Latest Machinery Trade News: 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

BVA Auctions is hosting an online auction by order of the parties concerned of a DeraTech Technica Plus 25/4100 CNC press brake... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by Trane HVAC Systems, Cairo, Egypt... [Read More]
Troostwijk Auctions is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Van Vlaanderen Plaatwerk BV, Heemskerk, Netherlands... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is conducting an online auction of equipment no longer required by Esdales UK Ltd, West Yorkshire, UK... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by Elsy & Gibbons, South Shields, UK... [Read More]

Class act

North Warwickshire & Hinckley College (NWHC) has invested in a number of new machine tools and hi-tech ancillary equipment from GF AgieCharmilles.
The machines and equipment were acquired as part of a £1.5m grant provided by Warwickshire... [Read More]

Mahindra Navistar investment

Mahindra Navistar Automotives, a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra and US-based Navisar International Corporation, says... [Read More]

Foton eye India

With a total investment of US$387m, Chinese automaker Foton Motor is planning to set up a manufacturing plant in India in co-operation with its whollyowned subsidiary, Beijing Foton International Trade... [Read More]

Low cost car manufacturing

The Government of Pakistan says it will support the production of a low cost, energy-efficient indigenous car that will cost just threequarters of other cars in Pakistan with same specifications... [Read More]

Longevity guarantees repeat business

When Ellesco sold a graining/finishing machine to Burgess Furniture in 1985, not even the most pessimistic member of staff expected to wait 26 years for a repeat order. However, thanks to the build quality and reliability of the Timesavers machine, that is exactly what they had to do.
The recent purchase and installation of a Timesavers Series 42-WBB from Ellesco, by the Feltham, Middlesex-based company has led to productivity gains as its sales of seating and tables to the conference and... [Read More]

Sundaram Clayton may look overseas

Sundaram Clayton, one of the largest aluminum die-casting companies and a part of the $5bn TVS group, is exploring options to enter the overseas markets with a new manufacturing plant.
The company is also entering into high-tech magnesium die-casting manufacturing to meet the rising demand from premium/luxury car manufacturers in India... [Read More]

NUM celebrate record sales

The 10,000th model of NUM's new generation CNC kernel, Flexium, has rolled off the production line.
The milestone has been achieved within three years from launch - impressive for a mid-level CNC provider that serves mainly specialist machine tool builders.
"Machinery OEMs tend to be very conservative in introducing new technology, and we anticipated that volume... [Read More]

Reiden now available in UK

A new range of universal head, five-axis machining centres has been added to the metalcutting portfolio of 2D CNC Machinery.
Three different styles of Reiden machine have not been available in the UK before but have seen many applications in aerospace, mould and die and specialist machining operations throughout... [Read More]

Suzlon head for Madurai

Suzlon Energy, the largest wind energy producer in India, is aiming to set up a production facility near Madurai with an investment of about... [Read More]

PSA commence powertrain plant construction

PSA Peugeot Citroen has broken ground at the site of its planned new car factory in Sanand, Gujarat state.
The engine and transmissions plant will be constructed on 600 acres to which PSA will add a... [Read More]

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Auction Spotlight

Maynards is facilitating an online auction of equipment used formerly by a German tube and fittings manufacturer... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is conducting an online auction of equipment no longer required by the toolroom of a major aerospace manufacturer... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by Cinetic Landis... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is staging an online auction on the instructions of Honda UK Manufacturing, Swindon... [Read More]
BVA Auctions is hosting an online auction by order of the parties concerned of a DeraTech Technica Plus 25/4100 CNC press brake... [Read More]

PR2 opt for Mori

Kirkcaldy, UK-based PR2 Engineering, which supplies to customers in the oil and gas, petrochemical, defence, nuclear, and space industries, has installed its fifth machine from Japan's Mori Seiki.
Says Paul Halliwell, director at PR2: "Our plan is to invest continuously over the next five years and the NLX2500MC [turning centre] was purchased to address a bottleneck in... [Read More]

Pace of growth picks up

The pace of growth in the US manufacturing sector in November reached its strongest rate since June, a new survey has indicated.
The Institute for Supply Management says the index of factory output rose to... [Read More]

Chester expand in Saudi

Chester Machine Tools recently attended the Makinat 2011 exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the company co-exhibited with Pan Gulf Welding Solutions.
The two have now signed an exclusive agreement for Pan Gulf Welding Solutions to be the official agent for Chester Machine Tools in the Kingdom of... [Read More]

Energy market strategy shift

French nuclear firm Areva and Jeddahbased Saudi Binladin Group have signed a partnership agreement to work together on nuclear and solar technologies.
Saudi Arabia wants to cut the use of fossil fuels... [Read More]

Sawing three times faster

A UK supplier of engineering steel bar and tube, Staniforth-HKB Steel of Rotherham, has taken delivery of a Kasto Performance Cutting (KPC) derivative of the German manufacturer's TEC A5 bandsaw... [Read More]

Industrial diversification

Bahrain's manufacturing industry continues to register rapid growth, as can be seen by the number of industrial parks and logistical zones opening across the country, according to a new report.
"Bahrain is treading on the right path of diversifying its economy by driving... [Read More]

QA place Airbus order

Fast-expanding Gulf carrier Qatar Airways announced at last month's Dubai Airshow that it will buy 55 Airbus planes.
The deal includes 50 A320neo narrow body aircraft and five A380 double-decker jumbos, with options for more.
Airbus says the package is worth $6.4bn at list prices.
Qatar Airways is increasingly challenging... [Read More]

New president at CECIMO

CECIMO, the European machine tool association, elected Martin Kapp as its new president at its recent autumn general assembly, which met in Zurich, Switzerland last month.
Mr Kapp, who will serve a two-year term, says his most important... [Read More]

Emal award 700m in contracts

Emal has awarded contracts worth more than $700m as work begins on making the expansion of its Al Taweelah smelter a reality.
Phase Two will almost double production capacity to 1.3 million tonnes.
It will involve building the... [Read More]

Steady growth in 2012

The Manufacturing Technologies Association's annual forecast seminar, prepared for the MTA by Oxford Economics, showed that modest and steady growth is predicted for 2012.
Globally, manufacturing output is expected to see a growth rate of around 4% in 2012.
In this context, growth is predicted of around... [Read More]

Onwards and upwards for Iran Khodro

In what has been its most productive year ever, Iranian car producer, Iran Khodro Co (IKCO), is launching its fifth domestic manufacturing site.
Opening this month, capacity at the new site located in southern Iran (Fars province), is expected to be around 20,000 cars in 2012 â€" the first model being produced is the Peugeot Pars.
At a recent press... [Read More]

Monday, December 05, 2011

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of machines used formerly by Barrett Steel Buildings Ltd... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding an online auction of various machines located in the UK and mainland Europe... [Read More]
BVA Auctions is conducting an online auction of machinery used previously by Gema Punching BV Toolmakers, Nieuw Vennep, Netherlands due to cessation of trading... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Agusta Westland, Caparo, Cobham and others... [Read More]
Maynards is facilitating an online auction of equipment used formerly by a German tube and fittings manufacturer... [Read More]

Investing in training

Government plans to support companies investing in training have been welcomed by the engineering and manufacturing sectors.
The plans include a £250m fund for businesses to design, develop and purchase vocational training with a £1500... [Read More]

PMA appoint chairman

The Precision Metalforming Association (Cleveland, Ohio) has elected PJ Thompson as the 2012 chairman of its board of directors.
During his year at the helm of PMA, Mr Thompson, president of Trans-Matic Manufacturing Co, has pledged to focus on providing mid-level industry managers with training and experience... [Read More]

200 new jobs at Filton

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has announced 200 new jobs at its base in Filton, near Bristol.
The company says the new engineering roles are due to demand for its A350 passenger plane and government... [Read More]

Bombardier plant deal

Bombardier Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for the establishment of a manufacturing facility.
Although the location is still to be announced, the company says it will commit around... [Read More]

2m investment at Micro Precision

Micro Precision Gear Technology of Hemel Hempstead is increasing capacity for its precision gear component business driven by orders from motorsport teams and subcontract... [Read More]

Robots upgrade Norgren production

As part of a major investment by Norgren at its Lichfield, UK manufacturing site, Kawasaki Robotics has replaced two aging robots with a pair of Japanese-built Kawasaki RS06L robots.
The new robots allow faster cell tool change times and are able to work more comfortably within target cycle times.
Operating 5-7 days a week (three shifts a day) in... [Read More]

New study outlines growth

A new study from Freedonia Group is predicting impressive growth in China's machine tool market over the coming three years.
Despite concerns over the wider economy, the publication â€" Machine Tools in China to 2014 â€" suggests demand for machine tools will rise 14.2% annually (this is calculated... [Read More]

Toyota plan recruitment

Japanese automotive OEM, Toyota, has announced plans for up to 1500 new jobs in the UK with production of a new Toyota car at the firm's Derbyshire factory.
Toyota says it will be investing more than £100m at Burnaston to make it the sole... [Read More]

Make it in Great Britain

Captains of industry from UK companies are backing a new Government campaign to highlight the best of modern British manufacturing at an exhibition during the Olympic Games.
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Business Minister Mark Prisk last week formally launched the Make it in Great Britain campaign, which aims to "transform outdated views of UK manufacturing and dispel... [Read More]

XYZ on course for best-ever sales

Describing this year's round of open days as the best ever, XYZ Machine Tools' managing director, Nigel Atherton, says that 2011 is shaping up to be the companyâ€™s most successful year since its formation in 1984.
Open day orders to date total 63 machines valued at well... [Read More]

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Auction Spotlight

1st Machinery Auctions is staging an online auction of machines sited at various UK locations... [Read More]
Edward Symmons is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by Brice-Baker, Yate, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of machines used formerly by Tecnopali UK Ltd... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by BAE Systems, Agusta Westland and others... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding an online auction of brake pad manufacturing machines used previously at the aftermarket plant of Honeywell Friction Materials, Madrid, Spain... [Read More]

1000 new jobs at JLR

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced last week that it will be creating 1000 new jobs at its Solihull manufacturing plant.
It is the most ambitious growth plan in the company's history and will increase the workforce by 25%.
The company states that the new positions are being created as part of... [Read More]

RBM from FMS

Fluid Maintenance Solutions has been appointed by RBM di Battistutta of Italy as the sole UK agent for its IFDR range of metalworking fluid filtration solutions for machine tools and grinding systems.
The systems have been proven in many... [Read More]

CAE deal

Germany's Siemens has acquired CAE software specialist Vistagy Inc of the USA. Siemens says it will integrate the software supplier and its products, services and support into its PLM Software Business Unit, part... [Read More]

Linear display

Machine tool supplier, Mid Bucks Machine Tools, has opened a new display area dedicated to its Linear range of toolroom lathes.
Located in Wendover, the facility enables the lathes... [Read More]

Changes at Electrox

Laser marking specialist, Electrox, has opened a new applications and demonstration centre in Burlington, Massachusetts.
The facility comprises offices, conferencing facilities and the essence of Electrox's... [Read More]

First TubeHone delivery

The first of two new 10m-stroke, 30kW horizontal honing machines has been delivered and installed by Apperley Honing of the UK to a client in Singapore.
Called TubeHone, the 24m long, all-electric machines have two 15kW... [Read More]

Volvo Eicher plan engine plant

Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has firmed up a two-year plan to invest Rs1000 crore to establish an engine manufacturing facility and expand its capacity of commercial vehicle production.
Once the expansion programme is complete by the end of next year, the company... [Read More]

TW Ward oversee relocation project

The ability to re-locate a critical manufacturing plant without severely affecting production output is no mean feat.
But when you add to the equation that a total of 67 machines had to be de-commissioned, transported 100 miles... [Read More]

Eight Star machines sold

The in-house exhibition held by Star GB at its Melbourne, UK technical centre earlier this month generated eight orders for the company's Japanbuilt lathes valued at almost £1.3m, the majority for delivery before the end of the year... [Read More]

Efficient cleaning

At the Poole factory of Thompson Valves, an ageing, in-line washing system has been replaced by a batch cleaning machine that is proving much more versatile in operation.
Called Elba, the aqueous machine is supplied in the UK by Turbex.
The superseded washing, rinsing and drying line, which was also waterbased, processed components on a continuous belt and did not have the ability to rotate parts.
As a result, there was a risk of water being retained within the valve bodies and other components,... [Read More]

Orders climb 66% compared with 2010

Despite the recent weakening performance of the UK economy as a whole, 2011 has been an excellent year for engineering-based manufacturing with orders across the sector running around 66% higher than during 2010 for the first nine months of the year, according to survey data... [Read More]

Monday, November 21, 2011

Auction Spotlight

Apex Auctions is facilitating an online auction of assets used previously by CMT Ltd, Atherstone, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of machines used formerly by Millbank Tool Ltd and others... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding an online auction of assets owned previously by automotive supplier, GAT, Hoerselberg, Germany... [Read More]
Edward Symmons is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by Brice-Baker, Yate, UK... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by BAE Systems, Agusta Westland and others... [Read More]

Energy too expensive

The UK manufacturing sector is getting an uncompetitive deal in terms of energy cost which is only set to get worse, the Engineering Employers' Federation says.
The EEF states that government policy is forcing businesses to use more renewable energy, which costs more... [Read More]

Output figures rise again

The UK's manufacturing output climbed more than expected in September, official... [Read More]

Unison go nuclear

A second Unison tube bending machine has been ordered by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions of Barrow to support the construction of the UK's Astute class nuclearpowered submarines.
Unison won the tender in competition against two other major... [Read More]