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Braby, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of process systems and engineering solutions, celebrated the shipping out of their 5000th silo in early 2011. This landmark moment was commemorated by the Managing Director of Braby, John Lee, and Braby’s technical team. Since being founded in 1854, Braby has led the UK in the manufacture and supply of silo’s, bulk storage and process systems. The shipping out of Braby’s 5000th silo commemorates all that Braby has achieved and developed over the last 150 years.
Braby was founded on the basis of professionalism, elite technical abilities and trusted engineers. More than this, Braby began as industry pioneers, a trait which continues to run through the heart of Braby today; Braby are still the only UK silo manufacturer capable of de-coiling aluminium and stainless steel supplied from the mills. Even over the last 10 years, Braby has continued to grow and expand into numerous and diverse industries including Plastics, Food, Pharmaceutical, Fine Chemical, Water Processing, Industrial and Biofuels. As specialists in their field, Braby are renound for their expertise when handling a wide range of products from explosives, non-explosives, industrial, chemicals and food, and are fully atex compliant; Braby’s knowledge trancends all industries and equipment.
Braby has offered bespoke, tailor-made process and engineering solutions designed specifically for a company’s needs to a vast range of industries. Braby’s latest delivery of three silos for the food industry brings the total number of silos manufactured at its Bristol site to an impressive 5000 units. Commenting on achieving this milestone, Braby’s Managing Director John Lee said:
"Although they make up only one element of the total process engineering package that we supply to customers from our plant in a wide range of industries, Braby is internationally renowned for its silos. To have manufactured 5000 of these massive structures is an achievement of which the whole Braby team is immensely proud."
