14 April 2011 – trading update

The specialist castings and engineering group has announced that its results for the year to 31 March 2011 are expected to be in line with the upgraded forecasts of last November.  Demand in the second half of the financial year has continued to improve while the integration f Jebron, acquired in February, is progressing well.  With further growth expected in the current financial year the shares remain a BUY.