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Specialist engineering service...Specialist engineering services group, Belgrave& Powell, has acquired Autotech Robotics based in Plymouth. The new acquisition will form part of Belgrave& Powell’s Machine Technology Group (MTG) which comprises some of the leading UK specialists in high quality machine tool products, robotics and automation.The group covers a wide variety of applications for rail, aerospace, gas turbine, oil & gas, energy and automotive sectors.
The new Autotech Robotics acquisition is complimentary to MTG’s recently announced robotics & automation platform and compliments its other group businesses to provide services not only across the UK but also internationally in their SME and larger corporate engineering clients.Led by founder and managing director, Graham Gilbert, the business comprises some of the UK’s leading experts in robotic applications and process knowledge.
Coupled with other machine tool, engineering and automation specialists, the Machine Technology Group now has sizeable scale and capability across a range of robotic and automation platforms. Its focus will be on automated cells for machine loading, vision systems, robotic welding, cutting, forming, painting, and handling principally for the metal working industries initially but followed with other sector growth