Latest Machinery Trade News: 2/24/13

Friday, March 01, 2013

GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating its MMX #138 machinery auction. Located in the UK, Sweden and France... [Read More]
1st Machinery is conducting an online auction due to new investment at European Watercare, Harlow, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction due to new investment at Pailton Engineering... [Read More]
CRG Auction is staging a public and online auction of a complete coil coating and roll form decking facility owned previously by RG Steel, West Virginia, USA... [Read More]
US Industrial Auctions is hosting an immediate liquidation sale of a complete and continuous Blastec steel strip shot blast line (dual cabinet, coil to coil), to be sold as a whole or as individual parts... [Read More]

KMF boast IAC first

KMF (Precision Sheet Metal) apprentice Sam Dutton has been selected to be one of the first members of the Industry Apprentice Council (IAC) and will, along with other members, represent the voice of apprentices across the UK... [Read More]

Faro tour Europe

Beginning in March, with 16 stops in major European cities, Faro will offer customers and interested parties the chance to observe demonstrations and try for themselves the functions of Faro's 3D measurement... [Read More]

Sigma/Safran in new Â£25m agreement

Sigma Components Ltd, part of Avingtrans' aerospace division, has signed a Â£25m long term agreement with Safran Aircelle.
Under the agreement, Buckinghamshirebased Sigma will supply various fabricated assemblies... [Read More]

Setco acquire NEO Precision

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Setco has purchased a majority interest in NEO Precision Tech Co Ltd of Taichung â€" a major Taiwanese builder of machine tool spindles and machining heads.
Setco exhibited NEO Precision Tech's spindles at IMTS in Chicago last September and saw great interest from North... [Read More]

Lander automate with BLM

Lander Automotive, has spent the past three years automating its tube production facility in Birmingham, UK.
Now, tube manipulation is a mixture of single piece manufacture and integrated cells featuring Italian-built bending and end forming machines supplied by BLM Group.
These include... [Read More]

Brandauer look to Middle East

Birmingham, UK-based precision pressing and stamping expert, Brandauer, believes that the Middle East is emerging as a viable manufacturing base for international business, following a recent visit to the region as part... [Read More]

SGS tooling stirs up a vortex

CAM specialist, Delcam, says its Vortex roughing strategy (patent pending) has demonstrated impressive results using solid carbide Z-Carb AP end mills from SGS.
Vortex is used for 2- and 3-axis roughing, 3+2-axis area
clearance and for rest machining based on stock models or reference toolpaths... [Read More]

2012 best year for Amada

Amada UK has many reasons to celebrate 2012.
Not least, the company saw consolidated turnover top Â£51m for the first time ever.
However, 2103 will see a development that could arguably top all of the success enjoyed last year, namely the redevelopment of the UK customer facilities in Kidderminster.
Groundbreaking commenced in December 2012, and when complete, the... [Read More]

WDS revamp parts catalogue

WDS, a manufacturer of standard parts and machine accessories, has released its latest catalogue which features its entire range of standard components for engineering professionals. Navigation is made easy with colour coded product sections and component information, as... [Read More]

Machine tool exports up 9.2%

In newly released figures for Jan-Oct 2012, Taiwan's machine tool sector achieved exports worth US$3.59bn, a 9.2% increase year-on-year.
Metal cutting machines constituted the major share of this figure with revenue... [Read More]

Monday, February 25, 2013

Auction Spotlight

Maynards is hosting a tender sale of assets located in Strasbourg, France... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Aerospace Machine Technology Ltd... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of a Toshiba BMC80 twin pallet horizontal machining centre no longer required due to ongoing investment at Express Engineering Group... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of machinery used previously at various UK manufacturing sites... [Read More]
Hilco and Perfection are conducting an online auction of equipment no longer required by David Brown Gear Systems Ltd, Huddersfield, UK... [Read More]

Â£76m bus orders

Transport firm FirstGroup has placed orders for 464 new buses in a series of deals worth a total of Â£76m.
The bulk of the vehicles will be built by Falkirk-based Alexander Dennis and Wrightbus of Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
The former will build 222 vehicles, while a further 179 will be... [Read More]

AutoVaz invest â‚¬378m

According to newspaper 'Vedomosti', Russian auto manufacturer AutoVaz is planning to invest around â‚¬378m in its engine production operations.
The move is designed to facilitate the licenced production... [Read More]

1000 jobs at Merseyside automotive park

About 1000 new jobs could be created at an automotive park being developed on Merseyside.
The Automotive Supply Park will house a number of factories producing parts for local car manufacturers, including Vauxhall and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
It is being developed... [Read More]

Pre-owned machine tool open house

Trumpf, together with its accredited partner Severn Manufacturing Systems (SMS), will stage an open house event to showcase Trumpf second-hand machines.
It will be held on 13-14 March 2013 at the SMS facility in Bishop's Frome, Worcester.
The two companies... [Read More]

Vollmer UK distribute Zoller

Vollmer UK has signed an agreement with German pre-setting and tool measuring machine manufacturer Zoller, to service, support and sell its product range in the UK.
The Vollmer UK team is currently undergoing a full Zoller training programme... [Read More]

EEF Manufacturing Conference

Heavyweight figures from industry, politics and media will address and attend the EEF National Manufacturing Conference on 5 March 2013 at the QEII Conference Centre in London.
Timed just ahead of the budget, the conference will tackle the urgent 'Route to Growth' required... [Read More]

Lainco triple productivity

Lainco has tripled productivity and minimised production costs with the unmanned production capability of its new automated Ficep 1001 DFB drilling and sawing line.
Founder Martin Lachapelle's objective was to run 'lights outâ€™ at night and at weekends when... [Read More]

MTI now available on the move

Designed to fit in with the busy schedule of modern engineers, managers and business owners, Machinery Trade International can now be downloaded on the move.
The brand new MTI 'App' is available to download free from the Apple Store, while the same application is also available to Google Android... [Read More]

Revived machine tool sector

At a recent event organised by FAS Russia, the sub-commission of machine tool industry distributors, chairman Andrey Tsarikovskiy said: "Until we develop a solid base for our machine tool industry that enables us to establish new... [Read More]

All roads lead to PT Fair 2013

On March 12-14, 2013, Lenexpo in St Petersburg will host the annual St Petersburg Technical Fair (PT Fair), which includes international exhibitions and conferences on metalworking, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, the automotive industry and industrial innovations. Last year's event attracted over 600 exhibitors from 16 countries and 8700 visitors.
Located with... [Read More]