Stainless steel building components go olympic

Precision engineering company, Acro Precision Technology, expects the building of the new Olympic stadium to provide an important boost to the UK engineering sector.

Precision engineering company, Acro Precision Technology, expects the building of the new Olympic stadium to provide an important boost to the UK engineering sector.

In the past Acro has undertaken the machining of precision stainless steel components for architectural projects.

Their components has contributed to such projects as the Jubilee Underground Station, the Royal Albert Hall and even major high street retail outlets.

Most often, Acro components are used in combination with plate glass or as part of specially designed light fittings.

"Architects like stainless steel because it's maintenance free and is aesthetically pleasing".

"We are finding that it is increasingly being used for projects such as public buildings and shopping malls," said Fred Pain, General Manager at Acro.

" We've always been well positioned to undertake this work because we can handle both small and very large volumes, this variance in batch sizes seems to be a part of the challenge of supplying architect driven projects".

Acro are hoping that as architects set to work on the new stadium, work will start to flow out to specialist engineering companies such as themselves.

Equipped with the latest 24 hour unmanned machines and a team of highly experienced engineers, Acro feel confident that they have the technology to compete with the best in Europe, in terms of both price and quality.

"We've done a lot to put ourselves on a footing with the rest of the world over the past two years," said Fred." We now have the latest technology in machine tools, expert and committed engineers and a great track record, so we feel well positioned to win some of this business".

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