Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Fairfield Industries is staging an online auction of equipment used previously at a racing car manufacturer... [Read More]
1st Machinery is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by Hi-Tech Engineering and others... [Read More]
Hilco is hosting an online auction of equipment used formerly by TS Sheerness Steel, Sheerness, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment no longer required by Olympus Engineering Ltd... [Read More]
Jean-Claude Anaf is conducting a public auction of equipment used previously by Gautier Maitre Robinetterie, Lyon, France... [Read More]

Faro unveil app store

Faro unveil app store

Portable CMM specialist, Faro Technologies, has unveiled its new '3D App Store', offering easy-to-use programs tailored to specific tasks, which, the company says, represent the future of 3D documentation... [Read More]

Russia takes friction welders

Russia takes friction welders

PTG Heavy Industries has secured orders for two Powerstir Friction Stir Welding (FSW) machines from organisations in the Russian space industry.
Scheduled for delivery in early 2013... [Read More]

£220m new orders at ADL

£220m new orders at ADL

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), the Falkirk-based bus and coach building firm, has announced new orders worth £220m.
In all, nearly 1000 buses will be built over the next... [Read More]

Manufacturers predict growth

Manufacturers predict growth

Manufacturing SMEs in England are predicting an increase in sales over the next six months according to the latest Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) 'Barometer' survey.
A total of 55% of the 607 companies questioned expect to grow between October and March 2013, with 41% of firms set to boost investment... [Read More]

FGP purchase HSC 55

FGP purchase HSC 55

Weymouth, UK-based aerospace subcontractor, FGP Precision Engineering, has installed an automated HSC 55 linear five-axis production cell (pictured) supplied by DMG/Mori Seiki.
Having a nominal 500mm³ capacity and 28,000 rpm HSKA63 spindle, it is additionally fitted with a PH130... [Read More]

Augmented reality at Mazak

Augmented reality at Mazak

Yamazaki Mazak's forthcoming open house will use state-of-the-art augmented reality technology to open customers' eyes to the future of manufacturing.
Augmented... [Read More]

Factory expansion for XYZ

Factory expansion for XYZ

XYZ Machine Tools report that sales of ex-demo machines have already cleared the company's showrooms in Waltham Abbey and Blackburn.
This is allowing XYZ to pursue a rolling refurbishment and restocking programme with the next 'open days' event scheduled for 21-22 November at the Nuneaton... [Read More]

Turnover boost follows investment

Turnover boost follows investment

West Midlands, UK-based A&M EDM, which saw turnover grow 35% in the last financial year, puts its success down to a number of initiatives instigated by the company in 2010.
One of these was to... [Read More]

YouTube footage prompts sale

YouTube footage prompts sale

When Rutland, UK-based Hi-Spec Engineering needed a new CNC turning centre, the decision was based primarily on footage watched on video streaming website YouTube.
Company owner Darren Grainger says: "We had increasing demand for smaller diameter work that didn't suit our existing CNC turning centres.
I started investigating the... [Read More]

Jakarta hosts top machine tool show

Jakarta hosts top machine tool show

Machine Tool Indonesia 2012 is set to take place on 5-8 December in Jakarta.
Forming part of the established Manufacturing Indonesia series, the event is now in its 23rd edition.
After China and India, Indonesia is the third fastest growing economy in the... [Read More]