Sam became involved with The Boro Foundry at the age of 16, carrying out a wide range of roles including moulding on the line, maintaining the site, and delivering castings to customers. After completing a degree in Business Management and Marketing, followed by a year working in logistics, he returned to the business with a broader commercial perspective.

He spent 13 years working across all departments of the foundry before moving into Sales in 2019. This hands-on experience provides Sam with the technical understanding needed to guide customers through the specification and purchase of complex engineering solutions.

Bev joined The Boro Foundry in 1979 as a receptionist and, with over 46 years’ service, is the company’s longest-serving member of staff. During her career, she has undertaken most administrative roles within the business, giving her a deep and practical understanding of how the company operates at every level.

As the granddaughter of the original owner, Sidney Norton, Bev has a strong personal connection to The Boro Foundry and has played a pivotal role in guiding the business through both challenging and successful periods. While raising three children, she completed a bookkeeping course at night school and has continued to build on those skills throughout her career.

Now as Finance Director, Bev brings invaluable experience and insight into the financial and operational challenges of running an SME manufacturing business.

Craig joined The Boro Foundry through the apprenticeship programme 13 years ago at the age of 17. He gained experience across all areas of the business while combining practical work with technical training. From an early stage, he demonstrated a strong interest in metallurgy and the technical aspects of the casting process.

His expertise ensures strict quality controls are maintained throughout production. Craig’s problem-solving approach and positive attitude means the technical challenges of running a jobbing foundry are met with confidence and consistency.

Now as Foundry Manager, Craig is one of the standout success stories of Boro Foundry. His proven track record of leadership ensures all departments remain aligned and customer-focused, consistently producing high quality components.

Fiona — known as Fee — leads the day-to-day operations of The Boro Foundry, coordinating closely with the foundry manager, dispatch, and sales teams. With oversight of the entire workflow, there is no part of the operation she does not know in detail.

With over 41 years at The Boro Foundry, Fee has built extensive knowledge of customer products, processes, and production requirements. As the granddaughter of the original owner, the foundry is very much part of her DNA.

Like the rest of the senior leadership team, Fee takes a hands-on approach to management and is regularly present on the foundry floor, ensuring operations run smoothly, efficiently, and to plan.

Carl joined The Boro Foundry in 2009 as an experienced machine operator and has continued to develop his skills throughout his career. He now manages the machine shop while remaining hands-on, operating large CNC milling machines. His proficiency in CAM is relied on throughout the machine shop operations.

With a career spent working with Both manual and CNC machines, Carl brings extensive technical knowledge to complex and demanding machining work. His experience allows him to guide his team effectively and deliver practical solutions to challenging requirements.

Carl maintains a strong focus on meeting delivery dates and holding tight tolerances across all machining processes, providing customers with confidence in both accuracy and reliability.

In 2022, Boro Foundry received Casting Component of the Year for the redevelopment of a Unimog Power Lift Arm. The original component was manufactured as a multi-part fabricated steel assembly, which introduced structural weaknesses and reliability issues under load. By re-engineering the part as a single-piece Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) casting, we delivered improved strength, reduced complexity, and consistent performance without increasing weight or production cost.

At Boro’ Foundry Ltd we are determined to further enhance our standing in the engineering industry and we are constantly reviewing our facilities, procedures and quality standards with ISO 9001 2015 our approval with LRQA (Lloyds Register Quality Assurance) Certificate number 10226555.

Our company objectives of zero defects and nil arrears are clearly complemented by our desire to co-operate in all aspects of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous castings and machined components.

Quality management is operated throughout the Foundry and Machine Shop, Cast Traceability and Operator Gauge Control is exercised alongside stringent procedures to ensure customers’ requirements are maintained at each stage of the manufacturing process and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001 2015.