BIW assembly automation
Engineering design competences across bodyshell assembly automation, supporting BIW stations and lines.
Specialist strengths
Our independent engineering design services span BIW assembly automation, niche-volume lightweight EV structures, and bespoke automation machines, systems and tooling for broader engineering clients across automotive and advanced manufacturing.
Specialist-volume EV structures
Specialist experience in low to medium volume lightweight vehicle structures, across niche, specialist, and electric vehicle programmes.
End-to-end engineering design support
Support from early concept and feasibility through to detailed engineering design, for BIW automation, lightweight structure programmes and bespoke automation and tooling projects.
Experience across OEM and Tier 1 programmes
We have supported engineering and manufacturing teams across a range of automotive and advanced engineering organisations.
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What we deliver
Independent engineering design services that support BIW projects, lightweight EV platforms, and bespoke automation and tooling from bid through to industrialisation.
Pre-sale Consultancy
Bid and feasibility support with outline engineering design to validate BIW automation, niche-volume structure, and bespoke automation concepts.
Project Management
Planning, tracking, reporting, and change control for BIW automation and bespoke automation engineering design activities, aligned to customer processes and document formats.
Simultaneous Engineering
Feasibility and concept studies, Design for Manufacture (DFM) input, and structured analysis for bodyshell automation, lightweight EV structures, and bespoke automation projects.
Design and Tooling Engineering
Concept and detailed engineering design for bodyshell automation and associated tooling, and bespoke automation machines and tooling for advanced manufacturing, with supporting design documentation.
Simulation and Offline Programming
Robot and human simulation and Offline Programming (OLP) capability to support BIW automation, specialist EV structure, and bespoke automation projects.
Process and Layout Engineering
Station process, joining management, utilisation, and factory layout engineering for BIW assembly, lightweight structure, and bespoke automation programmes.
Who we support
We work with automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), tier one automation and tooling suppliers, specialist and low-volume vehicle manufacturers, advanced manufacturers, and engineering research organisations.
Automotive OEMsTier one suppliersEV programmesLow volume manufacturingAdvanced manufacturersEngineering research organisations