How Kirkstall Precision is tackling the engineering skills shortage
Plant & Works Engineering recently published an article which highlighted that more than half of engineering design firms – mostly based in the UK, polled
Plant & Works Engineering recently published an article which highlighted that more than half of engineering design firms – mostly based in the UK, polled
With 68% of HR professionals reporting that their employees’ people skills were average or worse before the pandemic, and nearly half that those people skills got worse during the pandemic, the time was certainly right to find ways to ensure Kirkstall’s people were interacting again but in fun ways that would then bleed into the workplace.
We’ve long had a strong track record here at Kirkstall Precision Engineering of investing in young people and ensuring the future of UK Precision Engineering
We’ve long had a tradition of creating medical instruments used in implant surgical procedures. It started with hip replacements made from titanium alloys and if we fast forward to today, we now manufacture a wide range of instruments in a range of high-strength alloys and are now venturing into plastic.
3D printing has been around many years and it is an offering that we have always shown a great deal of interest in here at
Investments in technology and machines are one thing, but investment in our people is a constant here at Kirkstall and so we wanted to highlight not only our beliefs in this area but how why we go above and beyond to ensure our people feel valued, motivated, and invested in. That’s why we sat down with our Operations Director, Iqbal Bahia to ask him some questions on this subject.
2020 was challenging for everyone and every business. But at Kirkstall Precision Engineering, our commitment to constant innovation, investment in the best people and a commitment to quality processes and outputs ensured that we entered 2021 with a great deal to be positive about.
This new ERP system further enhances our continuous improvement philosophy in People, Processes and procedures. We pride ourselves on the innovation and entrepreneurship show by the whole team. We never stand still when it comes to ensuring only the best business practices are implemented here at Kirkstall Precision Engineering.
The finishing department is a hub for final inspections and assembly of many manufactured parts, it’s an essential area that adds a massive change into how a product gets its final look. This can involve anything from bead blasting and laser marking to the clean line and technical assembly.
Today is national #DayOfReflection and we at Kirkstall Precision will be joining the nation in remembering all of our loved ones that we have lost
When we decided in a meeting that we wanted to do something for charity to end a crazy year, everyone agreed that a children’s hospice
Our Operations Director, Iqbal Bahai, first heard the word ‘Coronavirus’ just after having Christmas dinner with his family. Returning to work in the new year
It won’t come as much of a surprise that the engineering industry is largely dominated by men. In 2018 The Women’s Engineering Society reported that
At Kirkstall Precision Engineering we have always strived for excellence in everything we do, and that includes our Business Management System. Part of our mantra
At Kirkstall Precision Engineering we’re very much about celebrating and looking after our people. So we thought we’d start to profile a few of them,
FactoryMaster aims to trivialise these issues. Its various ERP modules allows for greater control over its Customer Relationship management (CRM), procurement management, production planning, Quality management and its continuous Improvement process.
At Kirkstall Precision Engineering we’ve long been a key supplier to large medical original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) such as the likes of Johnson & Johnson,
With the global population continuing to rise the demands on food manufacturers are increasing every year. Depending on the type of food products manufactured, there
Kirkstall Precision Engineering look back at how they have remodelled the business to help provide vital parts for Ventilators to help the NHS save lives.
Kirkstall Precision Engineering are proud to announce they’re investing in the next generation of engineers with their engineering apprenticeship academy.
Kirkstall Precision Engineering is where surgical instruments come to life. Over the past 30 years, they have been operating at the forefront of global precision engineering for the medical sector and are highly regarded as specialists in this field.