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News Release from: BTI | Subject: Precision handling equipment
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 April 2008
Equipment moving/positioning reorganised
The management of services solving movement and positioning problems, in precision handling equipment and industrial and commercial turntables and air film technology has been unified.
British Turntable has brought together a range of machinery moving and positioning services into a single operating division and re-branded it as BTI There is a comprehensive range of literature describing the range of product and technical know-how available
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Combined under one corporate umbrella are the following.
* BTI's core expertise in precision handling equipment and industrial and commercial turntables.
* Hovair air film technology, which includes air bearings, air skates, air transporters and associated handling devices.
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* Jung heavy duty machinery skates, lifting jacks and purpose built handling equipment.
BTI told manufacturingtalk that integrating these activities will allow BTI to provide, from a single source, a multi-faceted approach to customers' requirements.
These can typically include the following.
* Moving a new printing press into position.
* Presenting components ergonomically to an operator feeding a production line.
* Moving marine engines through various stages of assembly.
* Positioning precisely a military vehicle undergoing radar cross section examination.
* Speeding up delivery vehicle turnaround times.
* Setting up a stunning hospitality area with the design and installation of a revolving bar or revolving restaurant.
Expansion of the business in recent years has largely been driven by the addition of the Hovair air film business to the portfolio and the acquisition of the UK distributorship rights for Jung machinery skates and jacks.
The company's ongoing research and development programme has also generated advancements in the core turntable business, however, resulting in the recruitment of new staff and the acquisition of new skills.
The re-branding of BTI has been carried out by Fire Creative in consultation with Chapelfield Associates.
The new literature can be downloaded from the BTI Web site.
* About BTI - BTI is an operating division of British Turntable Co, which has been developing and manufacturing movement solutions for a wide range of industries since 1959 and exports to more than 120 countries world wide.
In 2004 the company bought Hovair Systems to strengthen its position in air film movement technology and in 2005 acquired the business of Cawley Marine Industrial, including exclusive distribution rights for Jung lifting equipment in the UK.
These businesses were incorporated into a single operating division, BTI, in September 2007.
Typical industrial and commercial applications include revolving stages for nightclubs and other leisure markets, car revolves to solve inner-city parking problems, HGV access turntables, materials handling carousels, transporters and lifting equipment, and large revolves capable of carrying a military tank or an aeroplane.
A hire service is available on many units.
Customers include major high street names and wide range of independent retailers, world renowned museums and heritage centres, exhibition contractors, TV and film companies, government agencies, national standard test laboratories, multi-national organisations and all the major car manufacturers world wide.
British Turntable is accredited to BS EN ISO 9001: 2000.
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