Such was the success of the range of bore micrometers over the years that it gradually became evident that a separate manufacturing facility specialising in the manufacture of bore gauges was necessary. Consequently in 1979 Roger Bowers, Grandson of the original founder of the company, founded the Bowers Internal Gauge Company Limited.

The success of the new manufacturing facility was immediate, particularly due to the new policy of opening up export markets (particularly in the USA and Europe) to the new products. Demand increased at such a rapid pace that the original factory became too small to cope so in 1989 the company moved to it’s exisiting site of 50,000 square feet. Production efficiency being a crucial element in today’s competitive markets, state ot the art machinery was soon introduced including a 6-axis Citizen lathe, a Nakamura 8-axis machining centre, a Charmilles wire-erosion machine, Hahn & Kolb laser engravers and a Studer cone-taper grinding machine to name but a few of the company’s production assets. The company’s greatest strength however lies with the people who work for it and Bowers have a dedicated team of first class engineers specialised in metrology with years of experience behind them backed up by a strong sales and support team.

The expertise and specialist knowledge of metrology available to Bowers soon led to the introduction of new measuring instruments, different, but nonetheless complementary to, the core bore gauging range. Notable examples being the Universal Gauge, the Snapmic digital indicating micrometer and the SmartPlug range of dedicated plug-gauges.