Tuesday, 11 January 2022 11:47
£250,000 ‘Worcester Presses’ investment helps Cotmor move forward with ambitious expansion plans
A £250,000 investment drive with Worcester Presses is helping a leading Black Country metal pressing specialist take advantage of new domestic and reshoring opportunities. Cotmor Tool & Presswork, which employs 16 people at its Brierley Hill factory, has seen sales…
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Monday, 10 January 2022 10:20
Industry urged to be COSHH compliant as inspection programme continues into 2022
Manufacturing and engineering companies are being urged to ensure they are COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) compliant by one of the UK’s leading oil mist extraction experts. Telford-based Filtermist Systems Limited is making its customers and the wider…
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Friday, 07 January 2022 11:38
AMADA WELD TECH Announces Pulsed Arc Welding Solutions for Coil Termination
AMADA WELD TECH offers a full range of pulsed arc welding power supplies for precision joining applications, ensuring exact control and repeatability. These supplies range from lab models with customizable options, to production machines offering streamlined features to match the…
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Friday, 07 January 2022 11:34
Matara supplies converting solutions provider with machine guarding
Matara UK Ltd, specialist in automation, pneumatics and linear motion products, has completed a substantial project for the manufacture and supply of machine guard frames for T S Converting Equipment Ltd. (Elite Cameron). T S Converting provides solutions for slitting,…
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Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:05
Speaking a Common Language
Shared programming environment brings robot and CNC technologies together. The last five decades have seen tremendous advances both in robotics and in CNC machining centre technology. In recent years manufacturers have begun reaping the benefits of bringing these two technologies…
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Monday, 29 November 2021 10:38
ABB launches industry-first smart factory solution for safer, more autonomous and efficient steel melt shop operations
Pioneering technology leader ABB has launched ABB Ability™ Smart Melt Shop, the first smart factory digital application of its kind for the metals industry. It is designed to increase melt shop productivity, save energy and improve employee safety, with payback…
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Wednesday, 24 November 2021 08:49
Shipyard closure: machinery sale after closure of LA NAVAL in Spain
Top offers after closure of a shipyard in Spain. Up for auction until 30.11.2021 on www.surplex.com The shipyard LA NAVAL in the Spain was specialized in the design and manufacture of suction hopper dredgers, the construction of specialized off shire…
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Monday, 22 November 2021 11:44
Brandauer taps into Bruderer technology to deliver Middle East contract
A significant £1.5m investment in a new high-speed production cell is helping a 159-year-old metal stamping specialist deliver a major contract to the Middle East. Brandauer, which employs 63 people at its Birmingham factory, has strengthened its long-term partnership with…
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Monday, 15 November 2021 11:44
ANDRITZ to supply new pickling line for aluminum strip to AMAG Rolling GmbH
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from AMAG Rolling GmbH, a member of the Austrian company AMAG GROUP, to supply a new strip pickling line for its facility in Ranshofen. The new strip pickling line #2, with planned…
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Monday, 08 November 2021 12:20
New CNC software simplifies usage of latest five-axis machine tools
Available now, the latest version of Flexium software from CNC specialist NUM includes an enhanced RTCP (Rotation Tool Centre Point) function with tool vector programming that significantly simplifies the usage of five-axis machine tools. Enhanced RTCP function with tool vector…
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Thursday, 04 November 2021 10:40
Report shows optimism amongst SME manufacturers, despite staffing and supply chain issues
Small and medium-sized manufacturers are continuing to bounce back from the pandemic, despite experiencing significant supply chain and recruitment struggles. The latest Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed more than 400 SMEs across the UK, shows that nearly two thirds (64%) of…
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 11:43
Filtermist introduces new five-year warranty for all its oil mist collectors
Filtermist International Limited is looking to offset supply chain uncertainty by giving customers additional peace of mind with its oil mist collectors. The Telford-based company has introduced a new five-year warranty that is totally free of charge, with the package…
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Thursday, 21 October 2021 09:35
Putting the spring back into manufacturing equipment
It doesn’t take long to find videos of springs being manufactured. The process is almost hypnotic as a series of carefully choreographed motions bend, twist, and form wire into tension, torsion, and compression springs. The equipment used to form these…
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Thursday, 21 October 2021 09:19
SKF Commits to Net Zero Emissions Supply Chain by 2050
SKF have just announced its commitment to have a supply chain with net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. “Having already made significant progress on our journey to reducing emissions from our own operations to net zero by 2030, we…
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Monday, 18 October 2021 09:02
Metso Outotec to deliver grinding mills and thickeners to a nickel plant in Indonesia
Metso Outotec has been awarded a contract for the delivery of several horizontal grinding mills and thickeners to a greenfield nickel project in Indonesia.The value of the order is approximately EUR 24 million, and it has been booked in Minerals’…
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