Ahead of the 2017 Geneva Motorshow, Pentaxia was briefed on a confidential, highly challenging and demanding project, to deliver 59 components for a new supercar.
Managing director Stephen Ollier shares how Pentaxia’s one-stop in-house service ensured his team could deliver this component project at incredible speed, to an exceptional finish.
The supercar project presented Pentaxia with an opportunity to truly demonstrate the benefits of delivering a complex and time sensitive project all under one roof, providing the client with a service that could be delivered on time and on budget.
With just 12 weeks to deliver the project from start to finish, it was imperative that each stage of the process transitioned seamlessly. At Pentaxia we have worked hard to create a facility that can move components directly from one department to another, which ultimately saves the customer time and money during the production process. On this particular project, all the tooling required was designed in-house, by our expert team of design engineers who worked closely with the client and in collaboration with the engineering and manufacturing teams. This ensured ease of component manufacture without comprising the aesthetics.
Pentaxia was founded as a 5-axis machining specialist, something which has underpinned the growth of our business. Though the supercar project was challenging, our machine shop technicians deployed the skills needed to meet the brief and manufacture the bespoke tooling for the components. The tooling was then transferred to our composites department where the components for the car’s body system were created in our environmentally controlled laminating room. From there, the components were hand finished by our skilled fitting team and then surface prepared and lacquered to demanding luxury OEM quality standards in our dedicated surface coating facility.
It’s important to us that the client is informed and involved in the process at every stage. This is why, when the components for the supercar were completed we facilitated a trial fitting with the client before returning the parts to the factory for final lacquering in our in-house paint shop. The finished components were then returned to the client for assembly.
We scheduled a final visit to the customer before the supercar was sent out to Geneva and the finished product could only be described as exquisite. At Pentaxia, we pride ourselves on providing a bespoke service based on a client’s unique needs. This personalised service means that we are able to build lasting relationships and ensure that the client receives a high-quality service throughout the duration of the project.
The finished car was a triumph of design, engineering and manufacture by all the teams involved and we are extremely proud that we rose to the occasion to deliver a fast, quality service for such a demanding project.