History

Specialists in Precision Components

1989

Formation

Established with 2 employees – both with backgrounds in Manufacturing, Defence & Weapons Simulations, 1 x Okuma CNC Lathe & 1 x Okuma CNC Mill

1995

Expansion

Solid growth led to the arrival of the 2nd Okuma CNC Lathe

1997

Growth

Continued growth saw the expansion of the shed and purchase of our 2nd Okuma CNC Milling machine

2001

Precision

Military specification saw the requirement to include the addition of our Co-ordinate Measuring Machine

2004

More Machinery

More, staff, equipment and the arrival of our 3rd Okuma CNC milling machine and finding our groove!

2012

Diversification

Purchase of Crump Spreaders (est 1926) to add a product line to our service offerings

2014

More Toys

The arrival of the Nakamura NTX 11-axis turning centre – our first step into multi dimensional machining

2018

Environmentally Friendly

With a focus on ESG before it was even a thing, we invested in solar energy

2020

Fabrication Expansion

Who says you sit still in COVID – we expanded our fabrication, welding & introduced our 7-axis Brake Press

Jan 2021

Continued Expansion

Introducing the Gildemeister GMX 10 axis turning centre with auto bar feeder

Feb 2021

Advisory Board

The first stage of introducing mentorship for Ash & Sam as LTL decided to take a step back from day to day operations

Jul 2021

ISO:9001

COVID-19 saw Karen develop their QMS system along side their in-house ERP – known as KAZSAM

Jul 2021

New Beginnings

01 July saw LTL’s succession plan come into effect with Ash & Sam formally buying into the business

Sept 2021

35 Years

What better way to celebrate than with our employees, customers, suppliers & industry partners than with a party – and inducting both LTL & Kaz into the Legends – Hall of Fame

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Watch this space

Make sure you keep coming back to this page – the team were in Japan late 2024 – let’s see what they’re planning next…!