Pentaxia is pleased to announce that Mike Willmott our Site Operations Director, has been promoted to the role of Managing Director. Chairman Stephen Ollier said, “Mike has shown great leadership skills over the past six months and as part of the continuing development of the Company, it is the right move to make. Pentaxia moved […]
In September, we had the privilege of hosting Brooke Bennetts from The JCB Academy for her Y11 work experience. Brooke made a positive impression on everyone, asking lots of questions and showing an eagerness to learn. She loved getting stuck in and was a joy to have on site. Brooke shared that what she enjoyed […]
We are thrilled to announce that Pentaxia has doubled its prepreg kit-cutting capabilities with the installation of a second Zund G3 cutting machine. This new machine is equipped with Zund UK Ltd’s latest ZCC software suite, significantly enhancing our nesting and material utilisation capabilities. Additionally, we have upgraded our original G3 to the same standard. […]
Pentaxia is proud to be Winners at East Midlands Chamber Business Awards 2024. Pentaxia Ltd is delighted to announce that we have been selected as a finalist in the category of Apprentice of the Year Award at the East Midlands Chamber’s Business Awards in Derbyshire, held tonight, 25th October 2024. Hosted by ITV presenter Emma […]
Owing to continued and increasing customer demand, Pentaxia Advanced Composites will have our SECOND Langzauner Perfect Composite Press delivered to our Derby facility in the coming weeks. With this significant boost to existing capacity, we can offer high quality, cost effective composite pressed components faster than ever before. It all forms part of Pentaxia’s continual […]
Today, Pentaxia has secured the keys to future growth, with the purchase of a large manufacturing site on Alfreton Road in Derby. Constructed in the 1960’s as the composite manufacturing facility for Rolls Royce, the site was at the forefront of advanced manufacturing until 2002. This deal will see the site return to its former […]
In 2017, Pentaxia decided that it’s existing manufacturing facilities in Derby could no longer meet the needs of its customers in the very buoyant advanced composite market. What seemed a challenging decision at the time, to move to a new facility, three times as large, is now starting to pay dividends. The new site in […]
We were recently pleased to welcome Lucy Smith to Pentaxia for a week of work experience. Lucy is a pupil at Littleover School and has a keen interest in engineering, so a week working with the team was a perfect fit to give her a taste of working life. As a business it is important […]
Here at Pentaxia we are very proud of our dedicated team of staff which continues to grow on a weekly basis! We have embraced the opportunity to recruit the right people for the team regardless of experience and provide comprehensive in house training. Two of our trainee laminator’s, Claudia Gordge (left) and Emma Shooter (right), have recently moved from […]
