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Managing Director
Day-to-day operations, programming oversight, customer relationships.
About
A workshop, not a sales floor.
Minden Engineering has been machining precision parts from the same Aldershot workshop since 1978. Aerospace, defence, motorsport, petrochem, scientific. The work that doesn't tolerate "near enough".
- Established
- 1978
- Location
- Aldershot
- Group
- Capstan Group
- Companies House
- 11024605
Story
From two manual mills to 5-axis everything.
Minden was set up in 1978 to make parts for the local aerospace and defence suppliers in Farnborough and Aldershot. Two manual mills, a lathe, and a phone book. Most of the work back then was repair-and-replace for assets where nobody could find the original drawings.
The shop has changed. The first CNC arrived in the early '90s. The first 5-axis machine joined a decade later. We're now part of the Capstan Group, which gave us the buying power to invest in CMM, mill-turn, and the inspection kit our aerospace and defence customers expect.
What hasn't changed: the workshop is still in Aldershot, the customer list is still mostly repeat business, and we still pick up the phone when it rings.
TODO: confirm founder story, original premises, and the date the company joined Capstan Group.
Team
The people who'll handle your job.
TODO: confirm names, roles and add headshot photography.
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Workshop Manager
Setters, programmers, planning. 25+ years on the shop floor.
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Quality Manager
CMM inspection, first article reports, supplier audits.
Accreditations
Audited and documented.
Quality is a paper trail, not a slogan. We hold the standards our customers need, and we can supply certificates on request.
ISO 9001
TODO: confirm
AS9100
TODO: confirm aerospace standard
Cyber Essentials
TODO: confirm — typical for defence supply chain
What we stand for
Three things we won't compromise on.
01
First time, every time
If a part comes back, it's free. That clause has been in our quotes since the '80s. We don't lean on it often.
02
On the date we said
Lead time is a promise, not a target. We'd rather quote longer up front than miss a delivery.
03
Pick up the phone
If there's an issue, you'll hear about it before you've noticed. No silence, no surprises.
Group
Part of the Capstan Group.
Minden Engineering operates as part of the Capstan Group, a UK manufacturing collective. The relationship gives us access to additional capacity, complementary processes, and shared QA standards across sites.
TODO: confirm what Capstan Group brings to Minden's offer — capacity, finishing partners, additional certifications.
Affiliation
Capstan Group
UK precision manufacturing collective
Careers
Apprenticeships.
British manufacturing needs more setters, programmers, and inspectors. We train ours from the ground up. If you're 16+, finishing school or college and you like making things, we want to hear from you.
TODO: confirm apprenticeship intake schedule and link to current openings.
Email an apprenticeship enquiryWant to see the workshop?
We're happy to show prospective customers and suppliers around. Book ahead, kettle on.