Monday, June 04, 2012

Largest reseller conference

Largest reseller conference

Largest reseller conference

Vero Software hosted its largest ever global reseller conference following last year's merger of the Vero and Planit software groups which created the world's third-largest CADCAM vendor.
Located in Lisbon, Portugal, 171... [Read More]

NCMT open doors

NCMT open doors

NCMT open doors

A reprise of MACH 2012 is how NCMT describes the forthcoming open house at its Middlemarch technical centre near Coventry, to be held on 13 June.
The main difference this time will be that visitors... [Read More]

Proposals for first machine tool park

Proposals for first machine tool park

Proposals for first machine tool park

The first meeting on the establishment of an 'Integrated Machine Tool Park' (IMTP) has been held by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA).
Attended by 17 member... [Read More]

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Peaker Pattinson is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by Goodrich, Agusta Westland and others... [Read More]
1st Machinery is holding an online auction of machines from various UK sites... [Read More]
Hilco is conducting a webcast/onsite
auction of machinery used previously by Automotive
Components Holdings LLC, Indianapolis, USA... [Read More]
Apex is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by RAG Mining Solutions, Sulzbach, Germany... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is facilitating a private treaty sale of strip processing lines and a tube mill... [Read More]

Premier quality

Premier quality

Premier quality

Premier Deep Hole Drilling has gained accreditation to the stringent AS9100 Rev C aerospace industry standard.
The St-Albans based company is one of the UK's largest providers of deep hole drilling, gun drilling and honing services.
Achieving Rev C accreditation guarantees that Premier will be able... [Read More]

Support wanted

Support wanted

Support wanted

UK manufacturers want the Government to offer more practical support to the industry rather than "empty rhetoric", according to a new survey.
The creation of an "industrial bank" and a new focus on manufacturing... [Read More]

Finance growth

Finance growth

Finance growth

The latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show asset finance for investment in plant and machinery grew in Q1 2012 by 26% compared... [Read More]

Vollmer PCD event

Vollmer PCD event

Vollmer PCD event

On 11-14 July, Vollmer UK is planning to take 50 engineers to Biberach, Germany to attend its 'PCD Days'.
The invitation is open to manufacturers from all UK companies that have a desire to improve their knowledge of processing PCD... [Read More]

XYZ steal the show

XYZ steal the show

XYZ steal the show

Having almost doubled the value of orders taken previously at a MACH exhibition, and with a 25%+ increase in the number of serious enquiries to follow up, XYZ Machine Tools is... [Read More]

TQC opt for Trumpf

TQC opt for Trumpf

TQC opt for Trumpf

Nottingham, UK-based TQC, a provider of special purpose, turnkey engineering solutions, has integrated a German-built Trumpf TruMark OEM laser marker into a system supplied to a leading manufacturer of automotive engine, transmission and... [Read More]

Defence sector expansion

Defence sector expansion

Defence sector expansion

Argentina is planning to expand its defence manufacturing including joint production of unmanned aircraft with Israeli Elbit company, and air-to-air missiles with... [Read More]

Inca install Dugard Eagle

Inca install Dugard Eagle

Inca install Dugard Eagle

Canterbury-based Inca Geometric has invested £125,000 in a new Dugard Eagle 1500 VMC vertical machining centre to meet growing demand for its subcontract machining services.
Further machine and software purchases... [Read More]

JCB unearth £60m contract

JCB unearth £60m contract

JCB unearth £60m contract

UK digger giant JCB has won one of the biggest single tenders in its history with an order for more than 1000 machines worth over £60m from the Brazilian Government.
The Staffordshire... [Read More]

Northrop tap into Brazilian machining

Northrop tap into Brazilian machining

Northrop tap into Brazilian machining

Boeing Super Hornet supply chain partner, Northrop Grumman, has signed agreements with two Itajuba, Brazil-based companies, GNS Industry and RCS Precision Machining, for machined aluminum aerospace components... [Read More]