A skilled workforce is at the heart of every business, but the UK composites sector has faced a skills shortage of qualified and experienced personnel for over a decade. To survive and thrive, the UK composites sector must develop, grow, and maintain its own future workforce.

As Matt Bradney, Composites UK WDG Chair, stated, “We either do it or we don’t have an industry.”

On 4th September, Composites UK launched its skills pledge to support member companies as part of a suite of activities to address this challenge.

Member companies signed up to the pledge are demonstrating their commitment to creating a robust talent pipeline by connecting with local education communities, promoting STEM education, and fostering a diverse and inclusive environment that attracts and retains top talent.

Member companies can access the pledge and supporting material here (login required).

Companies signed up to the pledge:

  • Airbond
  • Airborne UK
  • AMRC/University of Sheffield
  • Argo Engineering Solutions Ltd
  • Atlas Composite Technologies Ltd
  • Athena Blue Innovation
  • Broadwater Mouldings Ltd
  • Brookhouse Aerospace
  • Carbon ThreeSixty Ltd
  • CCP Gransden Advanced Composites
  • Composite Braiding Ltd
  • Cristex Composite Materials
  • Cubis Systems
  • Cygnet Texkimp Ltd
  • Delve Search
  • Dura Composites Ltd
  • Far-UK Ltd
  • Filon Products
  • GKN Aerospace
  • Grazebrook Innovation
  • Gurit (UK) Ltd
  • Hilton Docker Mouldings Ltd
  • Hive Composites Ltd
  • Hypetex Coloured Advanced Materials Ltd
  • Kovertek Ltd
  • KS Composites Ltd
  • Lineat Composites Ltd
  • MPM Ltd
  • Multimatic Ltd
  • Multi-Ply Components Ltd
  • National Composites Centre
  • Norco Composites & GRP
  • Pentaxia Ltd
  • Piran Composites Ltd
  • Premier Autoclaves Ltd
  • PRF Composite Materials Ltd
  • Prodrive Composites Ltd
  • Reactive Components Ltd
  • ReBlade Ltd
  • Rockwood Composites Ltd
  • Safran Nacelles
  • Scott Bader Company Ltd
  • SHD Composite Materials Ltd
  • Syensqo
  • Technical Composite Solutions Ltd
  • Teledyne CML Composites
  • Toray Advanced Composites UK Ltd
  • Uplift360
  • Victrex
  • Williams Jet Tenders