Dr Tony Bannan appointed OBE of British Empire

Dr Tony Bannan, 52, Chief Executive Officer of Rochdale-based Precision Technologies Group (PTG), has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016. The OBE has been given in recognition of Dr Bannan’s services to the UK economy, international trade and inward investment.Referring to his appointment, Dr Bannan said: “To receive the OBE is obviously a huge thrill, a tremendous honour and very surprising.

In business you occasionally meet people who have been granted such recognition, but never imagine it might happen to you. It is also very humbling, because you are being rewarded as an individual for what is, in truth, the combined and sustained efforts and creativity of many people in business – many of whom have gone before you and laid the foundations of success.” Today, in addition to his role as Group Chief Executive Officer of Precision Technologies Group, Dr Bannan is a Director and Officer of Chongqing Machine Tools International (CHMTI).

Dr Bannan joined PTG company, Holroyd Precision, as Technical Director in 1999, becoming Managing Director of PTG’s machine tools divisions (Holroyd Precision, Binns & Berry and Crawford Swift) in 2007. He became Group Chief Operating Officer in September 2008, and then PTG’s Group Chief Executive Officer in June 2010.  PTG is an export-driven manufacturer of special purpose CNC machine tools, such as the globally acclaimed Zenith 400 helical profile grinder and the Powerstir range of friction stir welders.