Peterborough City Council holds annual awards for its 1,400 staff.
Evan beat 6 other candidates to win the category Apprentice of the Year for an "individual who has made significant progress in their apprenticeship".
A highlight of his nomination has been a significant reduction in machine cy...
We are pleased to announce Charlie Dalhousie has successfully completed his internship and has joined the team as a full-time machinist. Charlie was the first student as part of a new partnership with City College Peterborough, in which this partnership aims to give students with learning difficulti...
We are pleased to announce that our BSI ISO 9001:2015 accreditation has been renewed for the next 3 years.
Ahmed Omar left the business yesterday, through early retirement.
"Ahmed, with all of his knowledge and experience as well as his personality, will be sorely missed. We were all very sad to see him leave." - Andrew Lesiw, Managing Director
Westcombe Engineering, part of Peterborough City Council, has taken on its first student as part of a new partnership with City College Peterborough which aims to enable students with learning difficulties and disabilities to engage with valuable work experience and to gain new skills.
Charlie Dal...
Case Study by Kai Patel
In 5 slides, Kai reflects on the impact that this opportunity is making.
Westcombe Engineering continues to invest in personnel.
Due to continued growth through Covid, we are extremely proud and excited to welcome Will McCondach to Westcombe Engineering in the role of Manufacturing Engineer.
Will is a talented and very capable time-served machinist, and brings to us...
Westcombe Engineering continues to invest in talented personnel, leading the way in optimising diversity in the workplace. Due to continued growth through Covid, we are very proud and excited to welcome Kai Patel to Westcombe Engineering.
Kai joins us through the extremely successful Supported Emp...
This week we were delighted to receive Paul Bristow MP on a visit to Westcombe Engineering. Our MP announces two large new contracts, enabled by our recent installation of high-end machining centres.
Make it in the UK. Why make it anywhere else?
Today we received and sited an additional Haas VF2SS with 4th axis capability to boost our comprehensive plant portfolio. This will add further capacity to serve our ever-growing customer demands.
Please do contact us for any machining requirements you may have.
Make it in the UK. Why make it...
Back in June we started work on creating a 2nd CNC turning cell, to add much-needed capacity for our ever-growing customer demands. With thanks to local support from Garfield Builders, PB Solutions, T Clark, MEB Services and, of course, our talented workforce . . .
These “before” and “after” photo...
Following the Prime Minister's announcement on Saturday 31st October 2020 with regards to a further pending lockdown from 05th November to 02nd December 2020, we are pleased to announce that at Westcombe Engineering it is business as usual, with our Manufacturing Facility here at Royce Road, Peterbo...
We've just completed our 5th-axis conversion on our VF5SS VMC, which takes our total machines with 5th axis capability to 3 VMCs and 1 HMC.
This conversion has been made to satisfy additional NPI projects and increase orders for an existing customer.
Just brilliant work from everyone involved....
Westcombe Engineering has been featured by Peterborough City Council as an example of good practice both in "changes to working practices to ensure staff were protected" and in developing the business despite the Covid-19 restrictions.
The council reports that "Westcombe Engineering is experienc...
BSI ISO 9001:2015 Accreditation
We are pleased to announce that we have achieved transition to the new BSI ISO 9001:2015 standard along with our next 3 years accreditation.
James Shirtcliffe Joins our Team as Manufacturing Engineering Projects Leader.
We are extremely proud and excited to welcome James Shirftcliffe to Westcombe Engineering in the role of Manufacturing Engineering Projects Leader.
James is a talented and very capable time served machinist and bring...
We’re very proud to have won the award for Manufacturer of the Year (under £25m) at the recent Made in the Central & East England Awards. As regional winners, we've been shortlisted for Insider's National Made in the UK awards. The event will be taking place in Liverpool on 20 June so watch this...
Westcombe Engineering (Peterborough City Council) appears alongside Prime Minister Theresa May in the 2016/17 Parliamentary Review.
Established by former minister The Rt Hon David Curry in 2010, The Parliamentary Review’s September release is now a key fixture in the political calendar. Westcombe...
In continuation of our Capital Investment Programme and our full commitment to satisfy our increased growth, our customers growth, quality, cost and delivery expectations, we took delivery of a Haas VF4SS VMC, fitted with full 4th axis capability on Friday 22nd September.