FGP purchase HSC 55

FGP purchase HSC 55

Weymouth, UK-based aerospace subcontractor, FGP Precision Engineering, has installed an automated HSC 55 linear five-axis production cell (pictured) supplied by DMG/Mori Seiki.
Having a nominal 500mm³ capacity and 28,000 rpm HSKA63 spindle, it is additionally fitted with a PH130... [Read More]

Augmented reality at Mazak

Augmented reality at Mazak

Yamazaki Mazak's forthcoming open house will use state-of-the-art augmented reality technology to open customers' eyes to the future of manufacturing.
Augmented... [Read More]

Factory expansion for XYZ

Factory expansion for XYZ

XYZ Machine Tools report that sales of ex-demo machines have already cleared the company's showrooms in Waltham Abbey and Blackburn.
This is allowing XYZ to pursue a rolling refurbishment and restocking programme with the next 'open days' event scheduled for 21-22 November at the Nuneaton... [Read More]

Turnover boost follows investment

Turnover boost follows investment

West Midlands, UK-based A&M EDM, which saw turnover grow 35% in the last financial year, puts its success down to a number of initiatives instigated by the company in 2010.
One of these was to... [Read More]

YouTube footage prompts sale

YouTube footage prompts sale

When Rutland, UK-based Hi-Spec Engineering needed a new CNC turning centre, the decision was based primarily on footage watched on video streaming website YouTube.
Company owner Darren Grainger says: "We had increasing demand for smaller diameter work that didn't suit our existing CNC turning centres.
I started investigating the... [Read More]

Jakarta hosts top machine tool show

Jakarta hosts top machine tool show

Machine Tool Indonesia 2012 is set to take place on 5-8 December in Jakarta.
Forming part of the established Manufacturing Indonesia series, the event is now in its 23rd edition.
After China and India, Indonesia is the third fastest growing economy in the... [Read More]

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

GoIndustry DoveBid is staging an online auction of a large capacity CNC gear inspection machine used previously by a major aerospace manufacturer... [Read More]
New England is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by FT Marine. Located at Stourport, UK, over 150 lots include... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of machinery used previously by Sapphire Engineering and others... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment no longer required by Olympus Engineering Ltd... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of CNC machining centres and lathes... [Read More]

SGS join MTC

SGS join MTC

Solid carbide cutting tool manufacturer, SGS Carbide Tool (UK) is joining its customers and founding members of the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) â€" Airbus UK, Rolls-Royce and Aero Engine Controls â€" by signing a long term partnership agreement with... [Read More]

Manufacturing shows growth

Manufacturing shows growth

Manufacturing activity in China has hit a three-month high, a sign that the country could be recovering from its slowest... [Read More]

Renault eye Algeria

Renault eye Algeria

French car manufacturer Renault is set to establish a joint venture with Algeria to start the production of cars in Oran.
Renault's Algerian partners are the National Society of Commercial Vehicles... [Read More]

Bombardier to invest $200m

Bombardier to invest $200m

Canadian aircraft builder Bombardier will open a manufacturing unit in Morocco with a... [Read More]

FAW make factory plans

FAW make factory plans

China-based FAW Group Corp says it will start producing vehicles in South Africa in 2014.
The state-owned automaker is now building... [Read More]

Asquith Butler open house

Asquith Butler open house

Large capacity machine tool
manufacturer, Asquith Butler, has
announced that the company's next biennial open
house exhibition will take place at its Brighouse
manufacturing facility and technical centre on 4-6
December.
Visitors will be able to see for the first
time a new compensation... [Read More]

High visitor quality at TATEF 2012

High visitor quality at TATEF 2012

The 14th edition of the TATEF international metalworking and technologies exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey concluded last month with a feeling that the high quality visitors attending the show would lead to strong order prospects.
According to the organiser, ITE Group, TATEF 2012 filled 60,000 sq m across five... [Read More]