Nakamura-tome investment From museum artefact to manufacturing wonder

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It's not every day you find a manufacturer with its own museum, but such is the passion for manufacturing at Helical Technology that the company has a locomotive, a Red Arrow and a Bluebird replica among other artefacts at one of its four facilities. This passion for manufacturing, precision and quality is why the company has added yet another Nakamura-Tome mill/turn centre to its plant list.

Established by company Chairman James Morris in 1962, the family business is a leading manufacturer of valve rotators that are used in marine, locomotive, mining, automotive and power generation sectors. The Lytham based company undertakes the complete design, manufacture, assembly and testing of its products that also include prototype exhausts for high-performance vehicles and actuators for leading OEMs worldwide.

The valve rotator division was founded in 1987 and today, it produces more than 120 different assemblies with over 4 million assemblies expected to be completed in 2023, making a sizeable contribution to the company’s circa 35 million pounds turnover. Large volume production is conducted off-site with volumes up to 1000-off produced at Lytham — it is here that Nakamura-Tome machines from ETG are delivering results.