Titan engineering celebrates 40 years in the business of supplying components including Bloodhound SSC.

May 21^st 2015 saw Titan celebrate its 40^th anniversary.

Having grown out of Charles Lucas Engineering, a race team running Piers Courage in F3 in 1965, Titan has developed to be a well-respected engineering firm supplying components and engineering solutions to high-profile motorsport teams, specialist niche car manufacturers, as well as international automotive OEMs.

“This was quite a gradual thing, to shift from complete cars to components, but also a carefully considered move. The demand was clearly there, and it’s never good to have all of your eggs in one basket, so this was a very natural way to progress for us,” comments Titan’s co-owner Oz Timms.

Another aspect for the company’s longevity and success is its committed personnel, as Titan’s Financial Director and co-owner Diana Thomas explains; “We’d like to think that at Titan, we take care to employ the right people and let them get on with the job. 

Obviously this needs to happen in coherence with our vision and ethos, to ensure that we maintain our quality standards and deliver to the level that is expected from us by our clients,” Diana says.

Looking ahead, Managing Director George Lendrum sees a bright future: “Over the coming years, Titan will evolve and grow. I envisage that Titan will become a much more integrated part of the supply chain for our customers,” George states. 

“We are seeing that already, because we are being asked to provide engineering solutions, not just solely component production. So we will see more development work, more technology being applied to provide solutions for clients, and Titan playing a more significant role in the engineering of our customer’s products. 

We are getting set to develop that aspect of the business, but also keeping our focus on the existing manufacturing business that has done so well over the years.

“In addition, Titan has a range of products available for applications in motorsport and high performance automotive.  In the future, I see that those products will be enhanced, by broadening the range but also including electronic versions of its range of steering systems, throttles, and differentials.”

To support Titan’s development plans, the staff are recognised as key to developing the company and to this end a new apprenticeship scheme has been developed, to provide those starting their careers at Titan to gain a well-rounded and focused learning approach that will make them an integral part of Titan’s success moving forward.  

“I do believe that it is important to ensure today’s young people are turned on to engineering and that it is not forgotten as an option for young people when planning their career paths,” continues George. “It is important that we attract young, innovative and dynamic people into the business to drive us forward in the future, so setting this scheme is a logical thing to do.”