BSA Machine Tools bags $1 million China order

This following other domestic orders in recent months gives the company a substantial order book, reports managing director Stephen Brittan The Chinese customer is a manufacturer of mining equipment, and the lathes are special versions of standard CNC lathes. One will be based on the Matrix Four Series and will be manufactured complete at BSA Machine Tools’ Mackadown Lane site prior to export. The other two, Viper CNC lathes, will be produced in partnership with the UK lathe builder’s Chinese co-production partner. BSA Machine Tools has been working with its co-production partner since 1997 and low-tech lathes are supplied complete, while BSA’s Omega and Speedturn machines are also mechanically substantially made here. Extensive redevelopment is taking place at BSA Machine Tools’ Birmingham facility with seven acres of the eleven-acre site being refurbished and housing three tenants. The company itself now concentrates on design, final assembly, commissioning, applications engineering, service and support.