WHO WE ARE

Located in Bridgwater, Somerset the company was originally established over 30 years ago as Berry Engineering.

Directors Lee Berry (ONC/HNC) and Chris Escott (EngTech MIMechE) came together in 2003 to expand the company into what is now widely considered one of the UK’s leading precision engineering companies, with a track record of surpassing customer expectations on project outcomes.

Our substantial offices, specialised production & workshop facilities, fleet of task specific vehicles and over 40 members of staff enable the company to deliver high quality engineered solutions to meet the needs of our broad customer base.

Berry & Escott prides itself on delivering excellence in design, precision machining and ‘turn key’ ferrous and non-ferrous fabricated solutions. As a highly responsive and creative engineering company, we offer our customers unrivalled levels of customer service, technical expertise and operational support.

We continually invest in and adopt leading-edge technologies across our design facilities and production processes and offer comprehensive sub-contracting support across a range of skills, including:

• CMC Machining (Turning & Milling)
• 3D CAD Design
• Fabrication & Welding
• Hygienic & Pressure Pipe Systems
• Bead Blasting
• Profiling
• On-site & Off-site Maintenance
• Confined Space Entry
• EUSR National Water Hygiene Card Carrier

Our fleet of task specific vehicles enables us to react quickly to customer requests and deploy specialist personnel to site with the minimum of delay.

From highly qualified & experienced engineers to admin support personnel, every member of the Berry & Escott team is committed to our vision.

Our Vision

Organisational Structure: Have and sustain a management structure where roles & responsibilities are clearly defined and understood.

Partners: Nurture a winning network of customers and suppliers. Together we create mutually beneficial and enduring value.

People: Provide a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be.

Perception: Be the best that we can be and surpass customer expectations.

Productivity: Be a highly effective, lean & fast-moving organization

Planet: Be an environmentally responsible company that makes a positive difference by reducing consumption & waste.

Quality, traceability & efficiency are at the forefront of current business and industry requirements. Berry & Escott customers can be confident they will receive value added engineered solutions that meet the highest quality standards.

Demonstrating our focus on delivering & maintaining these high standards, Berry & Escott is routinely audited and has received the following key industry accreditations:

We aim to future proof the health & growth of the business by a structured review process of continuous improvement; ensuring a rewarding environment for our team whilst delivering tangible benefits to our customers.

The directors have an ongoing commitment to investing in the company’s processes, physical resources, and personnel to ensure we are leaders in our field.

Berry & Escott is committed to a programme of continuous quality & performance improvement through initiatives, including:

• Lean manufacturing processes
• Design for manufacture
• Standardisation
• Set-up reduction
• Ongoing skills & training
• Elimination of waste
• Financial investment

As a company we continue to update our processes and systems to ensure operational efficiencies and competitive advantage.

Our Factory Production Control System not only gives us complete control of our manufacturing process, it also ensures we are able to meet, and often exceed, our customers' delivery schedules. Utilising 'real time' shop floor data collection our project management teams have an up-to-the-minute overview of the status of work being carried out in our workshops.

Integrating Seiki Scheduling Software into our I.T infrastructure helps ensure efficient work planning and our ability to manage future capacity requirements.

Berry & Escott's team of Solidworks specialist engineers can receive & process 2D and 3D models in a variety of formats, including:

Solidworks / Parasolid / SolidEdge / VDA / SAT (ACIS solids) / CADL / ASCII / AutoCAD (DXF, DWG, Inventor apt files) / STL / STEP   IGES / Pro-E

Complimenting our cutting-edge design facilities, Berry & Escott has invested in 3D Scanning and 3D Printing capabilities they offer additional levels of technical insight and performance benefits; eliminating often costly and time consuming issues before they arise.

Berry & Escott have committed to reducing our environmental impacts by achieving ISO14001 in 2013. This has enabled us to:

• Reduce waste
• Increase efficiency
• Lower energy consumption

We are proud to manufacture products for a number of Environmental Agencies and wherever possible ensure we use recycled, low carbon footprint materials in our production processes.

Our state-of-the-art compressor in our production area enables us to re-use its hot air output, heating our workshop facilities throughout the winter months.

Alongside incorporating energy efficient lighting throughout the business, we have significantly reduced the need for lighting in certain areas by creating natural skylights.

Re-using virtually all incoming packaging and significantly reducing our waste to landfill, Berry & Escott is proud to have been recognised as Commercial Environmental Award winners, further highlighting our dedication and commitment to this important aspect of our business.