Taking pole position

Taking pole position

Seco Tools UK has appointed the former Lotus F1 Team machine shop manager, Richard Smith, as its new UK manufacturing manager.
With extensive manufacturing and management experience gained over the past... [Read More]

Four added by Premier

Four added by Premier

Premier Machine Tools (PMT) has expanded its team with four new appointments.
The appointment of Kieran Maguire as the new general manager will deliver enhanced support and structure to the expanding sales, service and support teams... [Read More]

Laser welding technology days

Laser welding technology days

Trumpf is hosting a series of three laser welding technology days where trends and opportunities for laser welding will be examined with specific reference to the technology's growing importance in the subcontract market.
Trumpf will also provide an update on developments in the field of laser... [Read More]

Good results from Heller

Good results from Heller

Machine tool manufacturer, Heller, reports that in 2013 it recorded the second highest turnover in the company’s history at €532.7m, beating the average of the past 10 years by 30%.
Heller says that in the second half of 2013, order intake increased
significantly, even being considerably... [Read More]

Riley help Billdidit expand

Riley help Billdidit expand

Riley Surface World has recently enabled the sale and shipment of a complete Delta Industrietechnik copper/acid electroplating line for the BDI Advanced Manufacturing division of Billdidit, a manufacturer based in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The redundant electroplating line was acquired, with the help of Riley Surface World,... [Read More]

250 jobs at Aston Martin

250 jobs at Aston Martin

Luxury car maker Aston Martin is to create 250 jobs and extend its UK manufacturing facilities, the firm has said.
The new engineering, manufacturing and commercial jobs will be created over the next few months.
Aston Martin will also invest £20m to extend its manufacturing facility at... [Read More]

Schunk offer World Cup App

Schunk offer World Cup App

For the 2014 World Cup, which starts later this week in Brazil, workholding specialist Schunk has developed a tipster game that promises lots of fun... [Read More]

Renishaw open facility in Warsaw

Renishaw open facility in Warsaw

Renishaw Sp. z.o.o., the 15-employee Polish subsidiary of Renishaw Plc, has officially opened a new facility in Warsaw. Located in a rapidly developing part of the city, Poleczki Business Park is located close to the international Warsaw Chopin airport and S2 beltway.
The new facility covers over 530 sq m and includes... [Read More]

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

GoIndustry DoveBid is conducting a private treaty sale of two 350,000 tonne per annum merchant bar rolling mills by order of Gruppo Beltrame... [Read More]
CJM Asset Management is facilitating an online auction of machinery owned previously by Invicta Merchant Bar, Isle of Sheppey, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machines used previously by DG Steel & Son, Bury, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery is holding an online auction of machines from various UK sites... [Read More]
IAG is hosting an online auction of woodworking machinery used previously by Algaydak Cocinas... [Read More]

ATP order second index

ATP order second index

Auto Turned Products (ATP), which specialises in manufacturing precision turned parts, presswork and assemblies for luxury vehicle builders like Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin, has ordered a second Index six-spindle CNC automatic turning... [Read More]

Ward CNC excel at X-Cel

Ward CNC excel at X-Cel

The continual need to satisfy rising demand for consistently machined, high value workpieces has led to further capital equipment investment at Sheffield-based X-Cel AMP, including a number of Hyundai-Wia machines: a quartet of vertical and boring (VTL) machines; a two-axis CNC lathe; and a turning centre â€" all installed by T... [Read More]

Techno order three Miyanos

Techno order three Miyanos

The Techno Group (with sites at Rugby and Hastings) has ordered three Miyano fixed head, turn-mill centres from Citizen Machinery UK which are to play a key role as part of ongoing restructuring and expansion plans at this precision subcontractor.
The Miyano turn-mill centre orders for two BNJ-42SY5 and an ABX-64SYY bring what... [Read More]

Diba eliminate bottleneck with Tornos

Diba eliminate bottleneck with Tornos

When Cambridge-based Diba Industries identified a bottleneck in its machine shop that produces connectors, fittings and adaptors for the fluid handling industry, it found the solution with a Tornos Delta 12/5 turning centre.
Already a user of other sliding head turning centres with 16 and 32 mm diameter capacity, the first point of contact for Diba... [Read More]

Hard turning proves faster than grinding

Hard turning proves faster than grinding

Sleeves and spools for servo control valves are now being hard-turned by Eaton Fluid Power of Havant on a robotically loaded CNC lathe built by Spinner, and supplied through UK agent, Whitehouse Machine Tools.
The production cell has slashed cycle times by up to 600% compared with grinding, reducing manufacturing costs, while accuracy and... [Read More]