Investment in automation and people puts PP C & A on course for £ 40m sales
EDITOR ’ S CHOICE BREAKING SALES BARRIERS
PP CONTROL & AUTOMATION
Investment in automation and people puts PP C & A on course for £ 40m sales
One of the UK ’ s leading strategic manufacturing outsourcing specialists has set its sights on breaking the £ 40m sales revenue barrier in 2024 .
PP Control & Automation , which works with over 20 of the world ’ s most successful machinery builders in a wide range of markets including energy , packaging , food processing , printing , material handling and high technology sectors , has seen sales rise from £ 24m to £ 36m over the last twelve months .
It is now looking to add a further £ 4m of orders by investing in more automation at its West Midlands factory , starting with the £ 250,000 integration of a new Komax Zeta 640 harness machine fitted with twister , ferrule station and 2-off crimp press .
Utilising improved crimp force monitoring and enhanced quality software validation , this technology can group cables together to simplify build orders , feed cables at up to 22mph and deliver automatic changeover capability , so that 36 cables can be loaded and ink colour changed from black to white when required .
Ian Knight , Chief Information Officer , commented : “ We are massive advocates of combining investment in automation with investment in people and this blended approach seems to be paying off with a record year in 2023 and strong growth prospects for the next twelve months .
“ The Komax investment brings the latest crimping technology to our state-of-the-art facility and will provide the business with greater capacity , greater speed and the ability to eliminate human error that can prove so costly .”
He went on to add : “ It will also give us improved inkjet marking capability when it comes to quality , fonts and different sizes .”
Record sales wasn ’ t the only thing PP Control & Automation was celebrating in 2023 , with apprentice Sophie Young and Chief Executive Tony Hague securing a
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