Latest Machinery Trade News: 10/2/11

Saturday, October 08, 2011

1st Machinery Auctions is facilitating an online auction of inspection equipment used previously by aerospace and precision engineering companies... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of equipment no longer required by the toolroom of a major aerospace manufacturer... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is conducting a webcast/onsite auction of equipment used formerly by a major defence contractor based in Cincinnati, USA... [Read More]
Apex Auctions is hosting an online auction of a Castel CNC horizontal boring machine used previously by an oil and gas subcontractor located in Aberdeenshire, UK... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is conducting an online auction of items used formerly by Ebara Elliott... [Read More]

MACH 2012 headline sponsor

The MTA has announced the identity of the headline sponsor for MACH 2012: Lloyds TSB Commercial will be taking a leading role in the show and the run up to it.
Mark Dodd, head of manufacturing at Lloyds TSB Commercial, who has been leading the bank's... [Read More]

Unicut restructure

A major restructure is underway at Welwyn Garden City subcontract machinist Unicut Precision, with Jason Nicholson appointed as managing director following the decision by his previous partner, joint managing director... [Read More]

Gleason-Heller alliance

America's Gleason Corporation and Germany's Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH have formed a strategic alliance to serve the global gear manufacturing technology markets. Gleason and Heller will co-operate in the... [Read More]

Â£500k order for deep hole drill

A Chinese aerospace company has ordered a turnkey project worth over £500,000 based around a Mollart HDI Boremaster deep hole drilling machine that is contracted to produce bores of 89mm diameter in an aerospace alloy component having 8mm wall... [Read More]

Additive manufacturing facility opens

Businesses that are producing prototypes and developing products can now benefit from a pioneering £2.6m facility at the University of Exeter.
Officially launched last month, the Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing (CALM) will enable businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers to harness the potential of 3D printing.
The centre is offering heavily... [Read More]

Samsung machines ex-stock from Dugard

Following the official unveiling of the Samsung range of CNC lathes and turning centres at the EMO machine tool exhibition in Hanover last month, supplier Dugard says some models are now available ex-stock.
Samsung turning centres offer plenty of capability, including milling combined with C and Y-axis spindle control, giving users the rigidity, flexibility and precision... [Read More]

Reprieve ahead for Bombardier workers?

Some of the 1400 jobs at risk at Bombardier's train factory in Derby may be saved if the firm can secure a potential £120m contract from the Government.
Bombardier Transportation UK is in talks with the Department for Transport about a contract to upgrade diesel trains on the Cross Country line between... [Read More]

EMO success

Last month's EMO Hanover 2011 machine tool exhibition attracted 140,000 people from 100 countries, the organiser has announced.
The generated order volume has been... [Read More]

Mazak announce open house

Yamazaki Mazak is bringing EMO back to the UK with its 'EMO encore' open house event running from 7-11 November in Worcester, which will showcase many of the new machines first exhibited in Hanover.
Taking centre stage will be the new Integrex i-400 ST, a complete redesign of its forerunner the Integrex IV, which boasts a larger working area, linear roller guides for increased... [Read More]

Car component firms set up in Romania

German car parts producers, Continental and Draxlmaier, have scheduled short and medium-term investments of â‚¬170m in Romania, Mediafax reports, quoting the countryâ€™s Economy Ministry after its discussions with representatives of the two companies.
Out of the total sum... [Read More]

Monday, October 03, 2011

Auction Spotlight

Great American Group is holding a webcast auction of equipment used previously by CAMtech Precision Manufacturing Inc, Dallas, USA... [Read More]
Troostwijk Auctions is staging an online auction of sheet metal machinery used previously by Press & PlÃ¥t (due to liquidation), Tongeren, Belgium... [Read More]
1st Machinery is facilitating an online auction of inspection equipment used previously by aerospace and precision engineering companies... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is conducting an online auction of items used formerly by Ebara Elliott... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is hosting an online auction of semiconductor manufacturing equipment used previously by Freescale Semiconductor, East Kilbride, UK... [Read More]

Upbeat survey

UK manufacturing businesses are one of the more confident sectors regarding prospects over the next 12 months, with the vast majority of those questioned in a new survey of SMEs forecasting strong growth.
According to research from UK private equity firm ECI Partners, 82% of manufacturing businesses expect to see turnover growth of... [Read More]

New MD at WMT

Ian Holbeche has taken over the reins as managing director of Warwick Machine Tools (WMT) following the announcement that former managing director, Gerard Berger, has decided to retire after 35 years... [Read More]

Appliance maker sets up shop

Korea's Samsung said last week it will lay the cornerstone for its first home appliance plant in South America, in Brazil's southeastern... [Read More]

S. America\'s largest fabrication event

S. America's largest fabrication event

The sixth edition of Corte & Conformacao de Metais, South America's largest metal forming and fabrication event, will take place in SÃ£o Paulo on 18-21 October 2011.
This bi-annual exhibition and conference will feature many of the leading machinery suppliers in this sector such as Aida, Bruderer, Danobat, Flow, LVD, Mazak, Prima... [Read More]

Medical subcontractor opts for Star sliding heads

Leeds, UK-based Kirkstall Precision, a subcontract machining facility specialising in surgical equipment and medical components, has installed a Japan-built SB-16E sliding head lathe from Star Micronics to complement its existing pair of SR-20RIII twin-spindle, sliding head turn-mill centres acquired in 2009.
"The rigidity of the Stars and the absence of play in the axis movements... [Read More]

Healthy growth in UK

Britain's manufacturers are managing to maintain healthy growth according to a new survey published by the Engineering Employers' Federation and business services firm BDO.
The survey shows output and orders still growing, with all sectors reporting positive activity in the past three months.
Exports remain the main driver behind growth.
EEF chief economist... [Read More]

Ward Hi-Tech strike quickly with SFM

CNC machine tool distributor, Ward Hi-Tech, has hit the jackpot almost immediately after launching its new range of heavy duty, long bed CNC lathes manufactured by SFM of Taiwan.
The company has struck a deal with a major supplier of machined forgings to supply an SFM Model CHT56 for producing among other things a range of lengthy forged rods used in the manufacture of tracked vehicles.
Such has been the reaction to the new installation that Ward Hi-Tech's client has already decided to order a further two SFM machines to similar specification.
"Seldom have we had such an immediate reaction to the launch... [Read More]

Success for Dugard at EMO

The recent EMO exhibition in Germany witnessed the European launch of the Korean-built Samsung range of machine tools from Dugard, and the company reports it was flooded with enquiries and has already secured sales â€" including a Samsung PL2000SY CNC lathe straight off the stand.
Dugard also used EMO to premiere two new 52mm spindle turning centres: the Dugard 52TTSY with twin turrets... [Read More]

Delcam China celebrate 2000 customers

CAM software specialist, Delcam, held its annual Asian Technical Summit in Zhuhai, China, last month as part of combined celebrations: 15 years since founding its Chinese subsidiary (now with 50 employees); and the announcement of the 2000th Chinese customer.
Close to... [Read More]

Big names sign up for UMEX 2011

The fifth edition of IndiaMART UMEX '11, India's leading exhibition for used machine tools and associated products, will open its doors on 14-16 October at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. Over 6000 visitors from more than 50 Indian cities are expected to attend the show, where they will see products from a plethora of leading industry players, the majority from... [Read More]