Mahindra add new facility

Mahindra add new facility

Mahindra Aerospace has inaugurated a state-of-the-art 25,000 sq m aerostructures manufacturing facility on the Narsapura Industrial Estate near Bangalore.
The plant has the ability to produce large, complex sheet metal parts using CNC routing, stretchforming, bladder press, heat treatment and other specialised equipment.
The facility also features five-axis CNC machining, a fully-automated surface... [Read More]

JCB announce 2500 positions

JCB announce 2500 positions

Industrial vehicle manufacturer JCB plans to create 2500 new jobs by 2018 as part of a £150m expansion of its business.
The firm is to build a factory in Uttoxeter, replacing one at Rugeley, and construct an excavator manufacturing plant in Cheadle.
The move comes in response to the Government's 'National Infrastructure Plan', which involves about £375bn of investment in energy, transport... [Read More]

Renishaw host royal visitor

Renishaw host royal visitor

On 26 November, His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex visited Renishaw to present the company with its 16th Queen's Award and to make a special 40th anniversary presentation to its co-founders Sir David McMurtry and John Deer.
During his visit, Prince Edward witnessed demonstrations of Renishaw's advanced engineering... [Read More]

One company – three divisions

One company â€" three divisions

On 1 January 2014, GF AgieCharmilles will become GF Machining Solutions: the name change underscoring the fact that Georg Fischer AG (GF) is a unified company with three divisions.
GF AgieCharmilles today offers a diverse portfolio that includes including milling, EDM, lasers, spindles, tooling, automation... [Read More]

IMTMA stage Productivity Summit 2013

IMTMA stage Productivity Summit 2013

The seventh in a series of Productivity Summits was held in Pune by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) at the end of last month.
The summit offered an opportunity to understand and learn from the experiences and best practices of leading Indian companies.
It brought together productivity gurus, champions and aspiring leaders on a common platform to share experiences... [Read More]

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Peaker Pattinson is conducting an online auction of equipment used formerly by Robert Pringle Engineers, Harlow, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery is holding an online auction of machinery from various sites in the Midlands... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is hosting an online auction of machine tools used previously by Gramton Engineering and others... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by BAE, Eaton, Danfoss and others... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is staging an online auction of vertical machining centres no longer required by a Newcastle-based manufacturer... [Read More]

Q8 launch heavy duty coolant

Q8 launch heavy duty coolant

Kuwait Petroleum International Lubricants (Q8 Oils) has extended its range with the introduction of Q8 Bach AHM, a medium viscosity, heavy duty machining fluid that is said to feature a powerful active EP package and heavy lubricity agent.
The EP additive package is active at all temperatures, which means that a high quality finish can be achieved through a full range of speeds and feeds... [Read More]

Latest KM4X taker announced

Latest KM4X taker announced

Kennametal and Sumitomo Electric have signed a licensing agreement under which Sumitomo Electric will provide and support Kennametal's new KM4X spindle connection solution to Sumitomo Electric customers globally.
By combining high clamping force and optimised... [Read More]

Disk lasers save on energy

Disk lasers save on energy

Trumpf has added new technology to its TruDisk disk laser range at 6kW and 2kW power levels.
The energy management... [Read More]

Lloyds back next generation

Lloyds back next generation

Lloyds Banking Group continues its commitment to support the UK manufacturing sector by launching a £1m-a-year sponsorship of the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry.
This centre will help address the sector's skills gap in the UK and will develop more than 1000... [Read More]

More investment at Kepston

More investment at Kepston

Having invested £2.5m in the past two years in machine tools, infrastructure and additional personnel, the latest purchase of a £600,000 Hauser H35-400 jig grinder by Aldridgebased subcontractor Kepston Ltd will substantially increase its top end grinding capability.
The machine will be delivered in late... [Read More]

Sumitomo extend SDP drill range

Sumitomo extend SDP drill range

Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal has extended the development and size range of its SumiDrill SDP drills.
Important in the continued development of the drills is new flute geometry that creates an elliptical form to further improve chip evacuation from the cutting zone.
The maximum drill diameter available is also increased to 16mm from the original 3 to 12mm size range with the depthto-diameter ratio improved from 5xD to 7xD.
The drills are suitable for materials that include hardened... [Read More]

WNT training helps university

WNT training helps university

Following recent investment in new CNC equipment from XYZ Machine Tools, machinists and apprentices at the machine shop of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Manchester University sought the advice of WNT (UK) to maximise the metalcutting potential of the machines.
As a result, recent... [Read More]

Takeover at Tornos?

Takeover at Tornos?

Turning machine specialist, Tornos, says that Walter Fust has made a public takeover offer for all publicly held registered shares of Tornos Holding Ltd at a price of CHF4.70 per share. However... [Read More]