Ferraris Group
1992 Established Jena Rotary Technology Ltd. as a UK distribution company for the precision instruments manufactured by the former Carl Zeiss owned Jenaer Gewindetechnik GmbH in Jena, Germany.
By 1994 was a public listed company
1994 Acquired C. H Precision Finishers (which had been founded as a private partnership supplying precision metal finishing to the local aerospace industry in 1974). Ferraris continued to develop its range of finishing services since then.
1994 Ferraris acquired the Jenaer business in 1994. The Jena Companies continued to expand their customer base
1996 Jena-Tec Inc. was established as a distribution facility in the North American market.
1997 Medical products and precision components[1]
Jena Rotary Technology the UK sales and service arm of the Jenear Group was appointed as the official sales and service partner for GMN Spindles.
2000 Acquired Univak[2], Oxford Cryosystems and PDS of the USA[3]
2002 Avingtrans acquired the engineering division[4], namely Jenaer Group of Jenaer Gewindetechnik GmbH, Jena-Tec Inc., Jena Rotary Technology Ltd. and C&H Precision Finishers Ltd.
From January 2003 Europe’s leading Spindle manufacturer, GMN, was represented by Jena Rotary Technology to OEMs and users throughout the UK.
Boneham & Turner Spindles, a division of Boneham and Turner was acquired by Jena Rotary Technology in September 2003. B&T spindle product design and manufacture re-locates to the Jena Rotary Technology centre in Nottinghamshire, with key Boneham & Turner spindle technicians joining the existing Jena rotary products team, forming the largest precision machine spindle manufacturing operation in the UK.