BalTec (UK) Ltd is 20 years old and looks back on a very successful past and looks forward to a very successful future. We were one of the first - if not the first - company in the UK 20 years ago offering our customers complete solutions in mechanical fastening. Our main products were and still are:

BalTec Riveting Machines

BalTec Pneumatic and Electro Presses

Screw Driving Systems

Tooling

ALTOGETHER AUTOMATED

We believe the secret of the success we have is that we can offer a complete solution to all our customers helping them to produce quicker on new modern assembly lines hence reducing manufacturing costs.  All from one supplier. Not only here in the UK – now also in the Far East where China has become the factory of the world.

BalTec’s Export business is impressive and helped the company to spread the risk of depending on the UK business alone.  We have also noticed that even now going through very difficult times that companies are still spending money on new manufacturing equipment in the UK provided the price is right.  We have just completed two automatic assembly lines for an automotive company helping to keep up their production following redundancies.  A very interesting part is the payback time of under one year for such an investment.

Whatever is going on in the UK and indeed in all other parts of the world (with a few exceptions such as China and India) there is still manufacturing done in the UK.  However this is only possible using automated equipment as labour costs here are extremely high certainly compared to China. It is also interesting to know that most of the automated works stations we design and build at BalTec are flexible stations which can be shipped to other manufacturing units in no time at all as most of them are stand-alone machines.  Companies do move as manufacturing costs increase from present locations to new ones such as China and it could well be in the near future also to new upcoming countries such as Vietnam.

BalTec is a member of the Feintool Group, Switzerland which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.  It is also a global company.
                                                 
Wherever your manufacturing units are in the world, we are able to support you.  For many years we have had a co-operation with a Chinese company in Weihai, Shandong, China where we recently started to manufacture work stations for the Far East. BalTec is a truly international company. Please contact us for all your assembly requirements. We are very happy to visit you to discuss how we can help you to reduce your costs. Please phone us on +44 (0) 118 931 11 91 and please visit our website to find out more about us or call our local contact in China, Mr. Lu Xincun on +86 150 631 03699.

PARTS MANUFACTURING Are you manufacturing machined parts of the same kind? Small or large quantities?  We are able to help.  In co-operation with our Chinese associated company in Weihai, Shandong, China we are able to offer you parts at extremely reasonable prices and excellent quality.  You will be surprised what kind of savings can be made and on many occasions  how much cheaper it is compared with in-house produced parts. Please contact us for a free consultation on +44 (0) 118 931 11 91 or call our local contact in China, Mr. Lu Xincun on +86 150 631 03699.

THINKING OF MOVING TO CHINA ?

Many companies are now considering moving their Production Units to China. Are you one of them? The big question we are often asked is how do we go about it? China offers greatly reduced production costs; on the other hand it is still for many companies rather difficult to find the right location, let alone to find out what the real complications are. However it doesn’t need to be difficult, as we have many years of experience and certainly have the right connections with the Chinese Authorities to make a move easy. There are many production units in Weihai available at very reasonable prices. And, by the way, Weihai is a very comfortable place to be. One hour by plane to the East from Beijing, right on the coast, offering everything one needs to set up a factory. This could be the time for you to consider a move.

Please phone us for a free consultation on +44 (0) 118 931 11 91 or call our local contact in China, Mr. Lu Xincun on +86 150 631 03699.

NEWS FROM CHINA

China’s economy grew at an annual rate of 6.1 % in the first quarter of this year -  its slowest pace since quarterly gross domestic product data was first published in 1992.  Beijing struggled to prop up activity in the face of the global crisis. Growth fell from 10.6 % in the same quarter a year ago and 9 % for the whole of 2008.  But aggressive government stimulus measures, begun in the fourth quarter last year, have started to yield some signs of recovery.  The figure was indeed quite an achievement against the background of the worsening global crisis in recession in many of the developed economies that China relies on to buy its exports.

Industrial production accelerated 8.3 % in March and 5.1 % in their first quarter from a year earlier.  Although there is still little evidence of new private sector investment the government’s efforts have led to a rebound in investment figures and shown signs of stimulating wider demand in the economy.  As a result the economy has gained a significant momentum since February.  As I have always said, China is now on the world map and will stay there and it looks as if they will contribute a great deal towards the recovery of the world economy.  We need them now, more than ever before. As Mrs Thatcher said many years before:
“If you can’t beat them join them”    ..... and wasn’t she right!

I shall be back with more news form the Far East in the near future. Until then it’s good-bye from me.

RFH/TF

We are only a phone call away; you can contact us on +44 (0) 118 931 11 91 or call our local contact in China, Mr. Lu Xincun on +86 150 631 03699 and  please do not forget to visit our website It will be our great pleasure  to help you.