system components such as steering columns steering shafts drag links and ball joints and deliver around the world with sales offices in the uk usa and germany . a brief history edit pailton engineering was founded in 1969 in the village of pailton warwickshire near the city of coventry which is situated in the heart of the industrial midlands and today occupies an 80 000 sq. ft. factory employing in excess of 150 people the business has been family owned since its formation . originally a sub contract manufacturing facility in 1982 pailton developed their own range of universal joints and sliding shafts for steering systems . continued expansion in the steering product market followed with the introduction in 1995 of the pailton mitre box or bevel box a device to allow 90 degree changes in direction of the steering input shaft with low backlash and no universal joint phasing allowing the steering box to be positioned in a place more favourable to the steering gear for actuation while still placing the steering column in the best position for the driver . as pailton were growing their product range so was the market reach due to the opening in 1999 of pailton inc. in valparaiso indiana usa . in 2001 pailton acquired slt the steering division of sachsenring ag resulting a manufacturing facility in germany concentrating on ball joint manufacture . in 2009 pailton installed a new waste water system to handle the waste water from the machining processes . previously the water had to be collected and disposed of off site every 6 weeks but with the installation of the new waste water handling system developed by the specialist aqua save technologies this is now reduced to once every two years . 1 in july 2010 pailton were part of a group of companies supporting an all british bid for the replacement of snatch landrovers for the british forces . 2 as a result pailton concentrated on military and defence vehicle applications winning business with companies such as force protection inc and oshkosh corporation . pailton engineering run technical and craft apprenticeships within the company and managing director john nollett actively supports apprenticeship schemes recently quoted in the recruiter 3 and this is money . 4 in 2011 md john nollett won the insider news international entrepreneur of the year award . 5 in 2011 pailton engineering won the birmingham post company of the year award and the technology and manufacturing award . 6 7 references edit pailton uses aqua save wastewater recycling system . the engineer . 9 july 2009 . retrieved 9 november 2011 . over 30 british manufacturers promote all british vehicle bid for 200m uk mod snatch replacement . defence professional . july 7 2010 . retrieved 9 november 2011 . recruiter . recruiter . 2011 10 28 . retrieved 2 november 2011 . vicki owen 2011 10 29 . firms come under scrutiny in wake of apprentice row as jobs scheme abusers risk loss of funding . this is money . retrieved 2011 10 29 . bartup stephanie 13 jun 2011 . pailton swoops on export market . insider news . retrieved 9 november 2011 . company of the year . birmingham post . 2011 10 13 . retrieved 2011 10 13 . edge karl . arctic freeze to frozen hopes or are we looking through the wrong lens . business blog . birmingham post . retrieved 2 november 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pailton engineering ltd & oldid 672231064 categories automotive companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2015 at 05 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view