Grainger & Worrall

A team of young engineers at complex metal company Grainger and Worrall is taking the lead on a new project expected to boost tourism to the town of Bridgnorth (Staffordshire). Budding engineers have already begun prototyping a series of 20 replica locomotive statues in the shape of ‘Catch Me Who Can’ - the world’s first fare passenger engine built in Bridgnorth back in 1808 for British inventor Richard Trevithick.

  Engineering firms are warned to take control of their own futures and establish vibrant apprenticeship and training partnerships, as they are faced with the chronic skills shortage. That is the view of Edward Grainger (pictured), a Director of Grainger & Worrall (GW).

Opening a £5m machining facility at its site in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Grainger & Worrall (GW), plan for the new centre to be operational from early 2017, and to centralise the company’s machining operations. With a controlled environment, the new facility will further shorten the engine development process, while maintaining the highest output quality. The new machining facility will also help to deliver production-capable parts at prototype level, thus reducing lead times.