Pictured above: (l-r) Davinder Bains, managing director at Magal Cables, Ian Braime, sales director at Magal Engineering, and Karen Aston, centre manager at the University of Warwick's Business Innovation Centre

A leading figure in the design and manufacture of parts for prestigious automotive firms has moved to the city.

Magal Engineering has relocated its midlands sales and engineering offices to the University of Warwick Science Park's Business Innovation Centre, in Binley, from its previous base in Leamington Spa.

The company is part of the worldwide Magal Engineering Group which employs over 700 people and has sites in countries such as France, Germany, Turkey, India and North America as well as the UK.

Automotive giants including Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Renault and Volvo will all have parts designed for manufacture by the Magal Engineering team based at the Business Innovation Centre after the company landed several new development and manufacturing contracts.

Ian Braime, sales director at Magal Engineering, said: "We decided to move to the Business Innovation Centre because it is a modern building that presents a professional image.

"It gives us access to the University and it is also ideally located for us in terms of being near to clients and central for our staff who travel from each corner of the Midlands to work.

"Our objective from our base at the Business Innovation Centre is to develop products that will provide us with added value and sustainable growth while we continue to reduce expense and increase efficiency in our factories through our expertise in the field of lean manufacturing."

The company uses computer aided design techniques at the Business Innovation Centre to design automotive technology including flow control systems, steering gears, jacks, spare wheel carriers, mechanical cables, pedal boxes and hand brakes.

These parts are then manufactured at Magal Engineering sites across the UK and rest of the world.

Founded in 2003, the group prides itself on being a full service supplier - taking responsibility for everything from the design of products according to clients' specifications, all the way through to the manufacture and delivery of the finished product to the vehicle assembly line.

Karen Aston, centre manager at the University of Warwick's Business Innovation Centre, said: "We are delighted to add Magal Engineering to the already impressive array of companies involved in the automotive sector here at the Business Innovation Centre.

"We saw many automotive companies leave the area as the industry suffered in recent years - but the signs here are that it is showing signs of recovery, and we are delighted to support that.

"Magal Engineering is a prestigious brand with a proven track record of delivering quality products to some of the biggest motor companies in the world and we are proud that it has chosen the Business Innovation Centre as one of its bases."