Latest Machinery Trade News

Monday, July 14, 2014

Ellesco open house delivers opportunities

The recent open house held by deburring and surface finishing specialist Ellesco, proved a huge success, with the company winning a number of orders at the event.
The supplier of deburring solutions used the open house to give manufacturers that showed an interest at the MACH... [Read More]

Delphi-TVS opts for TEM

Delphi-TVS, a joint venture between Delphi Corporation of Michigan, USA and TV Sundaram Iyengar & Sons of Kancheepuram, India, has installed a new P400 TEM machine from Kennametal Extrude Hone to help it remove burrs on crosssectional holes found in high volume diesel fuel... [Read More]

Hone-All goes vertical

Leighton Buzzardbased subcontractor, Hone-All, is showing no sign in slowing up with its capital investment programme following the announcement of an order for a Sunnen SV-20 vertical honing machine.
The investment comes hot on the heels of the company ordering additional turning and deephole boring capacity, and is being driven by increased... [Read More]

Turbine firm opts for PDJ Vibro

The Lincoln facility of Turbine Efficiency, a specialist in rebuilding gas turbines for power generation applications, has recently brought in-house its surface finishing requirements for turbine components, saving around Â£4000 per turbine on subcontract services.
A key facility... [Read More]

Installation of 11th Hauser at Slack & Parr

One of western Europe's largest jig grinding cells operating 11 Hauser S series machines has been described by its operator as 'the heartbeat' of high precision manufacturing operations.
Located in the Kegworth, Derbyshire production plant of Slack & Parr, the cell is dedicated to the manufacture of key components used in a range of gear... [Read More]

GÃ¼hring plans 50,000ftÂ² UK HQ

Cutting tool specialist, GÃ¼hring, which employs 76 people in the UK from its current base at the Castle Bromwich Business Park, is developing plans to build a new 50,000 sq ft facility on the eastern... [Read More]

MAG upgrades

Machine tool manufacturer MAG, which is responsible for brands such as Boehringer, Ex-Cell-O, Cross HÃ¼ller and Lamb, is raising its profile as an expert in retrofitting by purposely expanding its services in this area.
The company... [Read More]

Graduates vote for Renishaw

Metrology specialist, Renishaw, has been named in the top 50 companies for graduates in an annual list produced by The JobCrowd.
The listings are the only results voted for by graduates themselves.
Peter Bowler, group human resources manager says: "Renishaw takes its graduate recruitment... [Read More]

Nissan ups the pace using automation

By automating one of its existing press lines with the help of AP&T, Nissan's Sunderland plant is planning to increase the company's production capacity by about 900,000 large car body parts a year.
The project involved reducing the number of original presses in a tandem line from five to four.
Together with... [Read More]

Impressive growth in UK

The pound hit its highest level against the US dollar for nearly six years after a survey suggested the UK's manufacturing sector grew at its... [Read More]

Build up to Maktek begins

Maktek Eurasia 2014 is set to take place on 14-19 October at the TÃ¼yap Fair Convention and Congress Centre in BÃ¼yÃ¼kÃ§ekmece near Ä°stanbul, Turkey.
The show will concentrate on areas such as machine tools, tooling, metrology... [Read More]

GF acquires Liechti

GF Machining Solutions, which offers brands such as AgieCharmilles and Mikron, is to acquire Liechti Engineering AG of Langnau, Switzerland.
Liechti is a manufacturer of five-axis milling machines designed to produce blades and blisks for aircraft engines and power... [Read More]

DÃ¼rr unveils EcoCWave

With its EcoCWave, DÃ¼rr Ecoclean says it has developed a system for aqueous cleaning processes which can handle a range of tasks â€" from coarse to fine cleaning.
The machine is equipped with two or three flooding tanks, depending on customer specifications.
The tanks exhibit a flow-optimised... [Read More]

Micro to begin at Hambantota

Sri Lanka's only motor vehicle manufacturer, Micro Car, laid the foundation stone for another factory at Hambantota on 27 June. The company, in collaboration with China's Sino Motor Industries... [Read More]