Atlas Composites celebrates 15 years of composites manufacturing
Since inception in 1997, Atlas Composites has been designing and manufacturing composites structures for motorsport, satellite communications, energy saving solutions and more recently composites for aerospace and military programmes.
By March 2004, Atlas Composites had outgrown its initial 3,450 sq ft Belfield Street site and consequently relocated to a 25,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Ilkeston that now houses 68 employees.
Having originally attained AS 9100 accreditation in 2005, Atlas Composites secured AS 9100 REV C accreditation in August 2011 – the quality management standard required to meet the rigorous demands of flight critical applications for commercial and military aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing.
Commenting on a critical period of strategic change in recent years, Atlas Composites MD Shaun Moloney said: “Achieving AS9100 Rev C recognition not only gave us a competitive advantage to strengthen our existing relationships with the likes of Airbus, Bombardier Aerospace and GKN Aerospace, it also instilled a confidence in a relatively new breed of customers such as MBDA, Cooper Antennas and Rolls-Royce plc in moving forwards with Atlas Composites as a trusted supplier for next generation aircraft composites.”
Atlas Composites is also currently working towards SC21 Bronze recognition, a change programme designed to accelerate the competitiveness of the UK aerospace and defence industry.
Today Atlas Composites has a turnover approaching £4 milllion per year and provide a complete concept to component service, manufacturing a diverse range of carbon, glass and kevlar fibre composite components and tooling for a range of aerospace companies.
