A UK manufacturing boom has helped press manufacturer Bruderer UK secure its biggest pipeline of new machine orders for years. The company, which employs 12 people at its factory in Luton, recently installed its seventh new high-speed press in the past 12 months, a 50% increase on the same stage last year.

Managing Director Adrian Haller believes interest in Bruderer UK’s technology and technical know-how is soaring thanks to a concerted reshoring drive that is seeing supply chains shorten after the pandemic and domestic manufacturing becoming increasingly competitive with low-cost countries.This has seen customers from the automotive, electrification, aerospace, medical, food and construction sectors engage in a host of turnkey projects that will involve the installation of complete production lines.

Engineers from Bruderer are currently installing full turnkey high-speed press lines (from 25 to 50 tonnes) inclusive of tooling, servo feeders, decoilers, multi-way rewinders, vision systems and press and tool monitoring systems.

“There’s a real resurgence taking place and we need to talk about it more: orders are up, investment is up, and industry is desperately crying out for more workers,” explains Adrian Haller.“UK industry is bouncing back from the shackles of the pandemic. We tend to be a good barometer for the health of the sector and, while our refurbishment and repair work has always been strong, this is definitely our biggest year for a long time for new machine installs.”

The company’s range focuses on the BSTA series with a nominal force of 18 to 250 tonnes and a stroke rate range of between 1 to 3000 strokes per minute.In other news, Bruderer will have its largest-ever presence at MACH 2024 (Birmingham NEC, 15-19 April) as part of the new MMMA Sheet Metalworking Village.
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