Bulten UK · Sector validation researchBulten UK · Sector validation researchValidating the revenue Bulten's growth model assigns to seven sectors it has never sold into. Sector one of seven is complete — and ready for review and challenges.
For each of seven sectors: who Bulten would compete against, which end-user customers those competitors serve, what those accounts are worth, how profitable they are, how long they take to win, and whether displacing an incumbent is realistic. Targets were written as numbers so the promise could be audited afterwards — five to eight named competitors per sector, every buyer above £250m named with turnover, ten competitor-to-buyer links, three contracts with a value or term.
Read the full brief → · See what was delivered against each target →
First sector is done. Industrial equipment and machinery.
Three things I need from you. Is this what you thought you were going to get? Is it good enough for your client? What do you want changed before I run the other six?
Where this comes up short is written down in the status document rather than left for you to find. Read the report structure before I build the full report — quicker to change now than after it is written.
| Sector | Horizon | State |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial equipment and machinery | Horizon 1 | Open the research → |
| Agricultural machinery | Horizon 1 | Not started |
| Wind and energy | Horizon 1 | Not started |
| Rail, rolling stock | Horizon 1 | Not started |
| Aerospace and aviation | Horizon 2 | Not started |
| Defence and security | Horizon 2 | Not started |
| Medical devices | Horizon 2 | Not started |
| Adjacent product ranges Requested 12 Sep. Short screen, not a sector page. | Horizon 3 | Scoped, not started |
| Document | What it answers |
|---|---|
| The research brief | What was commissioned, with every target as a number |
| Sector 1 research | The full analysis: competitors, buyers, who supplies whom, economics, market direction |
| Findings | One page. The margin split and what it does to the plan |
| Questions for Bulten | Six questions. Two block the work |
| Report structure | The eleven sections of the full report, for sign-off before it is written |
| Status against the brief | Every promised target mapped to what exists |
| Verification and manifest | Thirteen errors found and corrected. 35 of 35 claims reproduce from the data |
| Method note | How it was built, what it cost, what broke |
| People | 220 buying-committee contacts, prioritised |
Supply Technologies (UKGRP) Ltd
Clarendon Specialty Fasteners Ltd
Accu Ltd
Bufab (UK) Ltd
Staytite Ltd
T.R. Fastenings Ltd
Würth UK Ltd
Optimas OE Solutions Ltd
JC Bamford Excavators Ltd
Perkins Engines Co Ltd
Cummins Ltd
Weir Group plc
IMI plc
Spirax Group plc
Rotork plc
Renishaw plc
Komatsu UK Ltd
Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd
Edwards Ltd
Ishida Europe Ltd
Packaging Automation Ltd
Niftylift Limited
Fellowes Ltd
SMC Corporation (UK) LtdEvery figure on every page recomputes from these. Files download rather than open in the browser.
| File | Records |
|---|---|
| register-all.jsonl — merged evidence register | 1,179 |
| register-competitors-complete.jsonl | 208 |
| register-buyers-turnover.jsonl | 13 |
| register-incumbent-links.jsonl | 11 |
| band-sic28.jsonl — SIC-28 universe | 10,000 |
| people.jsonl | 131 |
| raw-apollo-people.jsonl | 89 |
| posts.jsonl — social research | 433 |
| verify-claims.py — recomputes every claim | 35 checks |