A MAJOR investment in its manufacturing plant by plough maker, Dowdeswell Engineering, has produced a significant boost both in output of the company’s nine-model range of reversible ploughs.

Two months after £½m was spent at Dowdeswell’s Warwickshire factory, the new set up has boosted large throughput by around 30%, says the company.

New high-tech production equipment is capable of carrying out automatically up to 90 different machining operations on cast and fabricated plough components. By performing a large number of pre-programmed operations in a single sequence, the new centres ensure that components used for building new ploughs and replacement parts are turned out with greater consistency, speed and precision.

As Britain’s sole remaining volume plough maker, Dowdeswell is producing and selling upwards of 250 units a year in Britain and overseas, and there are plans to launch a number of all-new plough models suitable for tractors in the important 120hp to 200hp class next year.