 at the announcement of the deal mary grant ceo of porterbrook said brodie engineering is an excellent fit for us the expansion in recent years into the caledonia works underlines the ambition of gerry hilferty and his team theyre doing a fantastic job and will continue to run the day to day operations of the company a healthy supply chain is fundamental to a reliable and efficient railway todays agreement means we can better support our customers fleets in scotland and across the whole of the uk gerry hilferty ceo of brodie engineering said this is an exciting new chapter for our team who can all be very proud of their hard work and determination in making the company what it is today we have a strong relationship with porterbrook and can now look forward to a long and successful partnership as we begin the next stage in this journey 