Diversified Metalforming Specialist Beats The Recession

Commented Adrian Haller, Managing Director of Bruderer UK, “Considering the difficult trading conditions, we are very pleased to have made a profit in 2009.

“Regarding this year, if the enquiries we already have for 2010 materialise, our turnover will exceed our expectations against a backdrop of a shrinking manufacturing base in the UK and an endemic short-term outlook on finance.

“Our success is a result of selling a wide variety of ancillary equipment for automating all press lines, not just our own. Half of our turnover last year came from this side of the business, helped in part by keen pricing”.

Mr Haller went on to say, “In my opinion, the UK cannot continue to rely on the finance sector as the major contributor to our GDP. We need to rebuild our manufacturing base right now, before we lose any more skilled craftsman.

“With Sterling so low against other currencies, we could be highly competitive with our pricing for exports. Great Britain was until the late 70s one of the world’s largest exporters of manufactured products and that is where we need to get back to.”

_Bruderer to sell press brakes, shears and plasma cutters_

New this year will be a further expansion of the company’s product range with the impending announcement in the run-up to MACH 2010 of three additional agency lines. One will introduce press brakes, guillotine shears and plasma profiling machines, a second will cover the supply of press brake tooling and a third will add laser and inkjet marking systems.

The breadth of equipment sold by Bruderer is already considerable, encompassing servo roll feeds and coil handling equipment manufactured by PA Industries in the USA, and die and mould tooling from Fibro, Germany. The Italian-built Millutensil range of die splitters and spotting presses, roll feeders, decoilers / recoilers, straighteners and strip end welding machines are also offered.

Other well-established sole agency lines include quick die change and clamping systems, press tool safety monitoring and control, sensor technology, press force monitoring, in-line washing and lubrication, and machine vision systems for 100 per cent real-time inspection of stamped parts.

Mr Haller is keen to stress that Bruderer UK is a one-stop-shop where customers can source an entire press line, from tooling design and production through supply of presses and automation to commissioning and pass-off. The company guarantees that its turnkey lines, simple or complex, will hit the shop floor running and be maintained at peak operating condition by its engineers for the lifetime of the equipment.

The company also offers on-site operator training, machine movement within factories and other project engineering services. In addition, hydraulic press sales, repair and rebuilding facilities are available.

_New web site_

Bruderer UK has introduced a new web site for 2010 to showcase the extensive range of equipment and services it now offers.

A visit to www.bruderer.co.uk will give detailed information not only on the Bruderer programme of high-speed presses, rated from 180 to 2,500 kN punching force with stroke rates up to 2,000 per minute, but also on all of the UK agency lines, including the new ones.

The extent of the back-up provided to help pressworking manufacturers in the UK to stay ahead of the competition in an increasingly globalised marketplace also features on the new web site.