Do things better and faster, with less risk.
Focus on what you do best and outsource your non-core competencies to a trusted manufacturing partner.
Through a combination of extensive engineering and production capabilities, PP C&A design an outsourcing solution that delivers based on your very specific requirements.
PP Control & Automation is an award-winning provider of strategic outsourcing solutions to many of the most successful and respected machine builders worldwide.
The PP C&A approach to manufacturing starts with understanding your business pain. This pain is often a constraint to further growth. Commonly, they are centred around people and space, or production lead times and supply chain management. PP C&A alleviate these constraints by building relationships, strategies and manufacturing solutions that help you focus on your core competencies and comfortably and confidently leave the rest in safe hands.
The outsourcing strategies devised by PP C&A are helping machine builders and OEMs maximise manufacturing output, reduce lead times and time to market, mitigate risk, adapt to peaks and troughs in demand, improve cash flow, and optimise supply chains.
These case studies provide evidence-based stories of true manufacturing collaboration, benefit, and growth.
One of the hospitality sector’s most significant innovations has been given a production boost thanks to the scale and outsourcing capability of PP Control & Automation.
Unique technology born in the heart of Oxfordshire is helping protect millions of electronic devices across the world and its impact is set to grow even further over the next eighteen months.
The way companies access inventory management is changing rapidly and leading the charge is Solihull-based Inventor-e.
PP Control & Automation and Hedinn are now engaged in their 13th project together and the largest yet, the construction of a new plant for Sildarvinnslan.
Play an interactive video with hotpoints that delve into the story behind the manufacturing partnership with Needham Group and the assembly of its N-Lase range of products.
A strategic manufacturing outsourcing partnership – built on trust, integrity and maximising each other’s production expertise – is celebrating ten years together with the launch of the world’s most productive EDM drilling machine.
This collection of case studies examines some of the recent strategic outsourcing partnerships delivering against several business pains for machine builders and OEMs, and how those partners are benefiting from the PP C&A approach.
Turning to the strategic manufacturing outsourcing expertise of PP Control & Automation could prove to be a pivotal decision for Needham Group as it aims to turn a £30m expansion blueprint into reality.
Inventor-e is accelerating disruption of inventory management with the help of the Manufacturing Assembly Network, a unique collective of sub-contract manufacturers and a world class engineering design consultancy.
A new manufacturing partnership between PP Control & Automation and Jenton Group has created the capacity to build new UV technology in volumes that could help protect us from Covid-19 in indoor spaces.
We are thrilled to announce that Pinaki Banerjee, CEO of PP Control & Automation, has been recognised in the first-ever Great 100 list by Made in Group – a celebration of unsung heroes powering British manufacturing and engineering.
Three Midlands manufacturing and design specialists are joining forces to make the most of a £bn opportunity in medical, life sciences, defence and security.
The Autumn Budget landed yesterday, following an early leak from the OBR, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves setting out a blueprint to strengthen the UK’s manufacturing and industrial base.
The pressure on OEMs isn’t coming from a single source, it’s coming from all sides. Products are more complex, quality expectations are rising, and skilled labour is harder to find than ever.
In the second of three editorials on the hidden cost of ‘in-house manufacturing’, PP Control & Automation’s Richard Spears, examines how this mindset is creating fragmentation across engineering, operations, and leadership – and why outsourcing is becoming the critical lever in restoring focus and reclaiming innovation.
In the first of three editorials on the hidden cost of in-house manufacturing, PP Control & Automation’s Richard Spears explores why the model – once a symbol of strength – is now a strategic constraint, and how outsourcing is helping forward-thinking OEMs break free.
One of the UK’s leading manufacturing outsourcing specialists has appointed a new CEO to lead its global expansion.
Hidden Cost of In-House 12/12: In machine building, success depends on where you direct your time, energy, and expertise. Yet for many OEMs, the focus has shifted away from where it creates the most value.
Hidden Cost of In-House 11/12: For many machine builders and OEMs, keeping production in-house feels like the most cost-effective way to operate. But when you dig deeper, the numbers often tell a different story.
Hidden Cost of In-House 10/12: For many machine builders and OEMs, innovation starts strong. But then comes the challenge: moving from concept to production.
We believe in meeting you, listening and understanding your needs first and foremost. If you are considering outsourcing for the first time or you wish to review your current outsourcing strategies, we would welcome the opportunity for discussion.
