Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is facilitating the online auction of a Doosan Puma 700LM CNC lathe... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding its latest Manufacturing Machinery Exchange (MMX #129)... [Read More]
Maynards is staging a private treaty sale of two complete Citroen engine component lines located in France... [Read More]
Apex is hosting an online auction of equipment used formerly by FT Mayzes Precision Engineers and others... [Read More]
1st Machinery is conducting an online auction of machinery used previously by GW Atkins, Leicester, UK... [Read More]

New leader at NIMS

New leader at NIMS

The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) has announced the appointment of James Wall as executive director.
Mr Wall will succeed Stephen Mandes, who served in that position since 1999.
As executive director, Mr Wall will focus on improving and expanding NIMS'... [Read More]

JIMTOF 2012

JIMTOF 2012

The Japan Machine Tool builders Association (JMTBA) and events venue Tokyo Big Sight, have announced a larger JIMTOF 2012 machine tool and manufacturing technologies exhibition when it takes place later this year on... [Read More]

UK trails EU rivals

UK trails EU rivals

The CBI has commented on new research undertaken by GE Capital which has shown just how far the UK is behind Germany and France when it comes to exports outside the EU.
Katja Hall, CBI chief policy director, says... [Read More]

Third FSW for Zhu Zhou

Third FSW for Zhu Zhou

The third order from Zhu Zhou Locomotive of China for a 30 by 4m gantry Crawford Swift 'Powerstir' friction stir welding (FSW) machine head and control system, signals ongoing success for... [Read More]

First UK sale of MillTap 700

First UK sale of MillTap 700

Dr Masahiko Mori, president of Mori Seiki, recently met with Liam Eley, managing director of Premier Mould Services of Teesside, to celebrate it becoming the first UK company to order a MillTap 700.
The vertical milling... [Read More]

New business division at Floyd

New business division at Floyd

Floyd Automatic Tooling has added a new division to its cutting tool business.
The 'Floyd Production Equipment' business unit will focus upon the provision of... [Read More]

Associated Tools select Renishaw

Associated Tools select Renishaw

Associated Tools, a Kolkata-based Indian manufacturing company serving the defence sector, is using BFW, LMW and Hurco machine tools that are now all fitted with Renishaw touch trigger inspection probes and tool setting systems.
Since adopting the machine tool probes, Associated Tools has benefited from the elimination of component rejects... [Read More]

Averex head for UK

Averex head for UK

Whitehouse Machine Tools has been appointed sole UK sales and service agent for Taiwan's Averex Automation and its Akari HS-450i horizontal machining centre.
The twin-pallet, four-axis HMC was aimed originally at fulfilling a requirement... [Read More]

Xtrac order Studer S33

Xtrac order Studer S33

Motorsport transmissions and advanced component manufacturer, Xtrac of Berkshire, UK, has ordered a new Studer S33 universal cylindrical grinder, bringing to 12 the total number of Studer grinders on site.
The company now entrusts more than 80% of its grinding requirements to Studer machines, which are used for both... [Read More]

Machine tool production continues rising

Machine tool production continues rising

According to new figures from KOMMA (the Korean Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association), machine tool production from January to April 2012 climbed 1.2% compared... [Read More]