MANUFACTURING
Our roots are in manufacturing in the automotive sector, and our manufacturing operations have played a key role in the original development of our expertise in the application of lean thinking and continuous improvement. Manufacturing was the birthplace of ‘The UnipartWay’.
In Sheffield, our joint venture with Rolls-Royce, called MetLase, is pioneering the use of the latest digital technologies in order to provide manufacturers with a range of new options for tooling. In Doncaster, we provide a wide variety of re-manufacturing services to help maintain the rolling stock on Britain’s railways. In the Middle East, the output of our Serck factory in the UAE ranges from the production of automotive radiators through to the testing, servicing, re-tubing and complete manufacture of industrial and marine heat exchangers.
Today, our sites in Coventry continue to manufacture original equipment components for many leading vehicle makers, with all the necessary accreditation to be a first tier supplier. But at a time when developments such as hybrid and electric vehicles are emerging as the future of the automotive industry, we are reinventing our manufacturing approach to ensure that we shall still play a role in building the cars of the future. We are exploring these new technologies at our Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering, which is a joint venture with Coventry University, and through Hyperbat, our joint venture withWilliams Engineering to manufacture EV batteries.
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