Haltech Engine Management Systems is making export inroads into the booming international high performance motor vehicle market with a contract to provide computerised engine management systems to one of Japan’s biggest motor sport companies.

The Sydney-based company is using EFIC Headway to access additional working capital finance from ANZ.

“EFIC Headway has allowed us to address the cash flow impact of designing, manufacturing and shipping stock to such a valued customer,” said Mark Bevan, the managing director of Haltech Engine Management Systems.

“The high performance industry is massive in Japan and we expect our sales volume there will equal what we are currently doing worldwide.”

The company began as a family business in 1986, developing world-first engine management technology to transform cars into high performance motor vehicles suited to the demands of off-road racing.

Today, Haltech’s new owners are constantly updating the company’s technology and further penetrating the international motor sport market.

Haltech’s computerised systems, designed to extract an engine’s maximum power and optimum fuel efficiency, have numerous applications in everything from drag, rally and circuit car racing to desert-grinding dune buggies in the United States.  Haltech is also adapting its leading-edge technology to advanced alternative fuel systems.

“Shipping first stock to Japan would have been delayed significantly without EFIC Headway,” explained Mark Bevan.  “With EFIC’s support, we were able to move quickly on the opportunity and to hasten the start of our cash flow in the process.”

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