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1000 Companies To Inspire Britain

Tinsley Bridge – ‘a Company to Inspire Britain’

We are delighted to announce that the Tinsley Bridge Group has been included in the inaugural publication of London Stock Exchange Group’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain – a list of the most inspiring and exciting small and medium-sized companies in the UK. The directory of 1,000 inspiring British companies was complied by leading sales […]

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TCS & D

Transport and logistics innovation takes centre stage at exhibition

The Tinsley Bridge Group joined new partners SOMI at the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution (TCS&D) exhibition where an innovative new trailer was officially unveiled. The SOMI trailer has the potential to be truly revolutionary in the logistics industry and received substantial market interest from representatives of major supermarkets and fleet operators at the TCS&D […]

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British Army Bulldog

Creation of new super steel in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University

Tinsley Bridge Group’s continuing partnership with Sheffield Hallam University’s Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) has led to the creation of a new ultrahigh strength steel that will be used in military vehicles. New products are being developed in a response to urgent requests for improvements to vehicles used in Afghanistan and Iraq by the […]

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Success stories

Innovate UK Success Story

The Tinsley Bridge Group is pleased to announce we have received a number of grant awards to help with Research & Development (R&D) projects. The objective of the R&D projects is to use the design and engineering expertise across the company to develop innovative new products that give us a competitive advantage in the market. […]

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SOMI Trailer

Key role in major transport breakthrough

Tinsley Bridge has teamed up with British transport innovator – SOMI Trailers – in the launch of a space-enhancing trailer which could significantly reduce the cost of road transport, remove trucks from congested roads and lower carbon emissions by 25%. SOMI, short for ‘Same Outside More Inside’, has developed a unique trailer design that uses […]

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Marine Renewables

Advanced Engineering in Marine Renewables

Tinsley Bridge Engineering is continuing its productive relationship with the National Metals Technology Centre by commissioning them to research the future needs of the Marine Renewable power generation market. The aim of the research is to gain an early insight into this emerging technology and identify where the specialist design, manufacture and installation capabilities of […]

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AMRS and Boeing

AMRC Boosts Sheffield Manufacturing

The Guardian recently reported how the location of a world class research and development facility close to Sheffield has provided a massive stimulus to Sheffield manufacturing businesses. The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre at Orgreave has proved to be a key relationship for Tinsley Bridge. Mark Webber, Managing Director “Working with the AMRC expands our R&D capability and makes a […]

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Suspension

Tinsley Bridge Group receives award for innovation

Innovate UK has granted a funding award to Sheffield-based Tinsley Bridge Group through their innovation based Smart programme. The Smart programme provides grant assistance to R&D projects in strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could emerge. The Tinsley Bridge project will focus on developing technically […]

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Warrior Tinsley

British Army Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Some of the Group’s most significant work has been with the Ministry of Defence, where Tinsley Bridge, along with the MoD’s prime contractor BAE Systems, developed an upgrade to the British Army Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles currently deployed on the front line in Afghanistan. The improvements to the vehicle suspension have already protected troops in […]

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Sorby Nano - Trade Partner

Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium (CVDC)

Tinsley Bridge is a founder member of the UK government ‘think tank’ set up to research improvements in heavy duty truck suspensions. Development projects include a truck and trailer fitted with fully active suspension, active steering of articulated and long combination vehicles, computer stability control of vehicle roll-over, road friendly suspension to reduction of road damage.

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