Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

BVA is holding an online auction of equipment used formerly by Jaspers Bodywork, Wijchen, Netherlands... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating an online auction of equipment owned previously by Selva Engineering and N&S Precision... [Read More]
Edward Symmons is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by APPH Ltd, Basingstoke, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by Salford Engineering... [Read More]
1st Machinery is conducting an online auction of machinery used previously by GW Atkins, Leicester, UK... [Read More]

Apex reach milestone

Apex reach milestone

Apex Auctions is marking a decade in the industrial auctioneer industry.
Founded by Stephen Dugard in 2002, Apex specialises in acquiring and selling surplus machinery, and is using the anniversary to take a look back at how the sector has developed... [Read More]

German orders holding up

German orders holding up

In the first quarter of 2012, domestic order bookings in Germany's machine tool industry were only 1% down on the preceding year's figure despite the ongoing economic woes in the eurozone.
"Capacity utilisation is holding... [Read More]

Preziss appoint SR

Preziss appoint SR

Spanish cutting tool manufacturer, Herramientas Preziss SL, has appointed SR Enterprises as the exclusive representative of Preziss PCD metalworking... [Read More]

Touch down in Casablanca

Touch down in Casablanca

Further to the announcement last November of its decision to establish an aircraft component manufacturing facility in Morocco, Bombardier Aerospace has confirmed that it signed an... [Read More]

New train of thought

New train of thought

South Africa is on track to become a manufacturer of locomotives for the rest of Africa, Transnet chief executive Brian Molefe has said.
Recently addressing the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Mr Molefe said the R4bn that Transnet planned to spend over the next seven years on... [Read More]

Technology firms required

Technology firms required

Politicians have thrown their weight behind a new enterprise zone on the UK's south coast â€" one of 24 established nationally to boost economic growth and increase employment levels.
Councillors hope... [Read More]

R5.75bn for manufacturers

R5.75bn for manufacturers

South Africa's manufacturing sector is to get a R5.75bn injection over six years from the Department of Trade and Industry to help factories become more competitive in the increasingly difficult global economic environment.
Speaking at the recent launch of the 'Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme' in Cape... [Read More]

Jig grinder transformed

Jig grinder transformed

Billingshurst, Sussexbased Thomas Keating Ltd, a toolmaker and manufacturer of scientific instruments, is using Edgecam CAM software to enable a Moore CNC jig grinder to undertake tasks it was not designed to do.
“By programming the jig grinder with Edgecam we have turned it into a... [Read More]

Machine tools Africa 2012

Machine tools Africa 2012

The annual series of successful Machine Tools Africa events will continue later this year on 10-14 September at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, near Johannesburg.
Running alongside Electra Mining, the event... [Read More]

Chirton add to XYZ machines

Chirton add to XYZ machines

North Shields-based subcontractor, Chirton Engineering, has installed an XYZ TC 320 LTY turning centre with 45 hp/3300 rpm spindle.
The acquisition brings to 15 the total number of machines on site supplied by XYZ. And the orders haven't stopped there: Chirton has now ordered a 20... [Read More]

Rebound for SA manufacturing

Rebound for SA manufacturing

South African manufacturing output increased 1.2% in April from a year earlier, rebounding from a contraction in the previous month... [Read More]