Ultimate
Flexibility

“To know we can deliver on-time solutions, across multiple projects simultaneously, has given us a competitive edge, without increasing costs”

Swan House

Cygnet Engineering Developments (CED) is a unique product and machinery engineering design consultancy, specialising in mechanical and electro-mechanical projects.

The services provided by CED can be turned on and off by our clients, like a tap or switch, giving them full control over the costs. CED become a pipeline of resource, tapped directly into our clients’ operations, to be used at will by them with no up-front or ongoing commitment.

We become an extension of our clients’ engineering department, providing access to a wide range of services and skills, in order to create an enhanced level of engineering flexibility.

 

About Us

Cygnet Engineering Developments was formed in 2008, as a result of other group companies being unable to find the level of flexible engineering resource that they required.

The demands of tightly managing costs, without losing the ability to service large projects and short deliveries, were making it very difficult to have a competitive advantage in the global market place. The flexibility in approach of the Cygnet Engineering Developments team, has allowed our clients to remain lean and efficient, whilst retaining the ability to expand quickly.

From our new purpose built 18,500sqft facilities, close to both the M6 and M56 motorway networks, CED are ideally located to work either from our own modern and spacious offices, connecting into your team with the latest technology, or from your facility.

CED engineers use a wide range of CAD and associated packages on a daily basis, with licences in Solidworks, AutoCAD and Inventor. We also have experience in ProE and Unigraphics and our engineers can either provide their own hardware & software, or work from your system.

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Who's-Who

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Colin Smith Chairman

A management apprenticeship with Simon Engineering in Stockport and an Engineering Employers Federation Scholarship enabled Colin to obtain a degree in Mechanical Engineering at The Manchester College of Science and Technology. Simon Engineering provided drawing office and contract engineering training, and a diverse engineering experience – flour milling, grain handling, conveying in coal mines, sugar mills, rubber mixing, automated tyre and TV tube manufacture etc.

In the 60’s Colin moved to WHK Products, a family owned company, to design manufacture and sell specialist unwinding machinery for all textile threads and fibres, and helped to develop the first unwinding creels for carbon fibre. WHK was then sold to a publicly quoted group of companies, mainly due to Trade union problems. Colin left WHK and founded Texkimp Ltd early in 1975. With the support of key customers such as British Nylon Spinners, Courtaulds, ICI etc Colin designed and developed the unwinding machines and accessories for technical textiles, and high performance yarns which remain the speciality of Texkimp.

Colin is now out of the day to day management, is Chairman of the Cygnet Group, and acts as a senior consultant and mentor to the group engineering team.

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Matthew Kimpton-Smith Managing DirectorMatthew joined Cygnet Group in 1996, moving from a corporate finance role in BOC, having previously gained an economics degree from Cambridge and qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in London. Matthew has been responsible for the development of the Cygnet Group as an engineering centre of excellence for product and machine design and has had a vision for Cygnet Engineering Developments (CED) for the last 5 years. Matthew’s focus for CED is on relationships and business development, which will facilitate the continued growth in engineering ability and knowledge within the Group, enabling us to be recognised as a centre of excellence within the country. Matthew has extensive experience of ‘doing business’ globally, and providing focused services and products to multi-national corporations.

 

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Luke Vardy Operations DirectorLuke joined Texkimp in 2007 as project manager leading a team of engineers on a multi million pound contract in the USA. Luke attended Loughborough University where he attained a degree in Industrial Design and Technology from where he moved into a position with Siemens as a design engineer. Subsequently he’s gained experience in several market sectors from food and beverage, telecoms to sheetmetal fabrication. Luke’s primary responsibility in CED is to ensure our designs exceed our customer’s expectations and projects are delivered on schedule along with the general running of the business and developing new ventures through the Cygnet Group portal.

 

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Iain Graham Design EngineerIain joined the Cygnet Group in October 2008 as a Design Engineer working on the Mechanical and Pneumatic Drive System for a Multi Million Pound Contract for a Major Carbon Fibre Producer in the USA. Previously Iain ran a Special Purpose Machinery Manufacturing Company for 18 years. Gaining experience of working in a wide range of Manufacturing Industries, Designing and Manufacturing Automation Equipment and various Process Improvement pieces of equipment.

 

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Dave Jones Design Engineer

David joined the Cygnet Group in 2004, bringing with him a diverse range of practical and vocational skills. David started his engineering career by gaining Higher National qualifications in Fabrication and Welding Technologies. He later advanced this experience into the Engineering Design sector. Utilising 3D design software to Complete many mechanical and motion control machine systems. Projects also include Subsea and Aerospace intervention tooling. David prides himself on being conscientious while producing practical cost-effective design solutions.

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Kathryn Baker Administration ManagerKathryn joined the Cygnet Group in June 2005 after working for 12 years in the chemical industry in a number of commercial roles. Kathryn’s role is to provide an all encompassing administration support, including the development of systems which are required to enable the organisation to operate efficiently and to deliver a high level of customer service across the Group.

 

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