Almor Group Team
The Almor Group team
The Almor Group is headed up by owner and managing director Chris Allum. We’re proud to say that the average employment tenure is in excess of 10 years and we are committed to supporting and developing all our employees across all levels of the organisation.
Board
Chris Allum founded Almor Ltd in 1992 when he acquired Welding and Brazing in Cannock, West Midlands. Since then he has gone on to build the Almor success story and acquire various companies such as F.Atkinson, Nottingham in 1998 and Mormet Fabrications in Tipton, West Midlands, both of which operate from their original bases. His most recent acquisition being Wellman Furnaces based in Oldbury , West Midlands
Chris plays an active role as Director of Sales and heads up the company.
Martin has a long history of running businesses in Furnace Engineering. He now sits on the Board with Chris Allum and takes an active role in the company.
Directors
Pat Clarke (Bsc. ACMA) has been with the Almor Group since it acquired F.Atkinson in 1998.
Heading up the Group as Finance Director and Almor’s Company Secretary Pat plays a lead role in the function of the company, including HR across all three sites.
Richard is our most recent employee brought in at Director level. He is responsible for Nottingham fabrications production, IT, ISO9001:2015.
He is also the company lead on Health and Safety, with fellow directors, Noel Wilson (Almor Wild Barfield), Trevor Walton (Almor Wellman) and Pat Clarke (Company Secretary and Finance Director).
Trevor heads up the Almor Wellman (Wellman Furnaces) arm of the business and is based in Tipton, West Midlands.
He has worked in the thermal processing market for the last 29 years and has a wealth of knowledge and engineering experience from inception to build of large capital equipment projects, as well as the design of gas fired combustion equipment and systems.
Based on this experience Trevor is able to work closely with our customers (often large Blue Chip companies) to develop innovative thermal processing equipment solutions to fulfill our customer expectations. Often calling on the large Wellman equipment back catalogue of bespoke furnace solutions, each proven in their field.
Noel Wilson (FIMechE) CEng joined the Almor Group in 2013 as Engineering Director and is responsible for all Engineering functions. Noel’s knowledge and experience in thermal engineering is extensive ranging from -150oC to +2500oC having spent nearly 18 years as chief engineer at Carbolite. Noel now heads up the Almor Wild Barfield brand function which supports the well established engineering and site teams. Noel will increase the range of products that the company can offer.
Managers
Lyndon has been working at the Almor Group for over 3 years. He is responsible for sales, engineering and project management of refractory equipment and major site service projects. He also works closely with the site service team to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget. He is a qualified Refractory bricklayer and Ceramic fibre installer has been involved in the refractory industry for over 45 years.
Colin Bloor (BEng, DegIosh) has been working at the Almor Group for over 10 years. He is responsible for engineering compliance, project management of equipment and major site service projects. He also manages the site service engineering team to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget. He is a qualified Electrical & Mechanical Engineer with an extensive field service experience gained over 30 years. He also has a wealth of Health & Safety background in all aspects of site engineering activities. Colin’s involvement in the furnace industry stretches over 20 years working on and designing Vacuum and Atmosphere furnace and process equipment.
Nigel has been working for Almor and previously Wellman for just over 6 years. He started his career as an apprentice furnace builder and has spent his whole working life in the industrial process heating industry.
His current role is principally sales and project based, looking after non-standard spare parts, furnace repairs and upgrades. In addition standard or repeat spares jobs plus the larger new equipment projects, as well as looking after some key account customers.
Arthur Watson AMIMechE – Engineering Manager, Arthur has been working at the Almor Group for over 20 years. He is responsible for sales, engineering and project management of Almor Wild Barfield equipment and major site service projects. He also works closely with the site service team to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget. He is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and has been involved in the furnace and process industry for almost 50 years. Arthur is currently Chairman of BIFCA, the trade association for the British industrial furnace industry.
Vanessa has worked in Health, Safety & Welfare for over 25 years; predominately in the Manufacturing Industry. Vanessa (known better as ‘Ness’) has been a member of our team since 2015 starting originally as our HS&W Advisor. Ness brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience along with an infectious laugh and an appetite for all things safe!
As our business adopts a more pro-active approach to the safety & well-being of our employees, it further supports Almor’s Corporate and Social Responsibility of becoming an Employer of Choice.
Vanessa Thornton-Kitchen NEBOSH, IOSH
Having studied for a doctorate in Volcanology Ashley moved into a marketing career. Working as press officer for the LTA then onto Marketing Manager for Fossil UK.
Ashley now looks after marketing across the Almor Group.
Tony James worked for F.Atkinson in Nottingham which was originally established in 1937 and was then acquired by the Almor Group in 1998. Tony heads up the fabrication estimating and buying team at Nottingham. He has developed a team which is renowned as a world leading manufacturer of flare gas systems.
Adam started an apprenticeship and qualified at NVQ Level 3 in Fabrication and Welding. Adam joined Almor in 2015 and is now the Sales Manager heading up a team of 4.
Gary has been working at the Almor Group for 15 years. During this time he has filled various roles mainly focussed around quality management and product conformity. Currently Gary is responsible for managing fabrications for the oil & gas and petrochemical sectors. Gary is also Almor’s BS EN ISO 9001 management representative.
In his spare time Gary enjoys playing golf, keeping fit and reading weighty tomes.
Mark has been working at the Almor Group since 2011. He is responsible for the management of production at Almor’s Nottingham site to meet customer needs by optimising use of labour and facilities.
He also works closely with other departments, in particularly commercial, contracts, and sales to ensure contracts are delivered on time and budget.
