Monday, March 19, 2012

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Apex Auctions is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by Vaillant Group, Derby, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machines used formerly by G-Tech Toolmakers, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery Auctions is facilitating an online auction of machinery at various UK locations... [Read More]
BVA Auctions/ is hosting an online auction of woodworking machinery and a spraying booth currently located in Haaksbergen, Netherlands... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by Baxi Group UK... [Read More]

€100m INA investment

€100m INA investment

€100m INA investment

German car parts maker INA (part of the Schaeffler group), a specialist in bearings and precision engineered products, plans to invest some €100m this year in new manufacturing... [Read More]

Erodex flying high

Erodex flying high

Erodex flying high

EDM specialist Erodex UK is flying high following a record year for turnover in 2011 with a 15% rise already in 2012.
The firm has now set its sights on further expansion in the aerospace... [Read More]

Production accelerates

Production accelerates

Production accelerates

India's industrial production grew by 6.8% in January from a year earlier, easing concerns about a slowdown in its... [Read More]

JCB spend £2m on machine tools

JCB spend £2m on machine tools

JCB spend £2m on machine tools

JCB Transmissions has announced a £2m investment in machine tools at its Wrexham, UK plant.
The new fully automated axle beam machining cell has been ordered from Heller of Germany and is capable... [Read More]

Star become Tier 1 partner to AMRC

Star become Tier 1 partner to AMRC

Star become Tier 1 partner to AMRC

Sliding head CNC lathe manufacturer, Star GB, has been made a Tier 1 member of the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
The company has been working in association with... [Read More]

Great Wall launch in Bulgaria

Great Wall launch in Bulgaria

Great Wall launch in Bulgaria

Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor has inaugurated a plant in Bulgaria, which will produce the first Chinese cars assembled in Europe.
According to local partner Litex Motors, the plant, located in the northern village of Bahovitsa near Lovech has undergone... [Read More]

DZU eye €1.7m investment

DZU eye €1.7m investment

DZU eye €1.7m investment

Bulgarian contract manufacturer DZU plans to invest a total of €1.7m in 2012.
Since the beginning of 2012, the company has already invested more than two-thirds of that amount on new machinery and... [Read More]

China gears up for CIMES 2012

China gears up for CIMES 2012

China gears up for CIMES 2012

As China's largest machine tool event in 2012 with 120,000 sq m playing host to 1300 exhibiting companies from 28 countries/regions, it is expected that CIMES will top the US$284m worth of business transactions generated... [Read More]

Strong showing from Hardinge

Strong showing from Hardinge

Strong showing from Hardinge

The strong global performance by Hardinge Inc during 2011 was mirrored by an equally encouraging sales performance from the Hardinge UK operation.
Richard Simons, chairman, president and CEO of Hardinge Inc says... [Read More]

Soraluce help spread the joy

Soraluce help spread the joy

Soraluce help spread the joy

Worcester, UK-based Joy Mining has installed a Spanish-built Soraluce SP 8000 travelling column (bedtype) universal milling centre supplied by UK agent, TW Ward CNC Machinery.
The machine has replaced a hard-worked, but ageing Butler Elgamill... [Read More]

Mazak open in Leipzig

Mazak open in Leipzig

Mazak open in Leipzig

Japanese machine tool company, Yamazaki Mazak, has opened its first of four new technology centres planned for eastern and central Europe.
Located in Leipzig, in the former East Germany, the... [Read More]