Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

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]
CJM is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by various manufacturers... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of machinery no longer required by Component Supplies Ltd and others... [Read More]
Cooney is hosting a liquidation tender sale of equipment used previously by Security Shutters Ltd, Dublin, Ireland... [Read More]
MNA is facilitating an on-site and online auction of machinery used formerly by Goodrich Landing Gear, Cleveland, USA... [Read More]

£600k investment at 600 UK

£600k investment at 600 UK

600 UK has announced a major £600,000 investment at its manufacturing facility in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire.
The reorganised and refurbished 75,000 sq ft facility will adopt a Kanbanstyle production process for both factory-built and sourced products, which... [Read More]

Pedal power gets heart going

Pedal power gets heart going

A team of 38 employees from WNT (UK) is aiming to raise a considerable sum for the British Heart Foundation when it embarks on a three day, off-road cycle ride between London and Paris on 29 June.
Organised by the British... [Read More]

Free seminar

Free seminar

Metrology specialist Renishaw is collaborating with Team Engineering and WEAF (West of England Aerospace Forum) to hold a free 'Manufacturing Excellence Event', at the company's New Mills headquarters in Gloucestershire... [Read More]

Fives takeover at MAG

Fives takeover at MAG

The shareholders of MAG IAS LLC ('MAG Americas') have entered into an agreement with Fives, a French engineering group with a global presence, to sell MAG IAS LLC including its 38% ownership stake in the French machine tool manufacturer Forest-Liné.
In parallel, MAG... [Read More]

First Spinner U5-620 in UK

First Spinner U5-620 in UK

Subcontract machinist, Progress NC, of Preston, UK has installed its first five-axis machining centre â€" a Germanbuilt Spinner U5-620 (the first in the UK) supplied by Whitehouse Machine Tools.
The design allows a footprint of 2600 x 2350mm, which is small for a machine capable of milling... [Read More]

Comac Precision think big

Comac Precision think big

Not only was Ward CNC able to satisfy Comac Precision Engineering's urgent need for machining capability with the supply from stock of a Tawainese-built Hartford horizontal boring and milling centre, but the extra-large capacity of the PBM115A also enabled the... [Read More]

Freeform extend five-axis capability

Freeform extend five-axis capability

Buckingham, UK-based Freeform Technology, a specialist in pattern making for a host of Formula One clients has installed its fifth five-axis machining centre in the shape of a German-built DMU65 monoBlock from DMG/Mori Seiki.
The patterns are used for manufacturing... [Read More]

MNB buylarge capacity lathe

MNB buylarge capacity lathe

Coventry, UK-based subcontractor, MNB Precision, has invested in a new Korean-built Doosan large capacity, box-way lathe from Mills CNC.
The machine, a Puma 800XL, is being used to machine large, complex parts for the oil and gas sector, which today accounts... [Read More]

£1.4m taken in just four days

£1.4m taken in just four days

A massive intake of 39 machine orders (worth over £1.4m) in just four days were taken by XYZ Machine Tools following the exhibiting of machines at its open house in Devon (pictured) and at the recent Southern Manufacturing exhibition in Farnborough.
The former produced orders for 34 machines worth over £1.2m, while XYZ sold five machines off the stand at Southern Manufacturing... [Read More]

Indian machine tool imports remain strong

Indian machine tool imports remain strong

In its pre-budget memorandum, the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) has requested that low interest capital be offered to the machine tool industry in a bid to underpin... [Read More]