BFT, a brand of SOMFY Group

BFT Automation is an Italian company that is part of the SomfyGroup. It designs and manufactures a wide range of access automation equipment. With over 40 years in the industry, we are a market leader in security automation products and are known for product quality, excellent customer service, and expert technical support. While we are most widely known for our gate automation products, we also design and manufacture an extensive range of traffic barriers, automatic bollards and motorized head units and controls that automate the opening of a wide variety of doors. This gives us the capability of providing the key technology components needed by any access security project for any industrial, commercial, or residential site.Our products include a range of electromechanical and hydraulic motors that can open gates of various weights and sizes, garage door operators, traffic barriers and bollards, automatic door motors, control panels, transmitters, and a variety of safety accessories. The company is headquartered in Schio, Northern Italy, and turns over in excess of 150 million Euros. It sells its products worldwide through fully owned country subsidiaries such as our business in the UK as well as through independent distributors across the globe.In the UK, BFT sells its products to a variety of installers, including specialist gate installers, security companies, metal fabricators, and fencing contractors. These professionals provide entrance security systems to both domestic and commercial/industrial customers. We operate primarily as a product sales, support, and distribution business, with two locations in the UK: an office and distribution centre in Stockport, Cheshire, and an additional office in Swindon, Wiltshire.