George Thompson, former Helander Chairman, sadly died last year after loosing a long battle with cancer. As a tribute to him and in support of his BRPS charity, Helen and Karen will be taking part in the Sahara Desert Challenge in March 2009. If you would like to sponsor them please visit their fundraising website at:
www.justgiving.com/helenandkaren

Helander founded in 1975, is a premier manufacturer of precision machined components for Aerospace, Gas, Oil & Renewable energy developments. It is approved to BS EN ISO9001:2000-A9104, Rolls Royce Sabre, Bae & North Sea NS1.  In it’s utilisation of the latest manufacturing techniques the principles of Lean manufacture have been embraced and Lights out production on a 24-7 basis is achieved by the purchase of the latest state of the art machinery.

Helander is a proactive supplier applying it’s  Project management teams experience to provide guidance from R&D concept to the manufactured component. In 2004/5 a total of £1.9m was invested in the multi operation machinery. The latest machine having a robot loading facility and unmanned running capability.

Helander has supply chain agreements in place with it's major customers. Consignment stocking enable it to provide on time delivery.

In 2000 the business was relocated to a custom-built factory at Kennet Close, Tewkesbury Business Park. Business boomed and in 2003 they were able to add a further  factory unit.

The workforce has been continually expanded in line with the growth of the business. The expansion in the workforce has been combined with a heavy investment in machinery for manufacturing a wide range of highly exacting and precision components. The Company now enjoys an annual turnover of over £6.5m and is a firmly established as a leading sub-contractor to the oil/gas and aerospace industries.

In August 2007, Helander was acquired by the Calder Group. Calder are one of the largest suppliers of lead sheet, into Europe and through Leeds bronze a group company, a major supplier of non-ferrous metal into the UK. The acquisition by Calder will enable Helander to grow and double its turnover in the next 5 years.