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Returning to Southern Manufacturing for the eleventh time, Swansea based BAW Precision Engineering Ltd will be promoting its subcontract machining and automation expertise on Stand P24. At Southern Manufacturing 2011, the company will have a new look stand that will emphasise the company’s integration into the renowned FMT Group.

Part of the integration will see fellow group member Eurogrind sharing the stand. Eurogrind will be showing its expertise as a cutting tool manufacturer, distributor and tooling solution integrator. Eurogrind will have a selection of cutting tools on the stand that will highlight specialised bespoke tooling along with solutions for machining composites and aerospace alloys.

BAW Precision is returning to the Farnborough event with a keen enthusiasm to promote its 5-axis machining technology. The company that was founded in 1973 is firmly embedded in high technology industry sectors and can offer over 30 years of expertise in the medical, aerospace, defence, automotive, oil & gas, pharmaceutical and the oil & gas sector to name a few. This vast experience has seen ISO: 9001 accredited BAW Precision build upon its position as a major Tier 1 supplier to globally renowned OEM’s in all the mentioned industry sectors. The customer base reads like a who’s who of industry with customers such as Bosch, Continental Teves, Honda, Borg Warner, TRW, Biomet, the Royal Mint and Airborne Systems among the prestigious client base. The company is currently working on Olympic projects for the Royal Mint as well as servicing a European customer base with major customers in France and Eastern Europe. Components produced for some of its customers will be on show alongside examples of automation projects to demonstrate the vast expertise and machining capabilities the company can offer.

BAW Precision has built its enviable customer base through its ability to offer comprehensive 5-axis CNC milling, CNC turning and conventional machining capacity that enables the Pontardawe based company to manufacture anything from prototypes and short batches up to long batch runs. Working in such demanding industries with OEMs that are the benchmark in their sectors, BAW has vast experience of working with all material types including aerospace alloys.

The company will also be keen to promote its exceptional automation service that has noted the company involved in major machine design and build projects as well as the design, development, machining and delivery of a transfer gearbox for the Audi Q7. With full 3D design and manufacturing facilities that include high tech software for PLC control, electrical cabinets, vision inspection, pneumatics and hydraulics; BAW conducts all project commissioning at its facility, offering the complete concept to component service. This automation expertise provides BAW with an ideal platform to deliver bespoke automation equipment, jigs, fixtures, assemblies and all types of associated tooling.

BAW Managing Director, Mr Paul Kilbride comments: “BAW has been exhibiting at international exhibitions for over 15 years and we are particularly keen to explore what our research shows are significant opportunities in the UK, where the growing high technology sectors fit in with our expertise and precision manufacturing capabilities.”

For further information on BAW, Eurogrind or any of the additional companies in the FMT Group, please come and visit us on stand P24 at Southern Manufacturing 2011 at FIVE, Farnborough, Hampshire from the 16th to the 17th February.

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