Category Archives: News

Another ‘in year’ milestone hit for SCP – Manufacture & Deliver Final Pumping Tank. Thank you to all involved. 

We are delighted to welcome Rachel Cunningham to the team here at Bendalls Engineering. Rachel is joining us as Weld Coordinator. She has recently completed a Nuclear Welding Inspection Technician Apprenticeship, gaining CSWIP 3.0 Visual Inspection, PCN Level 2 MPI/DPI and a HNC in Manufacturing. We feel Rachel is a great fit for our company […]

Bendalls Engineering are delighted to have completed this project for SCP ahead of schedule. The bespoke test rig, designed and manufactured here on site is pictured supporting the first two vessels. Both vessels have passed initial tests including an intermediate hydraulic pressure test to demonstrate its pressure to withstand capability up to 10 barg. They […]

This week we attended the NDA Group Supply Chain Event at The International Centre in Telford.  The event hosts more than 300 exhibiting companies and attracts around 1700 visitors annually, giving great networking opportunities to those involved in the Nuclear Decommissioning industry.  We hosted stand A8 and we had an excellent day at the event. […]

At a time when there is so much going on in the world, we can often forget that there are locals struggling too! To help, we’ve been collecting for Carlisle Foodbank where Stephanie Humes and the team do an excellent job in supporting our local community. We also provided sponsor for their new banner, which […]

All three of our new machines are now successfully in place, software is up and running and the shop is looking good…if we do say so ourselves! Training has been ongoing this week, apprentices Daniel Strick and Joseph Broadley are shown training on the Puma GT2600 lathe machine below.

This morning our MD Sean Saunders met with Tom Tugendhat, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and rising star within the Conservative Party and local MP John Stevenson alongside other local Cumbrian company leaders over a business breakfast in Carlisle. General discussions included local economic growth, challenges concerning people development and skills, and retaining talent in […]

New Investment – Kalmar Forklift with a 17T lifting capability! It’s road legal, which enables it to travel between our two manufacturing sites at Kingstown Industrial Estate, Carlisle and we’re also looking to extend our workshop capability further in the near future.   Lee Murthwaite (pictured) from our Stores team is one of our employees […]

The second and third of our recent machine investments have arrived today, a Doosan DNM 5700 CNC Milling machine and Doosan Puma GT 2600 Lathe machine. The DNM 5700 is slightly smaller than the DNM 6700 that arrived a couple of weeks ago, yet is still a very impressive machine! It has a table size […]