Shakespeare continues to invest for success

Essex-based Shakespeare Engineering, a long term supporter of Subcon, will be exhibiting this year on Stand F112.

The growing success of the company has led to a number of investments across a range of processes. These include two vacuum brazing furnaces, a pulsed TIG welding facility and a coil winding Machine for round wire and strip. It has also opened a press shop for low to medium volume pressings in special materials such as Monel and OFHC Copper.

On the machining side of the business, new CNC machines include two further five-axis machining centres and a new large diameter lathe for turning up to 750mm diameter

Shakespeare International, the company’s offshore sourcing division, has opened a new office in Taipei, Taiwan. Its existing office in Suzhou, China showed a 24% growth in turnover in 2008 and already has significant orders for 2009 for machined components, castings, springs & mouldings.