Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of machinery used previously by a Midlands, UK aerospace company and others... [Read More]
Apex is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by Mastertools Precision, Stockport, UK... [Read More]
Koster Industries is holding an online and live auction of equipment used previously by JL Lutz, New Jersey, USA... [Read More]
Perfection Industrial Sales is hosting a onsite/online auction of fabrication equipment used previously by Mayville Products, Mayville, USA... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is staging a live and webcast auction of equipment used previously by BSH Home Appliances Corp, North Carolina, USA... [Read More]

Hexagon acquire Visava Oy

Hexagon acquire Visava Oy

Hexagon Metrology has acquired of all the shares of its Finland-based distributor, Visava Oy.
Visava has been a well-proven partner of Hexagon Metrology in Finland for more than six years.
Based in Vantaa... [Read More]

£150m BAE plant

£150m BAE plant

BAE Systems is to open a new £150m facility to increase F-35 jet fuselage production by... [Read More]

Liebherr-Aerospace to rebuild

Liebherr-Aerospace to rebuild

Liebherr-Aerospace says it will shortly start to rebuild its facility near São Paulo, Brazil... [Read More]

Lift for Toyota

Lift for Toyota

Toyota Industries said last week it will build a forklift manufacturing plant in São Paulo, Brazil.
The machinery maker will invest about ¥4.6bn in the plant, its first manufacturing base in South America. Production... [Read More]

Gearing up for FIMAQH

Gearing up for FIMAQH

The bi-annual FIMAQH international machine tool exhibition 2012 will be held at Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina from 29 May to 2 June 2012.
The event, held by... [Read More]

Spinner agency

Spinner agency

German machine tool manufacturer, Spinner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Gmbh, has appointed Whitehouse Machine Tools, as sole sales and service agent in the UK and Ireland.
The agreement was signed at the recent... [Read More]

Geely to open plant in Uruguay

Geely to open plant in Uruguay

Chinese automaker Geely Automobile will open a new factory in Uruguay this year, according to a Bloomberg report quoting Gui Shengyue, chief executive officer (CEO) of Geely.
The automaker will... [Read More]

Parajet invest in XYZ

Parajet invest in XYZ

Specialist paragliding equipment and engine manufacturer, Parajet International of Dorset, has invested in three new XYZ machines: a ProTurn SLX 425 CNC/manual lathe; an XYZ 710 vertical machining centre; and a Mini Mill 560.
Close tolerance prototype and production parts machined on the three XYZ machines include aluminium cylinder castings that feature... [Read More]

\'No limits\' at open house

'No limits' at open house

Swiss EDM, milling and laser ablation machine tool specialist Agie Charmilles has reported that its recently-held 'No Limits' UK open house in March was a huge success with visitor numbers topping 120.
As well as selling four machines... [Read More]

Another Star at Neida Blue

Another Star at Neida Blue

Precision parts manufacturer, Neida Blue 62, has continued its investment in the latest turn-mill technology with the acquisition of a Japan-built Star ST-38 sliding head lathe.
The Freshwater factory on the Isle of Wight, UK has... [Read More]

Third month of expansion in Brazil

Third month of expansion in Brazil

Brazil's manufacturing sector expanded in March for the third consecutive month, albeit at a slower pace, fuelling hopes of an economic rebound into 2012 after a flurry of government... [Read More]