Monthly Archives: February 2023

Dream Placement 2023

February Half Term week, 20th to 24th February was Dream Placement 2023 week. Dream Placement is ran by Centre for Leadership Performance and it provides us with a unique opportunity to engage the talent of Cumbria. Student Harvey from Caldew School in Dalston was offered the placement with us at Bendalls following a selection event […]

CMA – 63 Can Rack Milestone

The Cumbria Manufacturing Alliance are delighted to have completed the 1st Hybrid 2 63 Can Rack for our client Sellafield Ltd, providing them with space-saving underwater racks that will store spent nuclear fuel in its existing storage pond without having to build new facilities, which could help save millions in future decommissioning costs.   Alongside […]

National Apprenticeship Week 2023

To celebrate #nationalapprenticeshipweek2023 , 1st year welder/fabricator apprentices from Bendalls Engineering and Mitchell Dryers Ltd have been working on a project for charity in the Carr’s Engineering Skills Academy in association with Lakes College. They made 4 planters which will be donated to Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice for their new decked seating area. Excellent work by all involved, we think they’re going […]

Apprentice Exchange

Recently we did an apprentice exchange with one of our partner companies, Wälischmiller Engineering GmbH in Germany. Two of their apprentices, Melvin and Raphael came to us at Bendalls for the first week where they had the opportunity to learn about our products and services and try out some of our work techniques, the English language was […]

Carr’s Engineering Skills Academy in Association with Lakes College

A SKILLS Academy designed to train the next generation of engineering and business workers has been launched by Lakes College and Carr’s Engineering in partnership. The Carr’s Engineering Skills Academy in association with Lakes College has opened its doors at the Bendalls Engineering site in Carlisle as the company changes its approach to its apprenticeship […]