Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Asset Sales is hosting an auction of equipment used previously by a major axle manufacturer in Michigan, USA... [Read More]
Maynards is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by GM Opel... [Read More]
CJM Asset is holding an online auction of equipment no longer required by Doncasters... [Read More]
1st Machinery is facilitating online auctions of several machines from several UK sites... [Read More]
BVA Auctions is conducting an online auction of Burggraaff woodworking machines and a concrete centre located in Leeuwarden, Netherlands... [Read More]

LNS expand

LNS expand

The Swiss-based LNS Group, a manufacturer of coolant and conveyor systems, has acquired Yoshida Tekko KK, a manufacturer of chip conveyors, coolant systems and filtration systems based in Nomi City, Japan.
The newly founded 'LNS Yoshida KK' takes over the... [Read More]

Orders reach 10-year high

Orders reach 10-year high

Manufacturing technology orders in the USA rose 66.4% in 2011, marking the sector's strongest year in more than a decade, according to AMT - the Association for Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association... [Read More]

Matsuura UK open house

Matsuura UK open house

Off the back of the company's most successful trading year in 15 years, Matsuura Machinery will hold UK open house events on 16-20 April, 24-26 April and 1-3 May, which will give visitors the first view of the... [Read More]

Sandvik opt for Heller

Sandvik opt for Heller

In a partnership move with Heller Machine Tools, Sandvik Coromant has installed a Heller FT4000 horizontal five-axis machining centre at its facility in Halesowen, West... [Read More]

Indexing up a level

Indexing up a level

Dorset, UK-based subcontractor, MJB Precision Engineering, says it has taken its business to the next level by investing in a 22mm capacity, German-built Index... [Read More]

OEMs make presence felt

OEMs make presence felt

As well as the large number of machinery dealers, many well-known machinery and equipment manufacturers will also make their presence felt at USETEC.
These include DMG, a company that markets used machinery manufactured by the Gildemeister group.
Chiron, SHW, Siemens and Carl Zeiss also return in 2012 with their ... [Read More]

Safe and sound with XYZ

Safe and sound with XYZ

Before installing a new XYZ TC 320 LTY turning centre in 2011, various components at Honiton-based Ash Safety were being machined on a subcontract basis.
"I wanted a machine that could complete my components in a single set-up," says company founder, André Beard.
"I fully expect to write off some tooling in pursuit of optimum... [Read More]

No rest for trio of Eagles

No rest for trio of Eagles

Reading-based subcontractor, Rodmatic, has just installed its third Eagle 32 sliding head, turn-mill centre to expand its mid-volume, higher value, subcontract-machined component production... [Read More]

USETEC dealers optimistic

USETEC dealers optimistic

Many USETEC exhibitors will be entering the halls of Cologne's exhibition centre with a sense of optimism, and among their number will be Marcels Maschinen AG of Switzerland.
"The demand for used machines is growing constantly here," says the company's managing director, Marco Moritsch.
"We have a confident... [Read More]

USETEC 2012 - just 1 week away

USETEC 2012 - just 1 week away

USETEC supported by RESALE, the world's largest trade fair for used machinery and equipment, will open its doors next week on 5 March.
This industry-renowned three-day show, taking place in Cologne, Germany, is for the first time running in parallel to the International Hardware... [Read More]