Meet Jack Littlewood who is with us from Dudley College on work experience. Jack is studying Electrical Engineering at Dudley College and will be with us two days a week. Jack is working within the Thomas Dudley Plastics Division gaining some practical hands on experience. He wants to progress his career within Electrical Engineering but […]
Thomas Dudley are very proud to be one of three finalists in the Express & Star Business Awards 2022 for Business of the Year. Being up against a high number of applicants from businesses around the Black Country and South of Staffordshire. Our application not only looked at our business innovation but our family values […]
TD Foundry’s weight plate range is now available to purchase on Amazon! The versatile weight plates can be used either with a 2” bar or on their own using the ergonomically designed handles. This allows you to safely perform a huge number of weight plate exercises and with weights ranging from 1.25kg to 20kg, they […]
We are extremely proud of Joseph Moseley, who is one of our apprentices working in the Thomas Dudley Foundry. Why you may ask? Well, we are proud of all of our employees but Joseph successfully beat other apprentices to become ICME Apprentice of the Year 2022. Randy Chalmers and Martin Bergin present Joseph with a […]
£5000 donation helps get people with sight loss cooking. The Beacon Centre has received a £5,000 donation to help people with sight loss to regain their confidence in the kitchen. The charity, which supports people with a range of eye conditions and other health issues, received the generous funding from local manufacturing firm Thomas Dudley. […]
Christmas came early this week for the Thomas Dudley employees as we delivered over 500 hampers to them, filled to the brim with lots of goodies. These were put together in house, so special thanks to Laura Smith, our visits to Bookers will be remembered. Also to Matt and Leah who helped pack them up […]
TD Foundry has made the decision to close our coke fuelled Cupola melting furnaces and transfer all metal melting to our more energy efficient electric melting furnaces. As an ISO 14001 certified company, our drive for continuous environmental improvement is at the heart of our business. The motivation for the closure was due to our […]
The Cast Metals Federation have recently presented Thomas Dudley Limited with their innovative Foundry in a Box. It is a means to demonstrate the theory of casting without the danger of hot molten cast iron. Instead the project uses a metal with a much lower melting point that can be heated by a gas burner. […]
Thomas Dudley Foundry helped to commemorate Abraham Darby the First, (the father of the industrial revolution). Cast iron plaques were supplied for a new statue in his honour, which was officially unveiled last week. Born in Woodsetton, a stone’s throw from Thomas Dudley Foundry manufacturing facility, Abraham Darby I developed a method of manufacturing iron […]
Thomas Dudley Foundry are making cast iron cookware. Read all about it.... Britannia Cast Iron Cookware - Samuel Groves Online
Welcome to Sean Boyle, Multi Skilled Maintenance Apprentice and Josh Elwell, Moulding Technician Apprentice. They will be both working within the plastics division of Thomas Dudley Limited and attending Make UK for their apprenticeship qualifications.
At Thomas Dudley Limited we were very pleased to support Mr Mitchell Turton, Science Technician from Pegasus Academy for his Staff Dream Big Day. Mitchell came on Friday 28 April and spent the day within the plastics division with Will Townsend our Production Engineer. Mitchell said of the day "I loved the day, thank you […]
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) welcomed His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester to the Very Light National Rail Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) on 19 April. BCIMO Receives a Royal Seal of Approval
Simon James is the Plastics Division, Operations Manager at Thomas Dudley Limited and spent most of last year walking. See below the Penlee Lifeboat post. Congratulations Simon and Dawn who did most of the steps with him. The Proclaimers sang 'I would walk 500 miles'. But our sponsored walker Simon 'walked 1200 miles'! A fundraiser […]
