EuroWire July 2023

Focus On UK

Celebrating 50 years Pave CNC Wire Forming Systems is marking its 50 th year with a look back at where it began. Tony Perna established Pave in 1974, having seen the shortcomings of wire machines at the time. As an innovator, he began designing and building his own machines – claimed to be the first CNC wire bending machines in the world. For the first time, manufacturers could use a machine for multiple projects, satisfying orders to manufacture wire-formed products ranging from 1.6 to 25mm diameter in mild steel, stainless steel, galvanised steel and hardened spring steel.

The company’s premises house an exhibition hall

Pave is now housed in state-of-the-art premises with its own exhibition hall, and has built and sold thousands of machines that are in use around the world. The machines are still hand-built at Pave’s headquarters in Peterborough, UK, and utilise the latest technology to enable remote support. The company says that many of the original machines are still in operation, as testament to reliable British manufacturing. Mr Perna continues to innovate 50 years later, and with his team has designed and launched the Pave MX-12, a high-speed multi-head machine from coil, joining a growing list of single- and twin-head CNC wire forming machines that can deliver speed and accuracy to wire bending solutions. Pave CNC Wire Forming Systems Ltd www.pave-wire.com

An early Pave machine from the 1970s

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July 2023