Senior exec vacancies rise

Senior exec vacancies rise

New figures compiled by InterExec, who act as confidential agents for senior executives earning between £150,000 and £1m+, reveal a 13% increase in the number of unadvertised manufacturing executive vacancies reported in July/August.
According to InterExec, the recruitment of senior executives usually... [Read More]

Caterham make expansion plans

Caterham make expansion plans

Automotive group Caterham has entered the fast growth lane after unveiling a two-year plan to expand its Norfolk hub and create 130 jobs.
The iconic car manufacturer is making an undisclosed multi-million-pound investment to construct a new production plant at its Hingham-based technology and innovation... [Read More]

Recognition for Dugard stalwart

Recognition for Dugard stalwart

It's "watch" time for Nigel Garner who has clocked up an impressive 25 years working for machine tool supplier, Dugard, where he's been one of the company's most prominent service engineers since 1988.
Mr Garner has performed admirably at Dugard from day one, commissioning new... [Read More]

New facilities for Okuma

New facilities for Okuma

Okuma has opened the first building of its new manufacturing facilities in Oguchi, Japan, which will replace the facility demolished in 2012.
The new campus will produce a range of CNC machine products in... [Read More]

LMT open in Pune

LMT open in Pune

Cutting tool manufacturer, LMT, has opened its second production plant in India, at Pune.
With 3 acres of land and a 30,000 sq ft plant, the... [Read More]

Stable growth in eurozone

Stable growth in eurozone

At the EMO exhibition in Hanover earlier this month, CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries, said that European machine tool production grew 8% in 2012, reaching €22.6bn.
This was supported... [Read More]

Oil parts rely on metrology

Oil parts rely on metrology

Dunfermline-based oil and gas sector specialist, FMC Technologies, has revealed that it is using several recently installed metrology devices supplied by Renishaw to check and verify the dimensional accuracy of its CNC machine tools.
Furthermore, the resulting... [Read More]

Big plans ahead at Mills

Big plans ahead at Mills

Mills CNC, the distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has announced plans to double the company's floor space through the acquisition of a 25,000 sq ft building adjacent to its existing facilities, and the re-branding of its entire site which... [Read More]

Technicut opt for Walter

Technicut opt for Walter

Sheffield-based cutting tool manufacturer, Technicut, has revealed it has invested upwards of £3m with Walter Ewag UK over the past three years.
The most recent additions are a pair of Helitronic Power Diamond models (twoin-one CNC tool grinder/erosion machines for the production of both carbide and PCD tools) and a Helitronic Micro tool grinder which is capable of producing... [Read More]

BorgWarner build new plant

BorgWarner build new plant

Automotive component manufacturer, BorgWarner, is building a new manufacturing facility in the industrial zone of Lanheses, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, about 50km from its current rented site in Valenca.
Construction began last... [Read More]

Open minded about CAM

Open minded about CAM

According to CIMdata, an independent market research company, Open Mind now ranks among the top five global providers of CAM solutions according to 2012 market figures.
The Germany-headquartered company moves up two positions in the ranking based on market share compared with the results from 2011.
Turnover also increased by... [Read More]

Recovery continues

Recovery continues

Growth in the UK's manufacturing sector is continuing to pick up, with orders now at their highest level since the start of the financial crisis.
That's according to the latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey.
The survey... [Read More]

RR approve cutting fluid

RR approve cutting fluid

Rolls-Royce has given its full CSS 127 supply specification approval to Master Chemical's Trim MicroSol 585XT semi-synthetic micro emulsion.
Developed in partnership with major aerospace companies, this cutting and grinding fluid is formaldehyde donor free and contains no chlorinated or... [Read More]

Secondary spindle sets turning point at RPE

Secondary spindle sets turning point at RPE

The installation of the latest Miyano BNJ-51SY3 fixed head turning centre from Citizen Machinery has proven to be another turning point for Riverside Precision Engineering (RPE) at its new 11,000 sq ft premises... [Read More]