Blum-Novotest, which employs eight people at its offices in East Staffordshire, is marking the double anniversary in style after securing three new orders for its recently launched LC50, the next generation of laser measurement and the latest addition to its successful Digilog family.
Customers involved in automotive, F1 and aerospace have already invested in the new technology, which uses premium laser optics, a new design shutter protection system and HPC nozzle to provide reliable in-machine measurement data.
Bosses at the firm expect this new product to generate over £500,000 of additional orders over the next two years, with the main interest coming from manufacturers supplying high value parts.
David Mold, who founded the UK subsidiary in 2000, said: “We started out as a one-man engineering office when founder Günther Blum combined his studies in aerospace engineering with design work for machine tool manufacturers, eventually leading to him starting his own company in Schmalegg, near Ravensburg in South West Germany.
“The company has come a long way in 50 years and is now seen as a global market leader, employing close on 550 people across 16 different world-wide operations. Interest in our measuring capabilities is growing in the UK and we expect to double turnover this year, with more companies choosing to measure the accuracy of the spindle and the part whilst positioned in the machine.
“LC50 was a big boost for us and we were delighted to see construction work has started on a new assembly building in Germany, giving us double the capacity.”
Blum-Novotest is a production metrology specialist, offering laser control, tool setting probes, workpiece probes, roughness gauges, bore gauges and Digilog touch probes.
Its UK operation originally started life in a small office in Lichfield, but as the firm’s reputation grew in aerospace and automotive, sales increased rapidly and a move to bespoke offices and a state-of-the-art demonstration room in Burton-upon-Trent followed in 2015.
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