Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

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 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]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of machinery no longer required by Component Supplies Ltd and others... [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]

Orders rebound

Orders rebound

Manufacturers reported a rebound in orders and continue to expect moderate growth in output over the next three months, according to the CBI Monthly Industrial Trends Survey for February.
Of the 436 manufacturers, 15% responded that total order books were above... [Read More]

Barometer reading rises

Barometer reading rises

Figures released last week show English SME manufacturers are optimistic for growth in 2013, reinforcing recent economic forecasts predicting an upturn in the sector.
The latest Manufacturing Advisory... [Read More]

ETG appoint sales director

ETG appoint sales director

The Engineering Technology Group has appointed Martin Doyle as sales director across the group's activities.
Mr Doyle joins the company from Hardinge... [Read More]

Dream performance from KDM

Dream performance from KDM

Based at Stone in Staffordshire, UK, subcontract manufacturer MG Sanders has installed the UK's first KTM 9/12 vertical turning centre from KDM (Korea Dream Machinery).
Supplied by UK agent, Leader CNC, the KDM VTC is producing pistons, cylinder heads and... [Read More]

F1 drives new investment

F1 drives new investment

Hampshire-based Formaplex has expanded its pattern manufacturing capacity by nearly a third with investment in two Italian-built CMS Aries 4826 five-axis machining centres.
The acquisition completes a £750,000 investment programme in the company's composites... [Read More]

Free machining seminars

Free machining seminars

COMET project partners will be hosting free seminars on machining with robots at cities throughout Europe.
The events will also demonstrate Delcam's newly developed PowerMill robot interface software.
As project coordinator, Delcam will host the UK event, which... [Read More]

GE power up in Calabar

GE power up in Calabar

General Electric Corporation is set to begin the construction of a multi-billion manufacturing plant at the Calabar Free Trade Zone in Cross River State, Nigeria.
The £1bn deal, which will comprise $250m capital expenditure and over $800m incremental spending on... [Read More]

Bowers ring the changes at Silcoms

Bowers ring the changes at Silcoms

Bolton-based Silcoms, a supplier of machined rings, shrouds, casings, seals and segments for the aerospace sector is now using Bowers' Universal Gauge to measure complex ring ring type components up to 2m in diameter.
"Although we were able to achieve the required standards of precision with our previously... [Read More]

CGTech celebrate 25 years

CGTech celebrate 25 years

CGTech, the developer of Vericut software, is celebrating a quarter-century of developing CNC program simulation and analysis software.
Based at Irvine, California, the company began when founder and president Jon Prun recognised a need to verify tool path programs without wasting valuable... [Read More]

Unmanned running at FC Laser

Unmanned running at FC Laser

Ilkeston, UK-based subcontract fabricator, FC Laser, has installed a Swissbuilt 4.4kW Bysprint Pro laser cutting machine from Bystronic.
The machine allows the company to run unmanned, lights-out after manned shifts finish at 22:00.
"The Bysprint Pro has been instrumental in expanding our customer base," explains... [Read More]

Mercedes Benz invest $300m in South Africa

Mercedes Benz invest $300m in South Africa

German auto giant Mercedes Benz is investing US$305m in new manufacturing technologies at its East London facility in South Africa.
The plant has been chosen - along with three other facilities in Germany, China and the... [Read More]