ATP jet ahead with XYZ

ATP jet ahead with XYZ

Leicester-based Air Time Products has taken delivery of an XYZ 710 vertical machining centre with 4th axis capability.
The company specialises in the manufacture of aftermarket components that help upgrade various... [Read More]

Expectations high for GIF 2013

Expectations high for GIF 2013

The sixth edition of the popular Gulf Industry Fair (GIF) will take place on 15-17 January in Bahrain.
GIF is now the region's established annual B2B exhibition for the... [Read More]

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Hilco is staging a private treaty sale of equipment used previously by Kaydon.... [Read More]
Ramco is conducting a tender sale of machinery at its Skegness and Burgh Road, UK sites... [Read More]
Peaker Pattinson is holding an online tender of equipment used previously by Whirlpool, Schorndorf, Germany... [Read More]
Hilco and Perfection are co-hosting a series of auctions and sales of large capacity gear manufacturing machinery... [Read More]
Maynards is facilitating a sale by tender on behalf of Opel, Germany, of a large Müller Weingarten VK3000-40/26-45 progressive press with link drive... [Read More]

PM hails Airbus order

PM hails Airbus order

Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed a major deal safeguarding 9000 jobs announced at the Flintshire plant of plane-maker Airbus.
On a visit to Broughton, Mr Cameron said the deal was "excellent news... [Read More]

Cutting fluids blend into one

Cutting fluids blend into one

Stoke-based Fuchs Lubricants UK has bought the business and assets of CNC Fluids, a supplier of metalworking fluids headquartered in Bristol.
Fuchs is the UK subsidiary of German company Fuchs Petrolub AG, the world's largest independent lubricant company.
Richard Halhead, managing... [Read More]

Winbro acquire Hardinge FGC

Winbro acquire Hardinge FGC

Coalville, UK-based Winbro Group Technologies has acquired Bridgeport's FGC product from US-based Hardinge Inc.
The move will allow Winbro to offer high precision, multiaxis grinding... [Read More]

Surprise output leap

Surprise output leap

Just-released figures from the Central Statistics Office show that India's industrial output rose more than expected in October.
Factory output rose 8.2% from a year earlier: most... [Read More]

EFG to represent Stama

EFG to represent Stama

Stama Maschinenfabrik has appointed the Engineering Technology Group as its exclusive representative for the UK and Ireland.
The German machine tool manufacturer specialises in four and five-axis process solutions and innovative design concepts based on its... [Read More]

JLR plant in Saudi?

JLR plant in Saudi?

The Saudi Commerce and Industry Ministry says it will ink a Letter of Intent (LOI) with India's Tata Group to set up a plant in the country to manufacture Land Rovers, reports Arabian Business.
The ministry says that the planned £1.2bn investment would comprise... [Read More]

Renishaw at the palace

Renishaw at the palace

Renishaw, the global metrology specialist, was honoured earlier this year with its 15th Queen's Award for Enterprise, bestowed for the company's SP80 analogue scanning probe in the Innovation category.
Last month, employees Pete Hajdukiewicz and Andy... [Read More]

£0.5m upgrade at Cobra

£0.5m upgrade at Cobra

A total of £500,000 has been spent by Cobra Seats on upgrading the frame shop and replacing manual machines at its Telford, UK factory.
In their place are to be found four new CNC machine tools that include a US-built... [Read More]

Sixth division for SSC Laser

Sixth division for SSC Laser

One of the UK's largest laser cutting companies, SSC Laser, has continued its national expansion by opening a new division in Bristol.
Situated in Aztec West, the Bristol site takes the number of UK divisions... [Read More]

NPL reach out to arm users

NPL reach out to arm users

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is now offering the UK's first ISO 17025 (UKAS) accredited articulated arm (portable CMM) verification service to comply with the widely... [Read More]

UAE gets set for SteelFab 2013

UAE gets set for SteelFab 2013

Taking place at the Expo Centre, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on 14-17 January, the ninth edition of SteelFab is set to be the best yet.
According to the organisers, SteelFab is the mostattended and highly anticipated metalworking, metal-manufacturing and steel fabrication trade fair in the region.
Every January, global attention shifts to Expo Centre in Sharjah, with the convergence... [Read More]