John Coughtrie Email & Phone Number

Uzwil, St Gallen, Switzerland

United Kingdom

Cast metals engineering consultancy for manufacture and use of ferrous and non-ferrous castings. Associates specialise in ferrous and non-ferrous.Subject matter experts for cast metals.Casting design & optimisation, DFM, feasibility studies, continuous casting, project management, NPI management, process engineering, melting technologies, new foundry "start-ups", foundry automation and problem solving.Serving the Automotive (powertrain & chassis), Prestige motor, Off Highway, Power Generation, Heavy Duty Diesel, Electronic, Lighting and other industries. India manufacturing - good depth of experience and passion.Skills: ~High Pressure Die Casting HPDC (diecasting) including Vacuum VHPDC~Gravity Die Casting GDC (semi permanent and permanent mold)~Low Pressure Die Casting LPDC (low pressure permanent mold LPPM)~Continuous Cast Rod CCR (aluminum CCR)~Molten metal processing and conditioning~Casting design and tooling design~Cost engineered components DFM, from casting/die design through to machined/coated/plated~Project management, specifying capital equipment SORs~Process engineering, NPI, Methods engineering and SMED~Advising and consulting on Aluminum & other non-ferrous casting projects~Magnesium die castings and associated processing~New foundry start-ups, let me bring my experience to help you~Downstream Aluminium projects in GCC~~Training delivery on any, or all of the above- A passionate Engineer with extensive experience in Technical / Project engineering, within Manufacturing industry.- Excellent commercial aptitude, excelling in bringing together business opportunities across continents and cultures, more recently in India, MENA and GCC.- Outstanding organisational skills, with inherent leadership qualities.Fellow - Institute of Cast metals EngineersMember - North American Die Casting AssociationMember - Institute of Consulting

Worcester, United Kingdom

Magna Cosma Casting UK - Start-up new Diecasting plant for VHPDC Structural castings.Global Technical support for all Cosma Casting divisions.

United Kingdom

• Guided construction and start-up of new Diecasting facility in South India.• Controlled Indian NPI’s of die cast products, supplied into UK.• Delivered strategic technical customer liaison throughout the world, for India & UK.• Created cost estimating model for multiple casting-processes, for UK & India use.• Conducted feasibility studies for Chemically Bonded Sand & Low Pressure Diecasting facilities.• Directed NPI’s transferred from a foundry closure.

United Kingdom

• Co-coordinated new NPI procedure.• Key role transitioning from QS9000 to TS16949 accreditation.• Championed continuous improvement, including Value Stream Mapping.• New Indian Aluminium die casting foundry business plan develped.• Project managed relocation of equipment to two UK sites plus New India site.

United Kingdom

• Design, procure and manage all tooling and capital equipment.• Initiated International tooling procurement, UK, Italy and Romania.• Feasibility study to procure tooling from India.• Customer technical liaison, cost estimating, FMEA’s and project management of NPI’s.• Introduced Visual Management, SMED and 5S principles.• Established feasibility of new Indian die-casting facility, including visits to India.• Created software model for HPDC capacity planning & budgeting.• Project management of satellite foundry and integration of over 100 products.

United Kingdom

Aluminium HPDC, LPDC and Gravity Diecasting

United Kingdom

Aluminium & Zinc High Pressure Diecasting (HPDC)• Introduced TQM and Project planning using Gantt charts.• Headed the Drawing Office and delivered first CAD system for in-house tooling design.

Design of furnaces from a user / foundry point of view.Training delivery for cleaning and maintenance of 5t - 20t Aluminium furnaces.

United Kingdom

High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC)Low Pressure Die Casting (LPDC)Gravity Die Casting (GDC)Brass Stamping

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Aluminium HPDC

Apprenticeship, Mechanical Engineering

"National Apprentice of the Year" - UK EITB 1982

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