One Epic
Move
F
ollowing the
overwhelming
success of their
luxury branded
product, British precision
engineering company
Engineering Technologies
& Manufacturing Ltd have
recently made an epic
move from Lancashire to
Northamptonshire. The
company chose the new
situation due to its central
location, good access,
development potential and
high concentration of skilled
staff and after having been
located in Lancashire since
their inauguration in 1998
they felt it was time to ‘step
up a gear’.
Besides undertaking high
end precision sub contract
work for various sectors, the
company manufacture the
luxury branded ‘Longthorne’
shotguns for their sister
company Longthorne
Gunmakers Ltd. Their
innovative shotguns are made
entirely in house combining
the very best in modern
technology with traditional
manufacturing methods. They
currently have UK and US
patents and are in the process
of lodging international
patents relating to their
barrel technology which are
manufactured from a single
piece of high specification
steel rather than the more
The company will
have invested close to
one million pounds in
new equipment this
year alone
conventional method of
soldering tubes together, thus
creating a stronger, lighter,
component with several
further advantages within the
finished product.
Company Directors James
‘Longthorne’ Stewart has
always believed in investing
in the best equipment and
buying the right tools for the
job, they have an extensive
and varied plant list including
such names as Studer,
Blohm, Yamazaki, Huron and
Agie to name but a few and
incorporate some very high
tech processes into their
production methods, the latest
being full 3D scanning. The
company will have invested
close to one million pounds
in new equipment this year
alone, and are currently
awaiting the arrival of a new
spark eroder and robotic
loader to combine their new
5 axis machining centre, the
company are always on the
lookout for skilled enthusiastic
staff to join their growing
team.
Their innovative
shotguns are
made entirely in
house combining
the very best in
modern technology
with traditional
manufacturing
methods.
Within easy distance of
London, the new premises
offer plenty of potential to
project their luxury brand,
offering Clients the right type
of experience compared to
their former premises which
was limiting expansion plans.
www.etmeng.co.uk
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