Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

BVA Auctions is conducting an online auction of equipment available from various bankruptcies and a community workshop... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by Coyne Precision and others... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of equipment no longer required by Holme Valley Fabrication & Engineering... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is hosting an online auction of a complete pipe manufacturing facility (Lindo Industripark, Odense, Denmark)... [Read More]
1st Machinery Auctions is facilitating an online auction of assets used previously by a leading aerospace company based in the Midlands, UK... [Read More]

PM opens Airbus plant

PM opens Airbus plant

A new £400m plant making carbon fibre wings for a new Airbus airliner has been opened officially by Prime Minister David Cameron.
The company says the new facility will employ around 650 people at Broughton, Flintshire, but will also secure the... [Read More]

New HQ for Doosan

New HQ for Doosan

Doosan Infracore America recently hosted 650 guests at a grand opening ceremony for its new North American headquarters in Pine Brook, New Jersey.
At 60,000 sq ft, the new facility is double the size of the company's previous headquarters, while... [Read More]

Overhaul for MAS

Overhaul for MAS

A new-look Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) operating nationally is to focus on helping small and medium sized manufacturers to grow, Business Minister Mark Prisk has announced.
The new service will be delivered by the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium with the Government boasting... [Read More]

Machinery orders jump 11%

Machinery orders jump 11%

Japan's core machinery orders jumped in August as Japanese manufacturers continue to recover from the earthquake and tsunami.
Core machinery orders rose 11% in August, their biggest gain... [Read More]

New agent for Nisshinbo

New agent for Nisshinbo

Press and Shear Machinery has been selected as sole distributor in the UK and Ireland for the Yawei-Nisshinbo range of sheet metal machinery.
The agreement was finalised during a recent visit to Press and Shear's head office and showroom in Tamworth by Yawei’s president, Mrs Ji Su Qin.
In 2007, Japan’s Nisshinbo set up a Sino-Japanese joint venture with Yawei, one of... [Read More]

Manufacturing remains steady

Manufacturing remains steady

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that manufacturing output in the latest three months (June, July and August 2011) was 0.4% higher than in the previous three months and 2.5% higher than in the same period last year.
On the same basis, output of the capital goods industries grew by 0.3% and 6.1% respectively.
Other figures from... [Read More]

Cam-Tech take third DMG

Cam-Tech take third DMG

Coventry, UK-based subcontractor, Cam-Tech Engineering, has taken delivery of a German-built DMU50 fiveaxis CNC machining centre from DMG.
The move brings the total number of five-axis DMG models on site, to three.
The machines are used to produce brake and clutch components for luxury, high performance and specialised cars.
The first five-axis machine, a DMU50, was bought in 2008 after one of Cam-Tech's customers agreed to transfer brake caliper work from another... [Read More]

GIF brings future into focus

GIF brings future into focus

Following the success of the inaugural Gulf Industry Forum in January 2010, top-level government, industry and business leaders will again converge in Bahrain on 8 February 2012 for the second Forum in the series.
The Forum will feature influential delegates laying out their visions for the long-term economic prosperity of Bahrain and the Gulf region, under the theme 'The Future is Industry'.
Topics to be discussed at the Forum, to be held at the Bahrain International... [Read More]

Ward Hi-Tech recruit tees off

Ward Hi-Tech recruit tees off

Machine tool distributor, Ward Hi-Tech, has appointed Paul D'Arras as regional sales manager for South Yorkshire and Scotland, and the new recruit teed off in his new position with a visit to the recent Offshore Europe exhibition in Aberdeen.
Pictured with Mr D'Arras is one of his lifelong heroes, golf legend Colin Montgomery, who was attending... [Read More]

MEMEX welcomes global audience

MEMEX welcomes global audience

The fifth edition of MEMEX, the Middle East's leading international trade show for technology, machinery and tooling, will take place on 14-16 November at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
The 2011 event promises to be the largest yet as exhibitor interest remains strong from all sectors â€" a clear reflection of the highly successful 2010 show... [Read More]