MASTENBROEK TO OFFER INDUSTRY INSIGHT TO SCHOOL CHILDREN ON NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY
A Boston manufacturer will open its doors to three schools on National Manufacturing Day.
Mastenbroek will welcome 30 Year 10 pupils to its factory on Thursday 26th September as it joins hundreds of companies across the UK in a country-wide celebration of UK engineering excellence.
The young people from Springwell (Spalding), Haven High (Boston) and Lincoln University Technical College will be given a guided tour of Mastenbroek's factory, where they will see the company's trenching machines and crawler trucks being made. The students will also learn about 3D computer modelling and the importance of hydraulics in engineering before seeing one of Mastenbroek's impressive machines close up.
"Mastenbroek has always believed in the benefits of having young people start their engineering and manufacturing careers through apprenticeships, and we're proud of the number of people in our team that joined us as school leavers and have risen through the business," says Christopher Pett, commercial director at Mastenbroek. "We're very much looking forward to National Manufacturing and opening our doors to 30 or so young people and giving them an insight into what we do here and the broad range of career opportunities that manufacturing and engineering offer."
Mastenbroek manufactured its first trencher for agricultural sub-surface land drainage in 1977. Since then, the company has grown into a global business working with customers worldwide, which are involved in agriculture, sports field drainage, and utility infrastructure projects and cable installation.
Organised by Make UK, National Manufacturing Day is a UK-wide celebration of manufacturing and a chance to raise the profile of the sector, which accounts for £224 billion of UK output, 41% of R&D and nearly half of the country's total exports.
National Manufacturing Day also promotes the opportunities presented by apprenticeships in the sector so that the next generation sees manufacturing as a future career.
For more information about National Manufacturing Day visit www.nationalmanufacturingday.org
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