Brandauer wins £3.5m components contract

Brandauer, which employs 50 people at its headquarters in Birmingham, said it would begin production on a new range of components for the automotive, security detection and renewables markets this year. It has been involved in the design and production of pumping slot shield strips used in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and is currently working on pressure relief springs, 2800 of which will soon be fitted to the LHC, the world's largest machine. Brandauer director Rowan Crozier (pictured) said the new contracts were a perfect start to the celebrations, adding, "We are also investing close to £1m on state-of-the-art equipment, including two new high-speed Bruderer presses that will produce up to 2 billion parts every year." The company was founded in 1862 and soon became a leading manufacturer in the Birmingham pen trade, exporting throughout the world. Its current plant is less than 200 metres from its original Grade II listed factory and it remains an independent, wholly family-owned business, now in its sixth generation. Today, it develops and supplies precision metal components, currently exporting parts globally, from China to the United States.