Our Veteran Club is forever growing !

🎉 Celebrating 25 Years of Service at AF Switchgear 🎉

This week, we’re incredibly proud to welcome three more valued team members into our Veteran Club — marking 25 years of dedication and service to the company. An outstanding achievement that reflects their hard work, loyalty, and growth over the years.

Please join us in congratulating:

🔧 Mark Stone

•10 July 2000: Joined as an Electrical Apprentice

•6 August 2002: Promoted to Approved Electrical Fitter

•1 September 2005: Completed apprenticeship and became Electrical Fitter

•8 March 2018: Promoted to Team Leader

•22 June 2021: Moved to Intermediate Applications Engineer (Engineering Dept.)

•1 January 2024: Promoted to Contracts Engineer

🔌 Karl Waltho

•10 July 2000: Joined as an Apprentice Electrical Fitter/Wireman

•17 January 2005: Completed apprenticeship and became Electrical Fitter

•2008–2010: Worked in Engineering & on the shop floor

•1 January 2011: Appointed Applications Engineer

•1 December 2017: Moved to Site Services as Site Services Engineer

•1 October 2020: Promoted to Technician

•9 August 2021: Transferred to VAR Services as Technical Engineer

⚙️ Paul Hodgkinson

•10 July 2000: Joined as an Electrical Apprentice

•1 September 2005: Completed apprenticeship and became Electrical Fitter

•15 December 2017: Promoted to Approved Electrical Fitter

•6 February 2023: Promoted to Team Leader

👏 A huge well done to Mark, Karl and Paul — your commitment and contributions over the past 25 years have helped shape the success and culture of AF Switchgear.

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Congratulations to our Tough Mudders !

🫸 Pushing Limits, Making a Difference: Congratulations to Our Tough Mudders! 👏

This past weekend, a team of our incredible operatives went above and beyond — not just in their work, but in mud, sweat, and sheer determination.

They took on the legendary Tough Mudder 15k challenge to raise funds in the memory of Luke Wistow and we couldn’t be prouder! ❤️

From scaling walls to crawling through mud pits, our team showed what grit, teamwork, and resilience truly look like. It wasn’t easy — and that’s the point. 🧗‍♂️

They chose discomfort. They chose the hard route. And they did it for a cause that matters deeply to all of us. ❤️

Please donate via the link below ⤵️

JUST GIVING

⭐ To everyone who ran, you’ve reminded us that together, we’re capable of so much more than we think. ⭐

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West Notts College ~ Gene Haas Centre for Advanced Manufacturing

AF Switchgear were proud to attend the official opening of the UK’s first Gene Haas Centre for Advanced Manufacturing at Vision West Nottinghamshire College last week.

This impressive facility has been two years in the making, and it’s fantastic to see the vision now fully realised. As a longstanding partner of the college, we’re especially excited about the new dedicated switchgear training area, which gives students valuable insight into our industry.

Through our apprenticeship programmes and experienced worker route qualifications, we’re committed to supporting skills development and encouraging more students to pursue a future in electrical engineering and manufacturing.

Our close collaboration with West Notts College continues to play a key role in shaping that next generation, keep an eye on our posts for the new AF Switchgear academy that will commence September 2025.

Thanks to everybody involved including TLA Distribution Ltd for your continued support.