Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

CJM Asset Management is conducting an online auction of equipment used formerly by Doncasters Aerospace and other UK manufacturers... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously at various UK sites... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is staging an online auction of a large capacity CNC gear inspection machine used previously by a major aerospace manufacturer... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of machinery used previously by Sapphire Engineering and others... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment no longer required by an automotive axle manufacturer... [Read More]

Prestige take used punch

Prestige take used punch

East Kilbride, UK-based subcontract sheet metal specialist, Prestige Fabrications, has installed a pre-owned Trumpf TC2000R punching machine.
Not only is it being used to process precision parts, but the capital saved by buying a used machine has allowed Prestige to acquire a new German-built Trumpf TruBend 5000 CNC... [Read More]

Honing tie-up

Honing tie-up

Two of Europe's biggest honing specialists, UK-based Delapena Honing Equipment and Gehring Technologies of Germany, have announced a sales and marketing partnership agreement.
In the UK, this will provide Delapena with access to the OEM sector by working as the partner of... [Read More]

Di-Spark install EDM machines

Di-Spark install EDM machines

Portsmouth, UK-based subcontractor Di-Spark has invested in two Swiss-built CUT 300 wire EDM machines and an automated FORM 2000 die sink EDM from Agie Charmilles.
"If you're not moving forward, you're going backwards," says managing director David Light.
"We could have... [Read More]

Manufacturing holds steady

Manufacturing holds steady

Of the 395 manufacturers responding to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends Survey, manufacturing output was flat in the three months to October.
However, UK manufacturers expect to see moderate growth in output in the next quarter.
The latest survey also indicates that the employment and investment picture remains... [Read More]

Reorganisation at Kingsland

Reorganisation at Kingsland

Norfolk-based machine tool designer and manufacturer, Kingsland Engineering (part of the international Haco Group), is in the process of implementing a series of new strategies designed to expand its business.
For instance, not only will there be more inter-trading with Haco Group companies in the near future, there will also be more proactive promotion of Haco products in the UK.
Furthermore, all Kingsland sales activities will now be centralised at the company's headquarters in Sheringham, where an additional building is currently being planned.
The satellite facility at Tipton in the West Midlands will no longer... [Read More]

600 Group solution for King Kong

600 Group solution for King Kong

The Kingston brand of CG/CK hollow spindle oil country lathes manufactured by Taiwan-based King Kong Iron Works, are now fitted with tapered roller bearings from Gamet Bearings and 24" diameter (320mm bore), fourjaw independent chucks manufactured by Pratt Burnerd, both of which... [Read More]

VDW visit Korea

VDW visit Korea

Once again, well-known names from the German machine tool industry have showcased their capabilities within an important foreign market.
For the first time, 18 German manufacturers last month presented their products, services and solutions under the umbrella of... [Read More]

£1m waterjet investment

£1m waterjet investment

Subcontract sheet and plate profiling specialist, Lasershape, has installed a large format (9m x 4m), four-head CNC waterjet at its Nottingham facility.
The new arrival, supplied by Water Jet Sweden, brings recent investment in this technology area to circa... [Read More]

Rocket car thrills schoolchildren

Rocket car thrills schoolchildren

The Bloodhound supersonic car proved to be a highlight of this year's Scarborough Engineering Week, an event aimed at encouraging youngsters to consider careers in engineering.
Now in its third year, the organisers are delighted with the success of the event, which has grown substantially... [Read More]

66,000 visitors expected at Metalex 2012

66,000 visitors expected at Metalex 2012

Taking place on 21-24 November at the BITEC venue in Bangkok, Thailand, is the 25th edition of Metalex, the largest and most attended technology platform of its kind in the ASEAN region.
Over 66,000 visitors are set to discover countless new ways of improving productivity via innovations from 2700 providers (from 50 countries) of machine tools... [Read More]