Grainger & Worrall (G&W), which provides
engine casting to Porsche, Aston Martin, Bugatti and McLaren, is to open a
state-of-the-art, £5 million machining facility at its site in Bridgnorth,
Shropshire.
With a high-end,
controlled environment, the new facility will further shorten the engine
development process, while maintaining the highest output quality. The new
machining facility will also help to deliver production-capable parts at
prototype level, thus reducing lead times.
The 33,000 square
feet temperature-controlled machining facility will include seven vertical, two
five-axis and six horizontal machining centres, alongside five CMM measuring
machines. The state-of-the-art equipment will further enhance GW’s already
world-leading production process.
Installed in a
purpose-built environment, the all-new
facility will allow GW to improve its measuring capacity and capability, while
also housing, the existing equipment currently installed at the company’s site
in Telford.
Mark Davies, plant
director of GW Machining, said: “Coming at an investment of more than £5
million, our new machining facility will help to improve product quality and
will also provide our staff with the state-of-the-art equipment to develop the
projects of tomorrow.
“I am especially
pleased that all of our people in Telford are moving to the new facility in
Bridgnorth. I think it is great testament to the company and shows they are
engaged and want to be part of GW, which is brilliant.”
This latest
announcement follows the recent news that Aston Martin has confirmed GW as the
preferred engine castings partner for the new DB11. GW also provides high
precision castings to a number of F1 and NASCAR motorsport teams . JaguarLandRover (JLR) is also another customer. And, as
readers will know, G&W is a major supplier of prototype compacted graphite iron
(CGI) cylinder blocks and heads for a range of gasoline and diesel engines.
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