Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

Companies such as Acro Precision Engineering in Catfield have spent the past ten years investing in unmanned 24 hour machining technology and 3D machining technology, both of which are helping it compete with oversees competition and within the UK.

East Anglia based precision engineering company Acro, are celebrating the fulfillment of several recent contracts for high volume turned components.

"This has been our key to competing with the likes of China," said Fred Pain, General Manager. "Unmanned machines enable us to remove the labour content from the component cost and leaves us pretty much on par with Far East manufacturing prices. To some extent, the rise in the price of oil and the price of metals has also helped us close the gap and I think this is what's probably driving much of the current success at Acro and the wider UK engineering sector."

Acro's investment in 3D CADCAM technology pays dividends; helping win new CNC machining business and expanding capabilities.

UK precision engineers, Acro, have announced that they will be exhibiting at Aerolink Wales 2008 , an event that bring together supplier to the aerospace industry.

Norwich, UK – 17th March 2008 - East Anglian based engineering firm Acro had a very successful year last year. So much so, that owner Fred Pain chose to celebrate its success with a once in a lifetime ride on a 120km/h bob sleigh ride. For 56 seconds Fred vibrated 'like a woodpecker' as the bob sleigh hurtled down its winding Olympic track in Lillehammer, Norway exerting five times the force of gravity with every high-speed bend.

Precision engineering company Acro are celebrating the 8 millionth component to be made on one of their multi-spindle machines.