ALMET

ALMET, a.s. manufactures aluminium pistons for combustion engines and compressors, up to 350 mm in diameter, in all-aluminium, cast-insert and forged variants (forged pistons are made with an external blank supplier). The company runs its own foundry for aluminium alloy pistons and offers surface treatments including hard anodizing, phosphating, tinning and molybdenum-based slip coating.

Named customers include ZETOR TRACTORS, TATRA TRUCKS, MAN Energy Solutions UK, Superior Air Parts and Continental Aerospace Technologies, covering tractor, truck, marine and aircraft engine pistons. The website also lists supplies to original equipment and spare-parts markets, with buyers in Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Poland, the United States and parts of Asia and Eastern Europe.

The company traces its origins to 1933, when it was founded as RIAL, a cylinder grinding workshop; piston production began in 1946. ALMET, a.s. was formed through privatisation in 1992, and the PROSPERITA investment group became majority owner in 1997. The registered headquarters is in Hradec Králové, and the company lists current openings for a machinist, tool-and-die fitter, maintenance fitter, machining technologist and quality controller.

Product: Aluminium pistons up to 350 mm diameter for trucks, tractors, aircraft, marine and stationary engines, motorcycles and compressors, including foundry castings and spare parts.