Birmingham firm hard pressed to stop growth after new contract win

A BIRMINGHAM-based engineering company has benefited from another large order after exhibiting its work at a major trade show.

Bruderer UK has sold a high-speed precision BSTA 500-110 press to Beckenham-based European Springs & Pressings.

The machine offers the company a much larger press bed area so that it can produce ever more complex pressings. The company has already seen a 10% upswing in business since acquiring the press.

Adrian Haller, managing director of Bruderer UK, said: “Our BSTA 500-110 has been developed to tackle complex production processes, which makes it ideal for prototyping or the introduction of new products.  

“This is clearly evident with European Springs & Pressings and I’m delighted to see it has had an immediate positive impact on new business secured in a relatively short period of time.”

Mr Haller said his own business was also enjoying a boost, in part due to its appearance at the MACH Show at the NEC in the spring.

“2016 has also been a good year for our order book, with more than 15 machines sold and the UK launch of the BSTA 410-110 at the ‘MACH Show’ generating a great deal of interest,” he said.

Stuart McSheehy, managing director of European Springs, said: “We have been very impressed with the Bruderer approach and its level of support, so much so that we have just commissioned the company to complete a full refurbishment and update of an existing machine that we use to form strip and wire components.

“If this works out well, we will refurbish and update all six production machines to the same specification.”