indEx win start-up award

indEx win start-up award

Ashford-based indEx, a company which has invested heavily in Trumpf technology, has won the 'Start-Up Business of the Year' accolade at the Kent Excellence in Business Awards 2013.
After a rigorous judging process that entailed a visit by three judges, indEx made the final shortlist of three companies before being named the outright Start-Up... [Read More]

Mazak make appointment

Mazak make appointment

CNC machine tool specialist, Yamazaki Mazak, has appointed Neil Coggins as its new sales area manager for Wales and Shropshire.
Mr Coggins, who has worked for Mazak for over 23 years, comes from a grass roots engineering background.
After training initially as an apprentice, he joined Mazak as an application engineer... [Read More]

Renishaw nose ahead

Renishaw nose ahead

Renishaw says is contributing its knowledge in additive manufacturing to create key prototype parts for the Bloodhound Supersonic Car, which will attempt to break the 1000 mph speed barrier during 2015.
One of the most critical components is the nose tip for the car, which is subject to forces as high as 12 tonnes... [Read More]

FAW construct truck plant

FAW construct truck plant

Chinese automaker First Automobile Works (FAW) Group says it is on track to complete the construction of a new vehicle plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
FAW is investing US$73m in building the plant, which will employ 2280 people once completed next year.
The first phase involves a truck manufacturing plant... [Read More]

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

RNA is staging an online auction of equipment used previously at Harding Tube Co, Novi, Michigan, USA... [Read More]
MGR Appraisals is holding an online auction of lots owned formerly by Cronation Ltd, Birmingham, UK... [Read More]
Troostwijk is conducting an online auction of metal processing machines based in Zofingen, Switzerland... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of various machine tools... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by Sogefi Filtration, Llantrisant, UK... [Read More]

Konecranes launch CXT

Konecranes launch CXT

The new Konecranes CXT hoist concept is said to combine space efficiency and high reliability with long service life.
It features a compact and robust design equipped with extremely low headroom and small-end approaches.
Standard CXT cranes can be implemented with single-girder or double-girder construction, a fixed single-girder... [Read More]

Clean sweep

Clean sweep

According to Filtermist, the company's Chinese distributor En-Creative has installed 29 compact filtration units on Tsugami and Tornos machines at a new plant in Tianjin, where Zheng Tian will manufacture a range of orthopaedic devices.
Zheng Tian products... [Read More]

Exitex acquire more Mecals

Exitex acquire more Mecals

Dundalk-based Exitex, a manufacturer of fenestration products, has acquired two Mecal Kosmos four-axis CNC machining centres from Addison Saws... [Read More]

Hyundai Wia head west

Hyundai Wia head west

Hyundai Wia celebrated the opening of its first ever West Coast Solution Centre with an official ribbon cutting ceremony in Cypress, California.
The new facility features a showroom with capacity for up to eight CNC machine tools to be on display and under power for live demonstrations... [Read More]

Midas touch for Haas

Midas touch for Haas

Bedford-based moulding specialist, Midas Pattern, has acquired a Haas VF9/50 vertical machining centre. Specified with a heavy duty, robust 50 taper spindle, the machine is well suited to machining both billet... [Read More]

WEC install fibre laser

WEC install fibre laser

A Bystronic fibre laser CNC profiling machine installed at the Darwen factory of WEC Group has resulted in significant cost savings when processing stainless steel sheet in the 1.5 to 4mm thickness range.
Some nests can be... [Read More]

Jier secure Ford stamp of approval

Jier secure Ford stamp of approval

State-owned Jier Machine Tool Group of Shandong Province has won its sixth order from Ford for high speed stamping equipment, breaking the stranglehold that German companies have had for the past 20 years.
The new stamping line... [Read More]

Entry level VMC

Entry level VMC

German Machine tool builder, Spinner, is set to introduce a new, entry level, vertical machining centre called U5-620 Compact.
Available in the UK from Whitehouse Machine Tools, the competitively priced machine is expected to be popular with job shops looking to break into fiveface machining. Unlike most early entry five-axis models on the... [Read More]

Grinding stations for worm gears

Grinding stations for worm gears

Holroyd's new WG Series 'grinding stations' are said to bring ultra-precision to worm gear manufacture.
The stations incorporate the company's 'Smart' probe and selfcorrection CNC technology to support high levels of accuracy, finish and productivity.
Depending on the model selected, users can grind... [Read More]