RED BULL RACING AND DMG STRENGTHEN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP

Steve Nevey, Red Bull Racing’s Business Development Manager, commented, “Our successful ongoing relationship with DMG has prompted a redefinition and significant uplift in what the supplier does for us.

“It is the exclusive provider of machining centres and CNC lathes to the main machine shop at our Milton Keynes manufacturing centre, where there are now 15 machines installed.

“What we look for in our Innovation Partners is not just technical input, but business solutions to complex production needs. In DMG’s case, this encompasses supply of the most up-to-date machine tools, guidance as to their best usage, full back-up including machine calibration, and wide ranging input to manufacturing strategies, programs and tool selection.”

Richard Watkins, managing director of DMG (UK), continued, “The needs of an F1 team stretches our company, both in the UK and at our parent group in Germany, which is fully behind this initiative.

“Red Bull Racing regularly machines a diverse range of materials from aluminium through magnesium and steel to stellite alloys and composites.

“It certainly keeps us on our toes, but is hugely rewarding for us too as it extends our knowledge of machining exotic materials and allows us to share this best practice across Europe and the rest of the world.”

The other benefit DMG receives from the arrangement is being able to take customers to a highly advanced machine shop in a technologically advanced and glamorous environment operating 15 of its machine tools in the south east of England.

Latest to be installed at the Milton Keynes centre was a DMU 125P DuoBlock 5-axis machining centre with 1,250 x 1,000 x 1,000 mm working envelope. Installed in April this year, it is the first of DMG’s new style of machine to be supplied to Red Bull.