The Wallwork Group’s new vacuum brazing facility in Bury has received a formal approval from Rolls-Royce for its aerospace work.

The metal thermal-processing specialist hopes that the new facility with attract even more high-value contracts.

Sales manager Howard Maher said: “Bury is the largest of our three UK sites, and it already has extensive approvals for its metal heat-treatment processes.

“Vacuum brazing is a natural addition to the other vacuum processes that we operate. Achieving Rolls-Royce approval so soon after commissioning the new vacuum brazing laboratory and assembly area is another ‘feather in our cap’.”

Bury is the lead aerospace processing site in the Wallwork Group, offering case hardening, carburising, hardening and tempering, nitriding and other processes.

It has received approvals for specific processes from BAE Systems, Airbus, Safran, Bombardier, Moog and others.

Quality engineer Helen Ellis said: “We are constantly working to extend the scope of our aerospace quality approvals to give clients confidence that our manufacturing processes conform to the highest standards.”