. And to help your business benefit too, finditinsandwell is working hard to bring you ‘meet the buyer’ opportunities with Willmott Dixon’s decision makers. Tipton’s new swimming and leisure complex, which […]

Black Country based Symphony Automation were successful in winning the MEBC (Midland Environmental Business Club) low carbon innovation award at the 20th Anniversary dinner,  held at Birmingham City Council House on the 7Th December 2011. The MEBC was formed in 1991 and actively promotes sustainable solutions and the benefits that can be gained from their […]

There was cheery news  in Sandwell  with the announcement that the Olympic Flame is to be carried through the borough on its way to the London 2012 Games. Thousands of local people will be able to share in the excitement of the Olympic Torch Relay and cheer on torchbearers as they pass through Oldbury, West […]

BLACK Country businesses can join the race for the next wave of valuable London 2012 contracts at a breakfast and networking meeting next week. ‘London 2012: You can STILL profit’ will feature a guest appearance by sports broadcaster and journalist Steve Rider, who has covered every Olympics since Moscow 1980 and will give his personal […]

Designs for a concept car dubbed the Birmingham Bolt – because the technical expertise and componentry it uses have been sourced almost entirely from Birmingham, The Black Country and Solihull, are being shared with investors at the 11th Auto Expo, taking place in Delhi this week (5- 11 January). The concept car is a virtual […]