ABL (ALUMINIUM COMPONENTS) LIMITED

Business Description

ABL Aluminium Components specialises in the fabrication, finishing and assembly of aluminium extrusions. The company was set up over 30 years ago and operates from a 5000m2 facility in Birmingham, just 5 miles from Birmingham airport and the motorway network.

ABL Aluminium Components is privately owned with a turnover of around £4m and a skilled workforce of 45 employees. The business adopts a very high customer service ethic which it brings to the various market sectors it serves. "In practice, this means we offer consistently high quality, reliable delivery and competitive prices. We also aim to ensure that our customers can source components and assemblies from ABL Aluminium Components with the minimum of hassle which in turn allows them to stay focused on their core business".

Stephen Richardson, Managing Director, ABL Aluminium Components

ABL Aluminium Components:

ABL Aluminium Components specialises in the supply of aluminium profiles, components and assemblies manufactured from aluminium extrusions. The company is based in Birmingham and adopts a “one-stop shop” approach with all fabrication, finishing and anodising processes based in-house under one roof.

ABL Aluminium Components has invested heavily in modern plant and machinery to process the aluminium extrusions and offers a wide range of cnc machining, cutting, press work, welding and assembly services. The company has its own powder coating and anodising facilities offering finishes in any RAL colour, polishing and chemical brightening1. Logistic Support including bespoke and tailored aluminium extrusion profiles, packing and logistics services are available to give our customers a complete service.

Heatsinks Supplier
ABL Aluminium Components is also a supplier of a range of heatsink products produced from our extensive stock of aluminium extrusions and extruded profiles. ABL significantly increased its range of heatsinks in mid 2010, launching new ranges of high power heatsinks, BGA heatsinks, board mount heatsinks and many new extruded aluminium heatsink profiles. Our range of heatsinks and accessories can be accessed directly

Aluminium Extrusions - machining, finishing and assembly
Having all its facilities and processes under one roof allows ABL to tightly control its aluminium extrusions component machining, finishing and assembly operations which in turn allows the company to offer high quality and short lead times. The quality department uses up to date measuring equipment including CMM technology and also offers APQP quality tools to control quality and support its customers.

Aluminium Extrusions - Design for Manufacture
ABL Aluminium Components supports its customers through the use of logistic services for aluminium extrusions and components resulting in increased service levels and shorter lead times. Design supportis offered, including full CAD facilities, from initial design of the aluminium extrusions right through the design process with particular emphasis on design for manufacture to reduce production costs. On-going production engineering support assists in achieving continuous improvements, which in turn help to reduce costs and ensure ABL offers competitive prices and value for money to its customers. Small batch quantities are offered to support customers with their aluminium extrusions requirements.

Anodising - Anodise for Preparation and Protection
Anodising can substantially increase corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and anodised parts provide better adhesion for paint primers and glues than bare metal. ABL Aluminium Components has the capacity to anodise components produced from aluminium extrusions and ranging from 10 mm to 2.7 metres in shades of gold, silver, natural and black.

Anodise your components at ABL to achieve a number of cosmetic effects, either with thick porous coatings that can absorb dyes or with thin transparent coatings that add interference effects to reflected light.

Anodising can be performed on parts you supply or as one of the added processes applied to aluminium extrusions and components we manufacture for you.
Click here for more information about the anodising process and advantages of anodised components.

Quality and Service
ABL Aluminium Components is a privately owned company established in 1975 that now supplies many market sectors with components produced from aluminium extrusions and profiles. Through the combination of its production and finishing facilities and extensive experience, ABL is in an almost unique position to offer the highest level of quality and service to its customers in the UK and throughout the world.
1 These include natural anodising, black anodising, gold anodising, alocrom1200.

Business Services
Why Choose ABL?
ABL specialises in the design, fabrication, finishing and assembly of aluminium extrusions and operates a one stop shop that will help you to save costs and improve lead time & quality. Design support You can benefit from our design for manufacture support, logistic services and our large secure warehouse, coupled with over 35 years in supplying a huge range of market sectors based in the UK and around the world.

Modern machinery
Our investment in modern, efficient machinery will bring you highly repeatable quality products whilst our special purpose machines will produce your high volume components. Your prototypes can be produced with a short lead time and rapid implementation of design modifications.

One stop shop
Some of the capabilities we have under one roof include logistics support, assembly, CNC machining, sawing / cutting, deburring, anodizing, powder-coating, welding and delivery. We source many hundreds of tonnes of aluminium extrusion and can also provide added-value services to customer’s own raw material (on a free issue basis).

Loyal staff
We are also very proud of the people who work at ABL – many have over 30 years’ experience and our average length of service is 18 years – a reflection of the skills, loyalty and process knowledge which we can draw on to try and provide the very best service to our customers.

Wide range of extrusions
We call ourselves ABL Components and we have supplied many millions of different components – but these can range from 20mm long up to 13,500mm (yes 13.5 metres)!!! So please don’t think of us as just a company supplying small components – we provide aluminium extrusion solutions and take pride in doing so. If you want to learn more about how ABL can assist you with any of your aluminium extrusion needs, please contact us today.

Business Staff & Management
Stephen Richardson-Managing Director
Andy McLoughlin- Sales and Technical Director
Scott Lilley- Production Director