David Bidwell started the company near Bath back in the 1960's.
David's wife Gill Bidwell is company secretary.
Daughter Emma Mallon is managing director and metal trader.
Daughter Susan West runs the office, her husband Chris runs the bottom yard and takes care of logistics. and their sons Richard & George (David and Gill's grandsons) both work in the yard and office, 'weighing in' and metal processing.
Stephen Bidwell has recently returned from a few years experience in the car manufacturing industry to run the aluminium yard.
' We fully realise that the only way to protect the future for everyone is to recycle materials now and not just keep using natural resources as though they will never run out. To this end we work with schools, local councils, businesses and communities to help recycle all types of used metal so that it is not just thrown away, it can be used again and again to build a car, or a food tin, or a climbing frame for a park, or a walking aid for the elderly, or a caravan, or new pipes for your plumbing, or........ '
Bidwell Metals Ltd Tiger Works, Clandown, Nr Radstock, Bath 01761 434301