Latest Machinery Trade News: 8/4/13

Sunday, August 04, 2013

RNA is staging an online auction of equipment used previously at Harding Tube Co, Novi, Michigan, USA... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by JG Fabrications and others... [Read More]
MGR Appraisals is holding an online auction of lots owned formerly by Cronation Ltd, Birmingham, UK... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is conducting an online auction of equipment used formerly by Campos 1925, Barcelona, Spain... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by Sogefi Filtration, Llantrisant, UK... [Read More]

Back from the brink

Cowgill Holloway Business Recovery LLP was last month appointed administrator to Axis Sheet Metal and Fabrication Ltd, a Bolton-based metal parts manufacturer.
"Axis suffered from a downturn in a competitive market and it was no longer economically viable for the business to continue... [Read More]

Renishaw set \'Sprint\' date

Renishaw set 'Sprint' date

Renishaw has announced it will launch its Sprint high speed analogue contact scanning system for CNC machine tools, this autumn.
The Sprint system incorporates a new generation of on-machine analogue scanning technology that will deliver a step-change in the benefits of process control, enabling fast and accurate form... [Read More]

Centreless grinder

Schaudt Mikrosa has launched its Kronos L 550 centreless external cylindrical grinding machine, which fits between the Kronos L660 and Kronos M400.
The machine is designed for the production of high volume, mid-size shafts used in the automotive industry, typically between 400 and 545mm in length.
The design... [Read More]

Acu-Rite revamp website

The Acu-Rite product website has been revamped and re-launched to reflect the ongoing sales and support of Acu-Rite digital readout (DRO) systems and linear scales by Heidenhain GB.
In addition to listing... [Read More]

Springing into action

Since it was opened in 2004, William Hughes' production facility in Bulgaria has expanded four-fold.
Located near Plovdiv, the 4320 sq m, custombuilt factory now employs 131 people and its scope and product capability continues to grow as new machinery and processes are added.
William Hughes specialises in the manufacture... [Read More]

LNS reach 40

The Swiss LNS Group, a specialist in machine tool peripherals, has celebrated its 40th anniversary. Once a small local company in a picturesque village in the Swiss Jura, LNS is now a worldwide enterprise with 800 employees and nine production facilities around the globe.
Originally focussing on barfeed equipment, the company has since... [Read More]

Demand improves

New orders in the manufacturing sector increased in the three months to July for the first time in a year, while production continued to rise modestly, according to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends Survey of 390 firms.
Optimism among manufacturers about both the general business situation compared with the previous three months, and export prospects... [Read More]

Financing future growth

Precision sheet metal manufacturer KMF, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, has invested over Â£800,000 in new state-of-the-art machinery with the support of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
The business is aiming to increase turnover by Â£10m, to Â£40m, over the next four years To move into new markets, the manufacturer has invested in the latest Trumpf 7000 punch laser machine to support... [Read More]

Bentley invest Â£800m

Luxury car brand Bentley is to drive ahead with an Â£800m investment to build the world's most powerful off-roader in a further boost for Britain's motor manufacturing sector.
The German-owned firm says the plans for the new model will see it take on an additional 1000 staff at its Crewe plant.... [Read More]

Dugard on YouTube

While all Dugard videos are available on its website, subscribing to the company's YouTube channel means interested parties will receive a message as soon as a new machine video is added.
There is already... [Read More]

Â£30m acquisition

A Coventry-based manufacturing firm has been bought for Â£30m by a partnership between a Chinese automotive supplier and a Shropshire company.
Covpress makes body panels for the likes of Jaguar Land Rover and employs more than 450 people... [Read More]

Great year for NC Precision

MACH 2012 and the decision to take a stand could not have happened at a better time for Ian and Mandy Gaskell to promote their subcontract machining business, NC Precision.
Due to the interest shown by visitors in their small turned parts business, Mr and Mrs Gaskell became aware they could oversell their machining capacity, so on the... [Read More]

Wenzel launch manual CMM

The XCite is a new manual 3D co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) for quick and easy verification of simple parts. Designed as an entry level model, the XCite is fitted with a compact Renishaw sensor that allows it to collect probe points which... [Read More]

STL in top 50 exporters

Midlands-based precision components manufacturer Samuel Taylor Ltd (STL) has been named as one of the UK's top 50 companies with the fastest growing international sales in a Sunday Times ranking.
According to the International Track 100 league table, which has been published in the Sunday Times for... [Read More]

Eurozone industry growth

Private sector industry in the eurozone returned to growth in July, according to a closely-watched survey, boosting hopes that the single currency area will soon emerge from recession.
The Markit eurozone Purchasing... [Read More]

Fenn Tool install Anca grinder

Braintree-based cutting tool manufacturer, Fenn Tool, has recently installed an advanced Anca MX7 tool and cutter grinder.
"As our new machine has a range of exclusive features that minimise set-up and maximise production time, such as a 10-second wheel... [Read More]

Creaform in great shape

Creaform, a specialist in portable 3D measurement solutions and 3D engineering services, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2013.
The company reports sales growth of 41% over 2012.
"We are extremely happy with our performance in the first half of the year," says Creaform CEO... [Read More]

SBG turn to Blaser coolant

Glasgow-based Stewart-Buchanan Gauges (SBG) recently moved into the manufacture of manifolds for the oil and gas sector.
Produced from materials such as 6MO, a super austenitic stainless steel with increased molybdenum content, machining posed issues in terms of longevity of cutting tools and metalworking fluid.
Jemtech was invited to trial BlasoCut 935 metalworking fluid, first on a Mori Seiki machining centre and subsequently... [Read More]

Gearing up for Bangalore

Driven by local demand, primarily in the burgeoning aerospace sector, specialist precision gear manufacturer Microprecision has officially opened its first manufacturing plant in India.
Named Microprecision... [Read More]

Comev machines suit gear specialist

A Harlow-based manufacturer of gears and transmission components, Robert Pringle Engineers, has invested in its machining capability for both billet and shaft work.
"We looked at lots of machines but the confidence we got from our discussions with Comev and its UK importer Global Machinery Services meant... [Read More]

Alfa to make parts for VW

Nemak, the aluminium auto parts producing unit of Mexico's Alfa conglomerate, based in Monterrey, is building a plant to supply Volkswagen in Russia.
The US$80m factory will supply aluminium heads and blocks for a new high-tech engine.
Initial capacity will be 600,000 units a year with production starting in 2015.
Russian legislation... [Read More]