Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Fairfield Industries is holding an online auction of equipment used formerly by Mould Rite Toolmakers. Lots, located at Middlesbrough, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery Auctions is staging an online auction of two CNC machines... [Read More]
Apex Auctions is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by ASG Ltd, Basildon, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by MG Saunders and others... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by BAE Systems, Wolverhampton, UK... [Read More]

IMTMA seek funds

IMTMA seek funds

The Indian machine tool industry, which has set a growth target at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% during the 12th 'Five Year Plan' period, has urged the Government to set up a 'Machine Tool Technology Development Fund' with a corpus... [Read More]

Orders up at 600 Group

Orders up at 600 Group

For the 26 weeks to 1 October, the 600 Group PLC saw revenue growth of 8% to £24.7m, while... [Read More]

Changes at Schleifring

Changes at Schleifring

German grinding technology group Körber Schleifring says that Stephan Nell is to become the new chairman of the company's management board, also announcing that the... [Read More]

Marked \'renaissance\'

Marked 'renaissance'

The resurgence of US manufacturing following the crash of 2008-09 is "unprecedented," according to AMT â€" the Association for Manufacturing Technology.
In late December, the organisation noted that the 2011 total for manufacturing technology... [Read More]

Record 2012

Record 2012

Sri Lanka will have the fastest growing economy in 2012 after China, predicts Capital Economics, an independent macro-economic research consultancy... [Read More]

Largest UK order for Trumpf

Largest UK order for Trumpf

Valued at just over £2m, German sheet metal processing machinery specialist, Trumpf, has taken its largest ever single UK order from Stoke-based IAE (pictured), a manufacturer of livestock handling equipment, equestrian stabling, steel fencing and shelters.
The order includes: a Trumpf TruPunch... [Read More]

Growth continues, says HSBC

Growth continues, says HSBC

India's factory activity showed its sharpest rise in six months in December, helped by improved demand and growth in new orders, according to a survey published last week.
The HSBC India Manufacturing... [Read More]

Automotive revs up

Automotive revs up

The New Year has heralded a host of automotive sector announcements in India.
For example, auto major Ford says it will invest US$142m at its Chennai plant to produce a new compact sports utility vehicle named EcoSport (pictured).
The investment will be spent on equipment required... [Read More]

Mould making made easy at Serdar

Mould making made easy at Serdar

"WorkNC from Sescoi takes the guess work out of CNC programming and is the closest thing to 'single button' CAM," says Ceyhun Çinar, CAM engineer for Serdar Plastik in Turkey. "The system is automatic, we just have to... [Read More]

Unicut opt for Tornos

Unicut opt for Tornos

Welwyn Garden Citybased Unicut Precision has acquired two Swiss-built Tornos Gamma 20/6 turning centres to service its influx of new business and resolve potential capacity issues.
The company had previously... [Read More]

Indian machine tool sector remains upbeat

Indian machine tool sector remains upbeat

The fledgling Indian machine tool industry remains upbeat on growth as the economic slowdown has no bearing on orders from the manufacturing sector, an industry representative said last week.
"We have not seen... [Read More]