Case Studies

For over 30 years, Taunton-based, Pattern Forme Ltd has been at the forefront in design and manufacture of thermoforming mould tools. The company specialises in producing tools for thin gauge work, mainly in the food industry and thick gauge work for applications,...

Celebrating its centenary in 2021, Huddersfield-based Westin Drives has been providing 24/7 service and repair facilities for electric motors and other electro-mechanical equipment. Any machining that it required was either sub-contracted or limited to a single manual...

​If a company can be all-things to all-men, then Iron Mason is it. Founded six years ago by Chris Mason who had worked in the film industry as a model maker and animatronics specialist. The Derby-based company now provides engineering, fabrication and finishing...

While a relative newcomer, in terms of business, having been founded in 2016, Techgrave has carved out a market-leading position thanks to its combination of machine tool technology and the decades of experience held by its founders Pete Adams and Dillon Evitts and...

Rugby-based Raysun has developed its business from a designer and manufacturer of bespoke jigs and fixtures with a well-equipped toolroom facility to become one of the UK’s leading ‘Fast Make’ specialists for turbine components, with a particular emphasis on...

Carney UK began life as a business development consultancy in 2014 to deliver the project management expertise of founder Simon Carney to small and medium sized engineering companies. While working on a business turn-around project for a fabrication company, things...

Nacom Automation Ltd and its range of Flexopress printers rose from the ashes of liquidation when current owner Nick Cadby, who was a creditor to the original owner of the printing machine business, realised the only way to get his money back was to buy the...

Ferrabyrne is a specialist moulding company predominantly producing bonded rubber to metal technology & suspension systems for the rail industry & commercial vehicles. The Littlehampton-based business manufactures as much as possible in-house, including the...

When Darren Chisnall created Warrington-based Roant Precision Engineering back in 2001, it was as a small precision sub-contractor relying on a selection of manual machines to make a living. Now, 18 years on the company has just completed the takeover of its biggest...

When Ben Cheeseman created BCH Services back in 2009 it was as a part-time enterprise working out of the back of his Land Rover providing plant maintenance in and around Kent. It wasn’t until four years later that he went full-time a move that also re-ignited his...