Jobs go at Cheshire manufacturer

MORE than 60 jobs have been lost at North West industrial business which has been hit by the slump in the car market.

Richard Fleming and Paul Dumbell from KPMG Restructuring have been appointed joint administrators to F.E. Mottram (Non Ferrous) Limited, the Congleton-based manufacturer of secondary aluminium products.

Established in 1973, the firm makes a wide range of casting alloys, hardeners and de-oxidants. The production capacity of the site is 25,000 tonnes, making F.E. Mottram (Non Ferrous) one of the largest single secondary aluminium smelters in the UK.

The operation has temporarily ceased to trade with the loss of 61 jobs.

Mr Dumbell, joint administrator and director at KPMG Restructuring, said, “F.E. Mottram’s secondary aluminium smelting operation has been hit hard by the global downturn and in particular, by the reduced level of orders from car manufacturers and the reducing level of metal prices.

“The administrators intend to preserve the site in Congleton with the hope of finding a buyer for the business.”

Neither the Ferro-Titanium business of F.E. Mottram Limited, based in Sheffield, nor Dunstan and Wragg in Dronfield, are affected by this administration and both continue to trade as normal