![20 years with Alpha for Quality Manager Ben Austin](/filestore/post/82/d8/22471071_cddcb7dc.jpg)
Ben Austin was recently recognised by Alpha Manufacturing for reaching his twentieth year with the company. Ben joined Alpha back in 2000 as a programmer and has since gathered a wealth of experience in sheet metal fabrication, having worked in a variety of roles across the business. He quickly rose into management as Programming Manager before becoming NPI (New Product Introduction) Manager. The most recent of his roles being Quality Manager, which he became in August of this year. His vast engineering knowledge and understanding of sheet metal programming, processes, machinery and quality makes him a truly valuable member of the Alpha team. Operations Manager Neal Lafford last week presented Ben with a gift of high street vouchers in recognition of his outstanding service over the past two decades.