Mackay Engineering most comprehensive in Cambridge

Mackay Engineering design and manufacture bespoke straight, spiral and helical staircases; platforms and balconies; balustrades and railings; beams, columns and structural elements.

Since 1912, Mackay Engineering has created thousands of items, from components to entire machines, turning the ideas of the designer into reality.

Today, we offer you the best of modern manufacturing technology, combined with a highly skilled team of engineering craftsmen, to give you a total manufacturing capability.

We have become the source of quality structures and components for most of the major companies in the region, and many of the smaller ones as well.

For architectural and structural metalwork that reflects the designer's wish to create a lasting statement of aesthetic quality and durable functionality, Mackay Engineering offers the capability to turn that concept into reality.

From the earliest days of the twentieth century, Mackay Engineering has worked with architects and contractors, providing engineering know-how and manufacturing versatility in a cost-effective combination.

We work closely with the client at every stage from concept to completion, to ensure that their requirements are met without compromise.

We fabricate in all types of structural and stainless steels, and non-ferrous metals.

To complete the package, we can source painting, polishing, powder coating and galvanising of our products, plus timber and glass components to suit the design.

We are also comprehensively equipped for site installation and erection.

The design of a staircase is the best opportunity to give a building a unique character and make a lasting statement about the people whose talents helped to create it.

Mackay Engineering has worked with the best architects, designers and contractors throughout its long history to produce strikingly original designs, constructed with a care and attention to detail that ensures lasting functionality and durability.

We aim to forge a working relationship with the client at every stage of the project to translate the original concept into a cost-effective product.

We liaise with suppliers of high quality joinery and structural glass, and source the most appropriate paint or powder coat finishes to provide the complete solution.

For spiral and helical handrails, Mackay Engineering have perfected the art of manufacturing accurately rolled tube sections to the required geometry...

Geometry to your specification.

Sizes up to O 60.2mm.

Materials include carbon and stainless steel, even brass.

Polished or plain tube.

Inner and outer handrail.

Our machine shop has the largest milling and turning capacity in the area, with 8-metre Elgamill and 5-metre Mecof CNC milling machines, plus Huron and Zayer universal machines for smaller items, all DRO equipped for high precision.

Our largest lathe can handle workpieces up to 4.5 metres long, or 1.5 metres in diameter.

Our staff are highly skilled and experienced craftsmen, who take pride in working to the highest standards on unique and special projects.

Mackay Engineering specialises in the machining of the largest components to the highest standards of precision and quality.

Our customers include most of the high-tech companies and institutions in the Cambridge area, and specialist equipment manufacturers across the region.

Vitally, our staff have that special combination of training, experience and pride in quality that is essential for the production of high-value, critical components and assemblies.

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