MiniTec UK Ltd : Press Releases
- MiniTec UK Ltd | 17-Jan-2012
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MiniTec and LG Motion move
After five years of continued order book and personnel growth, and despite the current recession, MiniTec UK Ltd andLG Motion have moved to a new 15,000 sq ft facility at Houndmills Industrial Estate in Basingstoke that is more than three times larger than the current site and will help secure a new foothold for future growth and development.
(29-Apr-2010)
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LG Motion Ltd and MiniTec UK Ltd move to new 15,000 sq ft production facility
Basingstoke – UK April 2010: LG Motion Ltd & MiniTec UK
Ltd were formed in 2004 & 2005 respectively by Managing Director
Gary Livingstone as separate but closely linked companies, sharing
production and office facilities in Basingstoke and together serving the
industrial automation and science research markets. Now, after five
years of continued order book and personnel growth, and despite the
current recession, both companies have completed a move to a new 15,000
sq ft facility at Houndmills Industrial Estate in Basingstoke that is
more than three times larger than the current site and will help secure a
new foothold for future growth and development.
MiniTec UK operates
as a manufacturing subsidiary of MiniTec GmbH & Co KG, the German
producer of machine framing systems and components whilst LG Motion is a
designer and manufacturer of its own brand electromechanical
positioning equipment as well as a distributor partner for several
global producers of motion control components and systems.
The
synergy between the two companies is well demonstrated with
complementary products and services that enable OEMs, systems
integrators and research organisations to build automated positioning
systems from product lines that include machine framing components
including guards, materials handling & conveying components,
assembly systems, positioning tables & mechanics, motion controls,
and automation software. Through full application engineering support
and with in-house design and manufacturing these products can be
supplied as components or as complete and ready to run motion
sub-systems.
A key factor in their respective success and strong
market position today is owed to an in-house design and production
capability along with strong partnership links with world class
suppliers that sets them apart from their distribution-only competitors.
This success has been demonstrated by an overall year-on-year
growth of around twenty percent and a continued annual increase in
exports. In addition, a three-fold increase to a total head count to
fifteen staff includes apprentices and trainees as a part of a long term
growth strategy as well as an increase in sales and applications
engineers to develop new market opportunities. New production and
assembly technician posts have also been created to manage a recently
won major export contract installing MiniTec safety guard systems at
over 60 global locations in 18 countries.
Investment in machinery
and equipment has also played an important role; new CNC milling and
turning equipment and the latest CAD software systems have been
purchased recently. In addition, local educational support initiatives
at Basingstoke College of Technology and winning local business awards
have contributed to the overall success and helped both companies to
serve their customers better.
Livingstone and his senior management
team of Tim Trebett - Production and Diane Bailey – Finance, who have
both been there from the start, are relishing the challenge that the new
facility will bring and feel that the move tangibly demonstrates the
strong belief they and the staff have in the future success of both
businesses.
"In five years we have made excellent and completely
self-funded progress" says Livingstone, "the new facility gives us a the
room to manoeuvre, not just with greatly needed extra space but the
opportunity to take on much larger projects, expand our workforce
further and gear ourselves up for continued future growth."
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