US Firm Acquires Geo Kingsbury Automotive Test Rig Business

For more than five decades, Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools (www.testrigs.com) has been providing vehicle component test rigs to the global automotive sector. Its solutions simulate in-vehicle conditions and provide advanced analysis tools that enable customers to test and develop axles, differentials, transaxles, power transfer units (PTU) and steering gears. Their innovations have included the ability to perform component level noise vibration and harshness (NVH) analysis, assess dynamic balance, perform in-line balance compensation, and to take real-time performance measurements and analyse the results. These capabilities are the reason that they became one of the premier suppliers in the industry.

Manufacturer of the first fully electric DVT roll/brake machine, Burke Porter has paved the way for innovation in automotive testing, supplying end-of-line equipment, dynamometers, tyre and wheel assembly systems and now test rigs to all of the major OEMs and automotive suppliers throughout the world. It specialises in the design and development of equipment for electrical and mechanical analysis of vehicle performance and has developed an infrastructure and supply chain that enables it to provide customers with sales, service, and manufacturing worldwide.

The combination of Burke Porter’s global footprint and the Geo Kingsbury designs make this a strategic acquisition. Customers will be able to acquire the latest technology in the regions that their facilities operate and will have local service providers that can support them in their native languages. Most importantly, they will gain a competitive advantage by leveraging the Burke Porter global supply chain and engineering expertise to ensure that they receive the most cost effective solution possible.