ARRK secures major share in NPL Technologies

The ARRK Product Development Group reports that it has purchased a 55% stake in the UK's leading foundry tooling and jigging business NPL Technologies in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

The ARRK Product Development Group is delighted to be able to report that it has purchased a 55% stake in the UK's leading Foundry Tooling and Jigging business NPL Technologies in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

NPL Technologies, who specialise in the provision of Foundry Tooling, Models and Tooling Fixtures for many leading edge Automotive and F1 businesses, employ around 100 people in the Nuneaton, Warwickshire and a further 40 staff at its subsidiary, NPL Ditemsa in Mexico.

ARRK PDG have acquired an initial 55% share in NPL Technologies, making the ARRK group's facilities and services in the UK an even more formidable force and will significantly strengthen its potential service offerings to customers.

NPL Technologies will continue to be run by the current team, led by Tony Lowe in Nuneaton and Oliver Johnson in Saltillo, Mexico, both NPL Technologies's Joint Managing Directors.

Together with the rest of the strong management team and the very experienced staff, the team will now be further able to continue the successful growth of NPL Technologies.

As well as having its own customer base NPL Technologies will also be working closely with other ARRK companies, especially in the UK, Europe and the U.S.A.

Peter Rawson, Managing Director for ARRK in Europe explained, "we will all be working closely together to deliver a wide range of high quality services to all our customers throughout Europe and the U.S.A.

Our aim is to not meet customer expectations, but exceed them.

We welcome the experienced and excellent team at NPL Technologies and NPL Ditemsa into the ARRK family".

It is intended that NPL Technologies will continue to be run under its own name, and consequently as a separate business, although it will obviously have new owners and be part of the extensive ARRK Network of businesses around the world.

Peter Rawson, Abhilash Katkoria and Kazumi Araki will be joining the Board of NPL.

Profile of ARRK UK - ARRK, employing around 157 people in the UK, over 350 in Europe and 9550 people worldwide, specialise in the field of Engineering, rapid prototyping and tooling providing a full range of product development services to designers and engineers from a variety of industries that include the major Automotive, Aerospace, Telecommunications and Household Goods sectors.

With sister operations across the world, ARRK has access to a multitude of product development capabilities which include; CAD; Digital scanning; Traditional Modelmaking; Stereolithography; Selective Laser Sintering; FDM, Vacuum Casting; Silicone Rubbers; Express Metal Casting and finishing grade options, together with painting and texturing options: Aluminium, Zinc and Magnesium RPM Castings; Die Castings; Reaction Injection Mouldings; CNC; High Speed Milling and Rapid Tooling in Cast Aluminium; P20 Steel or Hardened Steel Tools; Low volume Injection and Assembly.

In addition to providing customers with individual services, an increasing business is helping customers as a full line development partner, from Design to Production.

ARRK, your Product Development Partner, Worldclass - Worldwide.

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