Founder Mark Sutton started work at the age of 14 in a small brass foundry located in the village of Edwinstowe where he grew up. The foundry manufactured ornamental brass and small industrial castings using the traditional greensand process and it was here where Mark was taught the basics of moulding and core making by a man called Barry Bradley.

Barry served his time in the early 1950’s at Marshalls of Gainsborough, a large engineering works making agricultural castings at that time.  At the age of 15 he was shown around the works and given a choice between working in the Boiler shop or the foundry. He didn’t think either looked that appealing but the foundry was the lesser of two evils and certainly a lot quieter so it was here where he spent the first 20 years of his working life. When Marshalls closed in the 1970’s Barry moved to James Maudes & Co Mansfield, a medium sized iron foundry specialising in the production of machine tool castings. He quickly became foundry manager and was responsible for the medium bay, making complex castings up to around 3000kg in weight.

During the early 1980’s Barry decided he wanted his own foundry and set up the small works shown below and it was here where Mark would visit after school and at weekends to watch the fascinating work being carried out. Mark was soon offered a part time job and became full time after leaving school and remained under Barry’s hand for 6 years.

During the next 5 years Mark became a journey man moulder working in a number of foundries up and down the country where he further advanced his skills and knowledge in the trade. He has been a professional member of the institute of cast metals engineers since 2002 and he regularly attends foundry related technical seminars all around the world.

In 2005 he also decided he wanted to set up his own foundry and set out to find suitable premises in his area. Eventually a small pig shed was found on a local farm which he was able to convert into a small brass foundry (see image below). Some small moulding boxes were purchased and a homemade furnace was manufactured and he began making small castings for model engineers. As time went by orders increased and it was soon necessary to expand and Mark spent the next few years growing his business by ploughing back all his profits into new machinery and larger premises.

Today Mark now runs a successful and ever expanding foundry business employing 4 men. The ISO 9001 company manufactures castings in a variety of materials from simple nameplates to complicated severe service valves in exotic materials.

HISTORY

Founder Mark Sutton started work at the age of 14 in a small brass foundry located in the village of Edwinstowe where he grew up. The foundry manufactured ornamental brass and small industrial castings using the traditional greensand process and it was here where Mark was taught the basics of moulding and core making by a man called Barry Bradley.

Barry served his time in the early 1950’s at Marshalls of Gainsborough, a large engineering works making agricultural castings at that time.  At the age of 15 he was shown around the works and given a choice between working in the Boiler shop or the foundry. He didn’t think either looked that appealing but the foundry was the lesser of two evils and certainly a lot quieter so it was here where he spent the first 20 years of his working life. When Marshalls closed in the 1970’s Barry moved to James Maudes & Co Mansfield, a medium sized iron foundry specialising in the production of machine tool castings. He quickly became foundry manager and was responsible for the medium bay, making complex castings up to around 3000kg in weight.

During the early 1980’s Barry decided he wanted his own foundry and set up a small works  and it was here where Mark would visit after school and at weekends to watch the fascinating work being carried out. Mark was soon offered a part time job and became full time after leaving school and remained under Barry’s hand for 6 years.

During the next 5 years Mark became a journey man moulder working in a number of foundries up and down the country where he further advanced his skills and knowledge in the trade. He has been a professional member of the institute of cast metals engineers since 2002 and he regularly attends foundry related technical seminars all around the world.

In 2005 he also decided he wanted to set up his own foundry and secured suitable premises in his area. Some small moulding boxes were purchased and a homemade furnace was manufactured and he began making small castings for model engineers. As time went by orders increased and it was soon necessary to expand and Mark spent the next few years growing his business by ploughing back all his profits into new machinery and larger premises.

Today Mark now runs a successful and ever expanding foundry business. The ISO 9001 company manufactures castings in a variety of materials from simple nameplates to complicated severe service valves in exotic materials.