Latest Machinery Trade News: 2/10/13

Friday, February 15, 2013

GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating an online auction of machinery used previously by a machine manufacturer in Berlin, Germany... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is conducting an auction of machine tools used formerly by BP Engineering and others... [Read More]
The Industrial Auctioneer is holding a live and online auction of CNC machines from the automotive sector... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of equipment located in Leicester, UK... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Aerospace Machine Technology Ltd... [Read More]

SGS open new facility

Last month, more than 130 visitors attended the official inauguration of SGS Carbide Tools' new UK manufacturing facility and European headquarters in Wokingham, Berkshire.
In front of guests that included the Mayor of Wokingham, Councillor Bob Wyatt, a ceremonial plaque marking the occasion... [Read More]

UK output rises

In just-released figures, UK industrial output rose 1.1% in December from the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Specifically, manufacturing output... [Read More]

Hexagon buy sales partner

Hexagon Metrology has purchased long-term sales partner Kompakt-GÃ‰P Kft in Hungary.
Following 25 years of co-operation, the business will now be handled... [Read More]

Car component factories open

US car component producer, Johnson Controls, has opened two factories for automotive parts in Serbia's Kragujevac worth a combined â‚¬22.8m. The factories... [Read More]

Waterjet sales rise eight-fold

Bystronic UK, which is reporting an eightfold increase in waterjet machine sales over the past 12 months, puts its success down to the new Bystronic Byjet Smart waterjet profiling machine.
In total, new machine sales... [Read More]

Firetrace take XYZ turning centre

Ipswich-based Firetrace, a manufacturer of automatic fire suppression systems, has invested in a Compact Turn 52 LTY turning centre supplied by XYZ Machine Tools, which is itself protected by a Firetrace system.
This, says company founder Dave Melton, is no reflection on the quality, performance, reliability or safety of the new CNC machine: "It is simply a sensible precaution to take because, in the worst... [Read More]

Delcam Polska open third office

CADCAM specialist, Delcam Polska, has opened it third office in the country, at Bydgoszcz, with Tomasz Szynka appointed as manager.
Bydgoszcz is a major centre for mouldmaking and other types of toolmaking within Poland... [Read More]

Tornos clean up at KÃ¤rcher

The KÃ¤rcher company, based in Winnenden, Germany is the undisputed world leader in the cleaning apparatus sector, selling around 8.25 million devices every year.
When producing the triple nozzle for its high pressure cleaners, KÃ¤rcher now places... [Read More]

Investment in future skills

Blackburn-based Training 2000, a charitable trust set up by a consortium of Lancashire businesses, has turned to Colchester Student lathes and Europa milling machines to equip its engineering training facility.
600 UK has now supplied five of its Colchester Student manual centre lathes together with five Europa manual turret mills to further enhance Training 2000â€™s... [Read More]

Another acquisition for Vero

Vero Software has acquired the Surfcam assets from Surfware Inc, a US-based software specialist.
Commenting on the acquisition, Richard Smith, CEO of Vero Software says: "Surfcam is a robust and well respected CADCAM... [Read More]

KlÃ¶ckner sell facilities in Eastern Europe

KlÃ¶ckner & Co, a large producer and distributor of steel and metal products, is selling its entire Eastern European operations as part of a restructuring programme.
In the first phase of the transaction, activities in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania, which make up over two-thirds of the Eastern European... [Read More]

Monday, February 11, 2013

Auction Spotlight

CJM Asset Management is holding an online auction of equipment used formerly by Sherwood Industries, Mansfield, UK... [Read More]
New England is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by RE-NU Kitchens and Bathrooms... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is conducting an auction of machine tools used formerly by BP Engineering and others... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Aerospace Machine Technology Ltd... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating an online auction of machinery used previously by Konepaja Ceiko and Ceikomix, Finland... [Read More]

CBM tie up with AFRC

The West Midlandsbased Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) has established a five-year strategic relationship with Strathclyde University's Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC).
CBM members can now use the hi-tech Scottish institution - one of just seven R&D locations... [Read More]

Apprenticeships up in the UK

According to the latest figures released by Semta, the sector skills council, new apprenticeships in engineering and advanced manufacturing have increased by more than 85% in the past two years. Sarah Sillars, chief executive, Semta, says: "These figures... [Read More]

Romi host open house

Romi Sandretto is staging an open house at its premises in Rugby on 26-28 February.
Open each day from 09:30 to 16:30, the event will showcase the company's range... [Read More]

Get set for GMF 2013

The Government is due to meet in Westminster with OEMs and leading SMEs from the Sheffield region to launch the Global Manufacturing Festival (GMF), set to take place from 17 to 19 April 2013.
At the launch event, there will be a roundtable discussion which will debate what the festival... [Read More]

Drive to succeed at Rimstock

West Bromwich-based automotive wheel manufacturer, Rimstock, has installed three Doosan vertical turning lathes and three Doosan vertical machining centres from Mills CNC.
The decision to invest in its first vertical lathe is explained by marketing director, Matt Neal.
"We could have attempted to ramp-up production by investing in horizontal lathes but... [Read More]

Manufacturing jobs created

Up to 114 jobs are being created at two companies in Dungannon and Portadown.
Dungannon-based company EDGE Innovate is creating 84 jobs through a Â£3.4m expansion.
The firm designs and manufactures a range of... [Read More]

EDS install Hardinge VMCs

The purchase of three Hardinge/Bridgeport XR760 vertical machining centres is the latest phase in an ongoing programme of machine tool investment by Chelmsford-based EDS Engineering.
Two of the three machines â€" all with tool and component probing and a fourth axis â€" are operating in 'one man, two machine' cells while the third is a stand-alone unit... [Read More]

MBO at Meister

An MBO at Daventrybased abrasive products specialist, Meister Abrasives UK, has seen ownership of the company pass from Meister Abrasives International group holding company, Abraxos Holding AG of Switzerland. The formal financial transaction... [Read More]

Wickman hire apprentices

Turning machine specialist Wickman has extended its team of engineers by taking on three new apprentices at the company's head office in Coventry.
Kyle Lindley, James Cobbett and Scott Mainwaring... [Read More]

Big week ahead at Southern Manufacturing

Southern Manufacturing 2013 will open its doors this week (13-14 February) with the news that exhibitor registrations are reaching an alltime high.
The organisers report that the show is close to reaching a landmark 750 exhibitors when it opens at the FIVE venue in Farnborough.
As a result, the venue has been enlarged once more to accommodate the influx of new exhibitors... [Read More]