Latest Machinery Trade News: 11/10/13

Monday, November 11, 2013

1st Machinery is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by various UK manufacturers... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of machines no longer required by various UK subcontractors... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is conducting an online auction of CNC machines used previously by Teledyne CML Group, Birkenhead, UK... [Read More]
Hilco Global and CBI Industrial Asset Management are managing the sale of the DMR Produktionsgesellschaft facility in Rostock, Germany... [Read More]

Contract matching service

CompeteFor, a supply chain opportunities portal, has announced the return of an improved supply contract matching service.
Adding the fee-based supply service gives users access to thousands of additional, researched... [Read More]

Electric press brake unveiled

LVD has introduced Dyna-Press, a compact, portable, high speed, electric press brake for bending small parts.
Rapid acceleration and deceleration of the electrical servo-driven ram delivers bending speeds... [Read More]

Fastener specialist expands

Droitwich-based Barton Coldform, a manufacturer of bespoke fastenings and cold forgings for the automotive industry, is reporting a significant rise in exports over the past four years along with growth in turnover of 20%.
The company now... [Read More]

Time for a closer look

Based near Lausanne in Switzerland, watchmaker La Pierrette SA has installed an IM Series image dimension measurement system from Keyence to help optimise its inspection processes.
Components such as jewel bearings feature tolerance... [Read More]

Microtec opt for CUT 1000

Basildon-based precision subcontractor Microtec EDM has invested in a new GF AgieCharmilles CUT 1000 wire EDM machine equipped with digital generator, wire thread system and AWC duo-wire technology.
The machine is designed specifically for the... [Read More]

Firm\'s first VMC is a Doosan

Firm's first VMC is a Doosan

Hertford-based precision turning specialist, Qualiturn Products, has invested in its first vertical machining centre, a Doosan DNM 650 equipped with rotary/tilting table from Mills CNC.
Without even overtly promoting its newly-acquired milling capabilities, Qualiturn secured 60 days of machining for the DNM 650 by word of mouth alone.
"Up until recently our... [Read More]

Strong fourth quarter at Haas

Haas Automation Europe says that the recent EMO 2013 exhibition in Germany was its most successful European trade show of the past five years, boosting monthly sales for September to 1300 machines worldwide.
Sales in September for Europe alone were up by 100% compared with the same month in 2011.
"As you would expect, our core machines, such as mid-range VMCs constitute... [Read More]

Building starts at train factory

Work is due to begin on the Â£82m Hitachi train factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, where more than 700 people will be employed when it is completed in mid-2015.
Almost 300 carriages will be built at the plant for a fleet of new trains for the East Coast Main Line in 2019.
In total, the new fleet... [Read More]

Optimised cleaning

With its EcoCCore system now superseding the previous 81C/P equipment series, DÃ¼rr Ecoclean says it is setting new standards in solvent-based part cleaning.
This is due, on one hand, to a 33% increase in product... [Read More]

YMT release toolholders

YMT has launched a new range of Italian manufactured Algra Static toolholders in the UK.
Designed for the NL range of CNC universal turning centres from DMG Mori Seiki, the toolholders were unveiled officially at the... [Read More]

China hits 18-month high

China's manufacturing activity grew at its fastest pace in 18 months during October, adding to signs of a recovery in the world's second-largest economy.
The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a gauge of the sector's health, rose to 51.4 from 51.1 in September.
The data comes just weeks after China... [Read More]

Wickman to represent Gozio

Wickman is pleased to announce it has received the authorisation to represent the Gozio brand in the UK, Ireland and Brazil.
Gozio, based near Brescia, Italy, specialises... [Read More]

Aberlink win show award

Aberlink's Zenith Too CMM, fitted with SP25M scanning probe and MK4 3D software, won a prestigious award at the Eurotool exhibition held in Krakow, Poland last month â€" the country's largest machine tool show.
"Not only... [Read More]

Turning centres cut cycle times

Burnett & Hillman Hydraulic Adaptors produce over 10 million parts per annum, and in response to a 300% growth in its bespoke turning section over the past few years, the company has acquired three Spanish-built Unamuno turning centres from Leader CNC.
Cycle times have been reduced from 4 minutes to 60 seconds for some components.
"We manufacture 36,000 parts daily and our smaller orders and specials aren't suited to our multi-spindle machines," says company partner, Colin Burnett... [Read More]

Drop in fatal and major injuries

The British Safety Council has welcomed the improvements in Great Britain's health and safety performance published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) last week in its annual statistics report.
HSE noted a significant reduction in the number of workers killed... [Read More]

Ametek acquire Creaform

In a deal worth approximately $120m, Ametek Inc has acquired Creaform Inc, a developer and manufacturer of portable 3D measurement technologies, and a provider of 3D engineering services. Based near QuÃ©bec City, Canada, the privately held Creaform has annual sales of approximately $52m.
â€œCreaformâ€™s innovative, opticallybased product line and customer... [Read More]

Mazak join Nuclear AMRC

Yamazaki Mazak has joined the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre as a Tier One member and is providing an Orbitec 20 machine tool for the centre's research centre at Rotherham.
The membership, which includes representation on the board, will enable... [Read More]

Dicker install heavy duty VMC

Hailsham-based Dicker Precision Components, which manufactures parts for the oil and gas industry as well as the pump sector with a military contract to produce components for the Army's Foxhound vehicle, has installed a Dugard HD1886B heavy duty VMC.
Compared with competitor machines, the HD proved far more rigid, had... [Read More]

Coolant saver provides benefits

As part of a strategic plan to improve its operations, Colne, Lancashire-based T&R Precision Engineering has installed Wogaard Coolant Saver units to a number of its key machine tools.
The units are providing a cost effective and environmentally friendly solution to recovering coolant lost during swarf evacuation.
Each unit will save around Â£300 a year in coolant, per machine... [Read More]

Minister visits \"inspiring\" Renishaw

Minister visits "inspiring" Renishaw

Lord Green, Minister for Trade and Investment, described engineering company Renishaw as "an inspiring example to other businesses" on a recent trip to the company's headquarters in Gloucestershire.
His visit on 23 October was part of a UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) drive to encourage more British businesses to export their products and services.
Renishaw, which has operations in 32 countries and derives 94% of its sales from overseas markets, works... [Read More]

ETG on track for record

Six months on from its takeover of the Hardinge Distribution and Engineering Support Division in the UK, Engineering Technology Group CEO John Temple has confirmed that ETG is on track for a record year in 2013.
Following the acquisition, which includes service, support, maintenance... [Read More]

UMEX show hits the road

Machinery Trade International (MTI) has extended its partnership with ITE, the 9th largest exhibition company in the world, which will see the established UMEX brand of used machine tool exhibitions stretch beyond India for the first time.
In a groundbreaking move, UMEX is set to appear alongside the Metaltech Malaysia exhibition taking place in Kuala Lumpar on 21-24 May 2014.
MTI has partnered the successful UMEX series of events in India for the past seven years, making it the logical choice... [Read More]