Auction Spotlight

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 company’s most successful year since its formation in 1984.
Open day orders to date total 63 machines valued at well... [Read More]