Our Journey
We have been in the finishing business since 1981, during that time we have expanded our operations. Take a look through our history
1981
Our Birth
Dr. Allan and Mrs. Irene Mitchell formed Almit Metal Finishing Ltd on the Aycliffe Business Park, County Durham in December 1981.
1999
Initial Growth
A 3000 sq. ft extension was added to the Specialist Coatings factory which was built in 1999 to house a shot blasting facility to compliment our wet spray processes.
2005
Recognising Growth
Recognising the need for growth, in 2005 a 22,000 sq. ft purpose built factory along with a two storey 6000 sq. ft office block was commissioned adjacent to the current Specialist Coatings facility in Shildon to house a new pre-treatment and automatic powder line. In November 2005 all Office and Paint Shop staff from the Group were transferred into the new offices and factory to centralise these functions.
2007
Two years later
In March 2007 due to increasing demand for site spraying a Site Services division was set up.
2008
Zinc Phosphate Line
In December 2008 a Zinc Phosphate line was introduced into the Wet Spray shop as an additional pre-treatment for mild steel substrates.
2010
A further member of the group is Timla Limited t/a Industrial Anodising Services; this Company carries out Standard Aluminium Anodising in a range of colours including black, red, gold, green and blue. In addition the Company also carries out Hard Anodising in a range of colours, with Dichromate Seal. Full Bright Anodising up to 2 metres long is also undertaken. The most recent addition to the group is Aliprint which carries out a full manufacturing service for Anodised Aluminium Labels, Nameplates & Business Cards comprising of Cutting, Screen-printing and Forming to customer requirements.
A 10,000 sq. ft. extension was added to the Wet Spray shop in May 2010 with the installation of additional spray booths and ovens to facilitate growth into new markets. A 10,000 sq. ft. extension was also added to the Powder Coating shop to accommodate an online pre-treatment and powder coating line to facilitate production and servicing levels.
2013
The Group took the decision to move all sites in to one central location. We moved to Faverdale in Darlington.
2017
With extension to our facilities that opened in 2013 we opened a new wet paint facility to cope with large items up to 26 metres long. This includes overhead cranes and fork lift capacity of lifting of up to 15 tonnes.
We also Installed a multi purpose wet paint line facility to process various component items.