Friday, October 26, 2012

News: Bromley to work on pioneering Paralympic skeleton sleds

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Bromley Technologies Ltd, has won a contract to partner the International Skeleton & Bobsleigh Federation (ISBF) based in Switzerland in undertaking pioneering research and development work to design and manufacture the sport's first generation of Paralympic Skeleton sleds.

From their base at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham, Bromley Technologies specialises in athlete-focused engineering technology, with its state-of-the-art test facility that helps finesse sporting talent.

They supply current World Cup champion Shelley Rudman and Kristan Bromley, company co founder and CEO, himself a triple Olympian and "triple crown" winner in 2008. Over the past few years their Team GB skeleton athletes have secured over 20 World cup medals.

Richard Bromley, co founder and Director at Bromley explains the importance of securing this contract: "It's an exciting time for international skeleton sport as the ISBF begins a journey to realise its vision of expanding into the Paralympic domain. We are delighted that the ISBF has chosen Bromley as a partner to realise the technological side of this vision.

"This is a big challenge and opportunity for us to be part of this pioneering stage. We pride ourselves on developing innovative performance equipment with a strong customer support ethos, and we are looking forward to extending this ethos into the Paralympic sports with the ISBF."

The agreement follows another strong year of growth for the company in the manufacture and sales of its flagship sled range for able bodied athletes. Bromley now supply skeleton sleds and runners to athletes from 23 nations, from countries including Canada, Australia & Japan. In addition the company has completed another large international contract involving mapping and simulating skeleton sled tracks - at speeds up to 90mph.

Bromley Technologies has seen two years of growth in the difficult economic climate and in a market that is particularly difficult for a company from Britain - not one of the traditional wintersports nations.

Kristan Bromley, said: "We believe our success is down to maintaining a focus on finding a competitive edge through innovation of our products, whilst pursuing a focussed and streamlined business plan.

"The Bromley brand has a growing presence within the action sports world and currently exports over 95% of its business. As a company we're in the final stages of developing a new snow sport product that will see Bromley enter the mainstream action sport markets."

Bromley Technologies website

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