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Batalas History
Batalas and its productivity training division John Evans were formed in the same year, 1962. As early entrants to their specialist fields both organisations have played their part in assisting both governments and organisations to adopt new policies and practices which have impacted the public and private sector environments.
Some key moments in the history of both companies.
Batalas |
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| 1962 | Company formed in Romsey, Hampshire, UK to provide support to companies adopting AQAP quality systems |
| 1984 | Batalas acquired by Handley-Walker consulting group |
| 1988 | Batalas became IRCA approved training organisation |
| 1988-91 | International offices opened in USA, Australia, India & Hong Kong. Joint ventures formed with MCG (Brazil), Szenzor (Hungary) and Berenschot (Netherlands) |
| 1988-93 | Batalas became leading consultancy in DTI (UK) initiative to implement BS 5750/ISO9000 in UK industry |
| 1992 | Handley-Walker and P-E International merge, Batalas re-branded as P-E Batalas |
| 1994 | P-E Batalas became IEMA approved training organisation |
| 1997 | P-E Batalas provides training & consultancy to support major EU funded ISO 9001 projects in Eastern Europe |
| 1999 | Batalas became privately owned as part of management buy-out |
| 2000-2 | Batalas works with EU to support quality infrastructure improvement in EU accession states |
| 2003-4 | Batalas joins with Unicon to promote quality within Marmara Research Centre (Turkey) as part of World Bank funded commercialisation programme |
John Evans |
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| 1962 | John Evans formed John Evans & Associates specialising in providing time study services to industry |
| 1964-71 | Major influence in creating professional status for work study engineers. Supported professional institutes in promoting structured approach to productivity improvement |
| 1970's | John Evans led government based initiative to install incentive schemes as part of wages policy |
| 1979 | John Evans merged with Inbucon, a major UK consultancy specialising in job evaluation |
| 1979-82 | Developed database of maintenance work standards for largest land transport organisation in Europe |
| 1981 | Became Institute of Management Services approved training centre |
| 1983 | Introduced computer-aided production engineering system (CAPES) to manufacturing industry |
| 1983-87 | Developed production planning system & work standards for Boeing Corporation in USA |
| 1988-97 | Worked with Welsh Development Agency to improve productivity of commercial organisations in Wales |
| 1996-97 | Assisted in re-organisation of Moscow post office operations |
| 1999 | John Evans acquired by Batalas |
| 2004 | New team leader development programme combining productivity and supervisory skills introduced at BMW |
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