We are on a mission as trusted suppliers of innovative and integral bespoke factory automation systems and control systems, to help advance the processes and capabilities of our worldwide customer base and increase their efficiency, quality and bottom line.
We challenge and we like to be challenged and we’ll never walk away from a project; we always make it happen. We believe in fair pricing – it’s not all about the money. Ultimately, we operate with integrity – we try to do what’s right…even when no one is looking.
To become the world-wide industry standard which our customers and prospects regard as the benchmark for quality, price, technical capability, service and innovation.
Testament to our global success is our prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, an honour awarded to us in 2021.
Since our humble beginnings in 2002 from the spare room of my flat; ALS Controls (as we were then known) has grown steadily yet confidently, and is trusted globally by start-ups through to multinational powerhouses – ranging from dairies to pharmaceutical companies to help improve their efficiency and production capabilities with our state-of-the-art, bespoke manufacturing machinery, turnkey factory/plant automation lines including advanced robotics integration and, control systems. Today we are headquartered in a 20,000 sq. ft. factory in Gloucestershire, UK, with our 18,000 sq. ft. QA and testing facility located in nearby Alcester and our North American sales office located in Amarillo, Texas.
Our central location with close airport links is paramount, enabling us to quickly deliver a first-class service to our extensive world-wide customers, who span many different industry sectors, including: food and beverage, plastics, dairy, packaged products, air filtration, waste to energy, pharmaceutical, processing, rigid container handling and incineration.
My commitment to all our customers is that ‘we always make it happen’ – when we commit, we deliver. My desire is that ALS Mechatronic is considered the industry benchmark for quality, price, technical capability, service and innovation.
We look forward to doing business with you.
Andrew Steward
Founder, Managing Director, Chief Engineer
Andrew is an Electronics Engineer by trade with more than 30 years’ industry experience. He started his apprenticeship with a leak tester manufacturer, following a short stint with the company during a school work experience week. He later moved on to work for US conveyor and packaging machinery manufacturer Ideas In Motion, where he stayed until 2002, leaving to set up ALS Controls, now ALS Mechatronic.
Chris joined ALS Mechatronic in April 2005. Over the years, Chris has been involved in a number of successful projects in the UK and across the globe and; likes nothing more than seeing customers automation expectations exceeded. Chris has a strong skill mix, which he continues to develop in: manufacturing, installation, commissioning, integration, software and management.
Laura is responsible for quality, HR, management reporting, business process and resource planning, marketing and PR. Laura joined ALS in November 2019 following an extensive career working predominantly for digital health and biotech companies. Manufacturing is a whole new world but Laura is enjoying the challenge and learning fast from a great team of people. And yes, she is married to the boss!
Daniel is responsible for mechanical design and manufacturing at ALS, taking projects from concept through to installation. Daniel joined the company in October 2015, building on his extensive experience learnt across a variety of manufacturing industries. Daniel likes nothing more than to create something from nothing and thrives on each day offering a new challenge for him to find a solution to!
Joy joined ALS Mechatronic in January 2012 and remains integral to the company’s smooth day-to-day operations. Joy turns her hand to most things administrative; from running the office, ordering goods, managing deliveries, through to; invoicing, accounts payable and banking. And, when she’s not doing all that, you’ll typically find her riding her horse or walking the dog!
Neil, having racked up 15 years’ experience, joined ALS Mechatronic in August 2016 as Control Engineer, responsible for writing new, innovative control software as well as making enhancements to existing and old systems using programmes from the likes of Siemens and Allen Bradley. Neil loves the inevitable problems that innovative engineering projects present and working out the right solution.
Phill is ALS’ longest standing employee, joining Andrew soon after the company’s inception in 2002. Phill wears a number of hats including controls engineering and health and safety. Phill’s 25+ years’ experience in the plastics/packaging industries enables him to help train and develop junior team members from raw apprentices to full engineers.
ALS designed and built a mammoth control system and wrote all the software to control our anaerobic digestion plant. This was complex but ALS took the time to understand our requirements and quickly delivered us exactly what we needed – on time, on budget.
They listened to what we wanted and have been incredibly patient when we changed our mind and worked with us on all elements of the design. The technologies ALS use are entirely in line with the technologies we as a site are standardising on and we are already discussing our next project together.
ALS have integrated all our machines – blow molders, the baggers, debaggers, resin etc. – under one control system. I can monitor it all at any time and from my iPhone! This was all done without shutting my plant down and that was very important to us.
Simply put, they never let me down!
*ALS Mechatronic provides its solutions and services to some of the world’s largest blow moulders too – respecting their requests for anonymity due to commercial sensitivities, references from them can be obtained confidentially on request.
The company is headquartered in a 10,000 sq. ft. facility in Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom. Our central location, close to international airports, means we can quickly and easily reach our customers, located across the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and South America.
