Engineering firm boosts robotics capability with acquisition

Tamworth-based Belgrave & Powell, a specialist engineering services group, has boosted its robotics capability with the acquisition of a company based in Plymouth.

Belgrave & Powell has acquired 100% of the shares of Autotech Robotics.

The company will form part of Belgrave & Powell’s Machine Technology Group (MTG) which comprises some of the leading UK specialists in high quality machine tool products, robotics and automation covering a variety of applications for rail, aerospace, gas turbine, oil and gas, energy and automotive sectors.

The new Autotech Robotics acquisition is complimentary to MTG’s recently announced robotics and automation platform and compliments its other group businesses to provide services not across the UK and internationally for its SME and larger corporate engineering clients.

Autotech Robotics was established in 1989 and has been a provider and integrator of robotic systems across a wide of sectors in the automotive, aerospace, marine and metal processing industries.

Led by founder and managing director, Graham Gilbert, the business comprises some of the UK’s leading experts in robotic applications and process knowledge.

Paul Ward, a partner in Belgrave & Powell, will lead the company as part of Belgrave & Powell’s Machine Technology Group.

He said: “As a group we are really pleased with the acquisition as the founder Graham has built a great team and reputation able to provide specialised applications knowhow and service capability for integration of robotics.

“Coupled with our other machine tool, engineering and automation specialists, the Machine Technology Group now has sizeable scale and capability across a range of robotic and automation platforms. Our focus will be on automated cells for machine loading, vision systems, robotic welding, cutting, forming, painting and handling principally for the metal working industries initially but followed with other sector growth.”

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