Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Fairfield Industries is holding an online auction of heavy duty fabrication equipment used previously by a UK engineering company... [Read More]
1st Machinery Auctions is staging an online auction of equipment from various UK sites... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is hosting an online auction of machines maintained previously by CNC Machine Tools Ltd, Norfolk, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is conducting an online auction of machines no longer required at D&R Fabrications due to retirement... [Read More]
Auctioneers is facilitating an online auction of machines located at various sites in the USA... [Read More]

£3m Holroyd order

£3m Holroyd order

UK-based Holroyd Machine Tools has announced contracts worth more than £3m to supply machinery to China.
Holroyd, a division of the Precision... [Read More]

Mabey growth

Mabey growth

A south Wales manufacturer has won a multi-million pound order to build 35 wind turbine towers.
Mabey Bridge has taken on 45 people and transferred... [Read More]

Turbo plant earmarked

Turbo plant earmarked

Honeywell has announced that it will build a new turbocharger plant in China.
The new facility will be based at Wuhan, in Hubei province, and is... [Read More]

Takeover at JuachSchmider

Takeover at JuachSchmider

The Hirschmann Group has taken over the insolvent JuachSchmider.
A holding company, JS, has been established to continue the transactions of JauchSchmider... [Read More]

Kurt target China market

Kurt target China market

The industrial products division of Kurt Manufacturing Co has announced that it will expand US-based production of precision Anglock vices for marketing in China... [Read More]

KMF welcome next generation

KMF welcome next generation

As part of National Apprenticeship Week, which commences on 6 February, KMF (Precision Sheet Metal) is holding an open day on 8 February (12:00-20:00) to allow students and parents the opportunity to see how a modern engineering apprenticeship... [Read More]

Industry groups join forces

Industry groups join forces

Two prominent industry associations in Spain have merged.
The new entity, the Machine Tool Accessory, Component and Tool Manufacturers' Association, combines the AMT, which represented Spanish accessory, component and toolmakers, and... [Read More]

Japan orders up 35% in 2011

Japan orders up 35% in 2011

Machine tool orders received by Japanese makers in 2011 grew 35.5% from the previous year to US$17bn, up for the second straight year, an industry group says... [Read More]

Spa opt for LPM from XYZ

Spa opt for LPM from XYZ

Spa Aluminium of Tunbridge Wells has installed an XYZ ProtoTRAK LPM (Lean Production Machine) to help it serve a customer making kitchen furniture.
This 8000 rpm, BT40 vertical spindle machine offers axis travels in X Y and Z of 785, 470 and 530mm, along with linear guides and has rapid... [Read More]

GMTK appoint UK agents

GMTK appoint UK agents

Spanish machine tool builder, GMTK Multi-Process Machining SA, has appointed Micronz as its distributor for England and Wales, while Scotmaz is the Scottish agent.
Although a relatively young company, GMTK has enjoyed "outstanding early success... [Read More]

Exactaform open Vollmer shop

Exactaform open Vollmer shop

As a manufacturer of PCD tooling, Exactaform has expanded its operation at Coventry, UK, with a new 4500 sq ft facility adjacent to its current headquarters.
The new unit is a dedicated specialist Vollmer machine shop for the eroding of its cutting tool solutions, accommodating seven... [Read More]

China demand to grow 14% through to 2014

China demand to grow 14% through to 2014

China already leads the world in its demand for machine tools, and now a new study forecasts this demand will rise 14.2% annually to nearly US$61bn by 2014.
This rate of growth will further boost China's standing as a producer of machine tools, the Freedonia... [Read More]