Astrum (UK), specialists in the manufacture of track systems and running gear for armoured fighting vehicles and cast steel products, based in Stanhope, County Durham, has become the first UK non-aerospace company to win a prestigious National Supply Chain Award.
Initiated by the SBAC in 2006, Supply Chain for the 21st Century (SC21) is a change programme, which aims to accelerate the competitiveness of the UK’s defence and aerospace industry by raising the performance of the supply chain. To date, over 400 companies have signed up to the programme, including the UK Government’s Ministry o…