Show preview: MiniTec UK Ltd, Stand Number 8244

MiniTec’s modular Profile System shown at Autosport International for the first time Autosports garage equipment solutions with customer specified key feature modifications will be available for purchase at the show and on new online microsite Basingstoke, November 2013: MiniTec UK Ltd, stand number 8244, looks forward to its first Autosport International.

Widely known in many sectors of industry as a global manufacturer and designer of modular aluminium profile based systems and components for application customised production and test machine frames, safety guarding systems, workbenches and automated factory equipment, MiniTec UK’s presence at the show marks a rapid increase in sales to the motorsport industry where it has supplied a range of customised support equipment solutions for race teams across the competition spectrum including service trolleys, mobile toolboxes, pit perches, chassis and sill stands, and workshop storage furniture.

MiniTec’s modular Profile System is essentially a comprehensive kit of durable extruded profiles and connectors in a range of sectional sizes with associated ancillary components.  These elements combine with free of charge online/offline CAD software or close design support from MiniTec applications engineers to enable uncomplicated, cost-efficient design and build of structures from simple mechanical frames to complete motion automated production machines.

When applied to motorsport support equipment, users are able to individually configure pit and paddock equipment solutions that give race teams the advantage of uncompromised efficiency, safety and comfortable use − all factors which greatly influence team and race performance.

At the show MiniTec will present a range of motorsports specific solutions available for purchase on the stand. Visitors will be able to specify key design modifications to ensure that the products, including pit service trolleys, mobile pit toolboxes and pit perches, meet their exact requirements.

Furthermore, the Basingstoke based manufacturer will announce the launch of its new Autosports application area at www.minitec.co.uk/ where customers can purchase these essential support equipment products online - selecting from standard, proven designs.

MiniTec UK Ltd works with a number of race teams across many competitions including European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and the GT1 World Championship as well as Formula 1 where it also supplies wind tunnel positioning systems.

As part of its support for the British motorsports industry, MiniTec UK is a sponsor for Team Bath Racing - a team of 25 undergraduate engineers from the University of Bath that design, build and compete a single seater racing car in the worldwide Formula Student competitions.