Runner-up in China Business Awards

The Precision Technologies Group has been named runner-up in the UKTI/Finnair North West England Greater China Business Awards 2012.

PTG designs, manufactures and commissions high precision machine tools and production systems. It exports 95% of its output and its products are used in a range of applications including air conditioners, cooling and refrigeration systems for buildings, ships and aircraft, and specialised welding systems for high speed railway carriages and aircraft fuselages.

The company first started developing its connections in China and Taiwan in the mid 1980s. It has its own Chinese office and service centre, recruiting local commercial, sales and technical personnel. Basic Chinese language lessons are provided for all its UK customer-facing staff.