Teknek Howwood, the subcontracting division of Glasgow-based Teknek and Blantyre-based precision engineering company Fortec have joined forces to form a new joint company called Metallo.

THG, Teknek's holding company will own 50% of the venture which will be based at Fortec's Blantyre premises. The joint company will offer a comprehensive range of machining services including CNC and conventional turning, CNC and conventional milling plus horizontal and vertical boring.
Stephen Mitchell, THG managing director commented: "Teknek Howwood has long been regarded as one of Scotland's leading subcontract manufacturing organisations. Having worked with Fortec we realised that together we could be a formidable force in the engineering field. We are therefore delighted that Fortec and Teknek Howwood have agreed to form Metallo."

Fortec was established in 1992 and moved to its present headquarters in Blantyre in 2000. It offers precision engineering services to a wide range of customers in Europe and North America in fields ranging from defence to telecommunications. The majority of its work is in aluminium but the company also works with a variety of other materials including titanium and Inconel alloys as well as designer steels. Fortec reports that it was one of the first companies in the UK to install Renishaw probing facilities to its machines which aids accurate measurement of dimensions in-situ after machining. In addition, the company has invested in the latest Haas machine tools.

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