ALS Mechatronic appoints operations director
Gloucestershire-based automation engineering company ALS Mechatronic has appointed Blake Harrison as Operations Director to its board and to lead business operations through the company’s next stage of growth - streamlining productivity to ensure the company’s high-quality standards are maintained while continuing to make ALS Mechatronic a great place to work for its strong team of now 40 employees.
ALS Mechatronic was set up in 2002 and specialises in the design, build and installation of bespoke factory automation systems, control systems, container handling machinery, vision inspection systems and robotics; typically automating with machinery and software, repeatable labour-intensive manufacturing processes.
Blake will be based at the company’s headquarters, a 20,000sq.ft. manufacturing facility near Winchcombe in North Gloucestershire and will oversee the development of the company’s new second site, an 18,000 sq. ft facility in Alcester near Redditch which will house its CNC machine shop and will enable full machinery automation line assembly for QA and testing ahead of shipping to its worldwide customer base.
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Andrew Steward, founder and managing director for ALS Mechatronic said: With over a decade of manufacturing experience and a proven track record for developing ‘lean manufacturing’ businesses to highly profitable, efficient, and sustainable organisations, Blake’s strong commercial achievements, strategic planning and leadership qualities are exactly what ALS needs to transition the company to its next stage of growth.
"I am looking forward to seeing how the business now develops with Blake on the team.”
Blake said: “I am joining ALS at a very exciting time. The business is growing at a fantastic rate and has assembled a strong, highly skilled team of unique individuals.
"The challenge for me which I am relishing, will be to ensure we can continue this same growth trajectory, while improving productivity, project management and profitability and that our customers regard us as the industry benchmark for quality, price, technical capability, service and innovation.”
