
WD Engineering and Breton celebrate ten-year anniversary
Breton is now one of the world's most important manufacturers of high speed numerical control machining centres.
WD Engineering (Machine Tools) Ltd. are celebrating 10 years as the authorised technical services engineers for Breton in the UK. The relationship started when managing Director Wayne Dudley was asked to visit the firm's headquarters in Italy to troubleshoot a tricky installation. Breton were so impressed by the way the project was handled that they asked Wayne to become their UK authorised technical services engineer, responsible for all UK installations and service. Since then the relationship has gone from strength to strength.
Breton S.p.A. is a global leading company manufacturing machines to process natural stone and metals as well as compound stone processing plants. Its headquarters are in Castello di Godego, Veneto, but the firm is operating worldwide.
Breton S.p.A counts more than 900 employees, 7 branches abroad and a 200-million-Euro annual turnover.
Breton attributes it's growth and success to its winning philosophy, dedicated to research and development, ongoing improvement, innovation and high-quality products and services.
This philosophy, inspired by the owners is also proudly possessed by all the people who work within the company, who, thanks to their creativity and dedication, have contributed to the success of this company and continue to contribute to it each and every day.
Breton offers the most complete range of marble, granite and ornamental stone machines and plants: from the cutting of blocks to the finishing and packaging of products.
Breton also manufactures famous Bretonstone®, Bretonterastone® and Bretonstone Cement® systems for the manufacturing of composite stones, and polishing lines for porcelain stoneware.
In the nineties, Breton moved into the field of high speed numerical control machining centres, becoming one of the world most important manufacturers in few years.
Breton holds the exclusive rights to the "Metalquartz" technology applied to the high speed machining centres sector, which allowed a considerable increase machining performance.
In the course of time, Breton developed a full range of machining centres that satisfy all the requirements of the Aerospace, Defence, Aeronautics, Automotive, Naval, Motor Racing, Gears, Energy, Die and Automotive sectors, as well as the Naval Modelling and Prototyping and the General Manufacturing Industry.
Breton's range of machining centres was specially conceived for working the following materials: Aluminium, Steel, Titanium, Special Alloys, Composites.
WD Engineering are the authorised technical services engineers for Breton in the UK.
