PTG Heavy Industries celebrates success following IMTEX 2013 first attendance

It was the company's first time at the show and it had expected a reasonable degree of interest in its technologies, but not at this level. Says sales manager Chris Cheetham: "IMTEX 2013 was a fabulous exhibition for PTG Heavy Industries. The level of interest shown in our Powerstir friction stir welding technologies (video), deep hole boring machines, Versa Turn lathes (pictured) and heavy-duty flat bed lathes truly was considerable. "Moreover, these were very serious enquiries, made by senior executives with very real manufacturing requirements. When a potential customer presents you with detailed engineering drawings and has specific processes in mind, you know they are genuinely looking for a solution. Precision manufacturing technologies such as ours are clearly in demand across South and South East Asia, particularly in the oil, steel-making and hydraulics sectors. As a result, we now look forward to several weeks of follow up meetings with the valuable contacts we made." This success follows hot on the heels of record sales in 2012, which saw sales exceeded £10 million - an increase of 30% over the previous 12-month period. Part of the Precision Technologies Group, PTG Heavy Industries is the name behind Binns & Berry's deep hole boring machines, Versa Turn hollow spindle lathes and heavy duty flat bed lathes. PTG Heavy Industries also manufactures Crawford Swift Powerstir friction stir welders. Capable of producing superior friction stir welds in aluminium alloys, titanium and stainless steel, Powerstir models are already used in the Chinese avionics and high speed rail sectors, as well as by organisations in the Russian space industry.