[Brief History]

During the early 1980's, Norman Kench and David Houghton worked for the Atomic Energy Authority in Oxford, but moved to Birmingham when promotional opportunities presented themselves. In 1985, the company for whom they both worked was forced by economic pressure to cease trading. Norman and Dave found themselves out of work. Rather than 'take the easy way out', they decided to start up on their own, and, two weeks later, Survirn Engineering Limited was born. Determination and perseverance opened doors to a brighter future, and in 1989 Survirn Engineering Limited moved to its present site, buying out the existing
occupier in the process.

Aerospace industries form the principal customer base, with considerable emphasis being placed on collaborative working methods - working closely with the customer, to optimise both design and subsequent component manufacture. Although the move to Staniforth Street introduced machine tool manufacturing as another direction in which to develop, complex form CNC tooling remained their primary concern, and customer pressure from Boeing persuaded Survirn to invest in IBM CATIA.