Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Hilco is conducting an online auction of machinery used previously by Mookie Toys, Kidderminster, UK... [Read More]
Robson Kay is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Coltran Products, Mexborough, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery is facilitating its online September collective auction of machines from various UK sites... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of CNC machinery no longer required by a retained client... [Read More]
Troostwijk is holding an online public auction sale of machines used previously by Hoogendonk Metaalconstructie, Giessen, Netherlands... [Read More]

Heading home

Heading home

The 600 Group, a diversified engineering concern with activity in machine tools, precision engineered components and laser marking, is withdrawing from a venture in Poland it acquired less than two years ago.
The company is also relocating its small UK head office from... [Read More]

New service at PP Plasma

New service at PP Plasma

PP Plasma is now offering an abrasive waterjet anti-microbial copper cutting service for sheet and plate.
This supply of copper alloy cut profiles offers new options for manufacturers interested in supplying... [Read More]

Free guide to guarding

Free guide to guarding

Procter Machine Guarding has updated its free safety distance calculator.
Available for download from the company's website, the calculator determines the required safety distances and heights of machine guards in accordance with BS EN ISO13857... [Read More]

Gewefa appointment

Gewefa appointment

Gewefa UK has announced the appointment of Carl Gomm as its sales engineer for Southern UK.
A time served engineer with extensive... [Read More]

Record sales at Seiki

Record sales at Seiki

Seiki Systems, a specialist provider of real-time production management solutions, has announced record sales figures for Q1 2012.
The company has seen software sales rise by 54% compared with the same period in 2011.
This, says the company, not only shows the growing interest in fully integrated 'top floor to shop floor' systems as a whole, and Seiki's... [Read More]

Quality role at KMF

Quality role at KMF

UK-headquartered subcontract fabricator, KMF, has appointed Martina Medvecova (pictured) as quality technician at its manufacturing facility in Slovakia.
This new manufacturing facility is in place to support KMF's customers in mainland Europe and also to generate new business from within Eastern Europe which could not be serviced by... [Read More]

Manufacturing continues to fight

Manufacturing continues to fight

The UK manufacturing industry has outperformed the FTSE 250 and continued its growth path despite the current weak economic climate, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report.
The 'From Crisis to Growth' report demonstrates... [Read More]

Ward hi-tech alliance with okk

Ward hi-tech alliance with okk

Sheffield-based CNC machine tool specialist, Ward Hi-Tech, have been appointed by Halbronn Machine Tools, as sole UK agent for the OKK range of high precision vertical, horizontal and 5-axis machining centres.
Halbronn, one of the largest machine tool suppliers in France, are principal OKK... [Read More]

Segepo to open in Poland

Segepo to open in Poland

French manufacturer Segepo has announced plans to open a new production facility of injection moulding machines in Åšwiebodzice, Poland.
To be located on a 10,000... [Read More]

GM seek more manufacturing capacity

GM seek more manufacturing capacity

General Motors Company is expanding GM Auto, its wholly-owned manufacturing facility in St Petersburg, Russia.
The carmaker is reportedly expected to increase GM Auto's annual production capacity from the current 98,000 vehicles to 230,000 vehicles... [Read More]