We are proud to announce that we are the main sponsor for Coleshill Town Football Club for the 2017/18 season. We are very passionate about supporting our local teams and in turn we hope to open the minds of the younger talented generation to the future opportunities that Sertec can offer.

Sertec CEO and Coleshill School headteacher unveil new IT ‘Sertec Suite’ to students.

An enterprising partnership between education and industry saw the launch of a new £16,000 IT suite at The Coleshill School.

Leading Warwickshire engineering firm, Sertec, is investing in the future of thousands of young people by funding the purchase of new digital equipment at the popular Coleshill School.

‘The Sertec Suite’ officially opened at the academy on Tuesday 18 July. Boasting 32 computers, the new facility will provide hi-tech education to the academy’s 1,000 plus students, as well as pupils at neighbouring primary schools.

Group CEO, Grant Adams said: “We are delighted to be working with a forward-thinking partner in Coleshill School; they are an outstanding faculty and Sertec will continue to support the educational needs of the next generation of students about our hi-tech industry.”

The facility marks the school and business’ first year of working together to help young talent. Both organisations have collaborated to actively promote apprenticeships and support a number of opportunities for students, including work experience placements, career-related events and mock interviews.

Ian Smith-Childs, headteacher of the Coleshill School, a business and enterprise academy, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the school and community and we would like to thank Sertec for its continued support and generosity. They share the value we place in our young people and our commitment to equipping them with the right education and skills for a successful future.

“The Sertec Suite will enable us help young people switch on to technology from an early age and to develop that passion into the workplace. We are also excited to be able to open this facility up to our community primary schools – Coding is a key part of the national curriculum and thanks to this welcome investment, we can unlock the potential in even more children.”

The collaboration is also a positive experience for Sertec. Through developing key relationships with local schools in the community, Sertec has been building awareness of the value in apprenticeship schemes and by doing so, this greatly supports its search for technical staff, which are critical for the company’s future growth and development plans.

Steve Moore, group HR director, added: “This is only stage one of an important journey for Sertec and the Coleshill school. The youth of today have the opportunity to become part of the structure of a successful business and there are no boundaries that will limit the aspirations of all students.

“We are committed to this project and greatly appreciate having the opportunity to work with a successful school and the dedicated staff, without whom, none of this would be possible.”

The ISME Skills Competition provides a great opportunity for young apprentices & trainee’s to measure their skills against others in the sheet metal and pressed metal industry every year.

The institute was formed over 60 years ago to promote the science of working and using sheet metal and to provide opportunities for people to exchange ideas and information.

We have had another successful year at the ISME competition for our Apprentices, our winners include:

Lewis Blakemore – Wall Vent Make Winner ‘Frank Cooper Award’

Matthew Murchington – Clasp Checking Fixture Winner

Austin Forletta – Clasp Test Piece Written Award Winner

Congratulations to all those that took part and a very well done to those that received an award – fantastic effort!

Sertec supplies body shell components to automotive firms such as Jaguar Land Rover and Ford.

The Coleshill-based manufacturer turns 50 this year and chief executive Grant Adams explains how two investments from BGF and its investor Ian Downing are spearheading another half century of growth.

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We’d like to say huge congratulations to all of the Sertec team who took part in the Great Midlands Fun Run 2017.

This fantastic annual event involves an 8.5 mile run around Sutton Park and surrounding areas including the infamous ‘Cardiac Hill’. Many of our team took part, including our Group Commercial Director Ben Higgins.

Well done to all who took part, and we hope to see even more Sertec employees joining in next year.

Thank you to Ian Smith Group for their sponsorship.

We recently took part in a Charity Golf Day hosted by Grayson Thermal Systems; the day was a great success with an outstanding £4000 raised for The Cure Parkinson’s Trust.

The event took place at The Astbury Golf Club Bridgnorth with 10 companies playing on the day; we had four teams representing Sertec Group Holdings, all who played brilliantly for a great cause.

Sertec attended the Made in the Midlands Exhibition which highlights the strength and successes of the manufacturing sector within the Midlands and is an event we are proud to be a part of as Gold Members of this Manufacturing Alliance.

The expo took place at the Ricoh Arena where we were joined by over 2,000 decision makers from the Midlands Engineering & Manufacturing supply chain, OEM purchasing teams and 200 exhibiting Made in the Midlands members.

It featured some of the biggest names from the Automotive, Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Medical sectors, including: Jaguar Land Rover, Ricoh PLC, Mahle Powertrain, GKN, Gestamp, Autins Group, Cab Automotive and hundreds of others.

We had great day meeting many representatives from our supply chain, and we’d like to say a huge thank you to our exhibition team on the day.

Pete Pugh, Group Quality and Projects Director, took part in the ‘JLR/NSPCC Drive 2017’ which was a great day which helped to raise over £24,000 for the NSPCC.

The event consisted of a 15 car convoy driving for 400 miles from the Coventry Transport Museum to Durham. This event, the JLR/NSPCC Drive, has raised more than £190,000 over the past few years for the children’s charity.

On completion of the new Press Shop at our Coleshill factory in 2016, press manufacturer Zani Presse commissioned a video case study on the extensive project undertaken which was the installation of 12 brand new presses.

In addition to this, to get the presses up and running we employed Servopresses Srl to install 12 brand new coil lines as seen on the video case study completed by Servopresse Srl.

We invested £16 million on creating a dedicated stamping operation at our Gorsey Lane site in Coleshill.