Master Abrasives has been appointed as the UK and Ireland representative for the Microdiamant range of diamond products, which are used for fine grinding, lapping and polishing applications.

​GKN Aerospace is to build a new Global Technology Centre (GTC) in Bristol, backed by a £17m commitment from GKN Aerospace and a £15m commitment from the UK government, through the Aerospace Technology Institute.

Universal Robots (UR) is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of selling the world’s first commercially viable collaborative robot (cobot). The first model, a UR5, was sold to Linatex, a Danish supplier of technical ...

The boss of a major manufacturing group in the West Midlands has urged industry not to talk itself into a downturn amid current Brexit uncertainty. Rowan Crozier, chairman of the Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN), ...

A digital visualisation suite has been opened by the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) at its premises in Inchinnan, next to Glasgow Airport. Designed and kitted out by the centre’s ...

Attempts by business advisory firm FRP advisory to raise the necessary funds for the project have failed, meaning Project Bloodhound has ended.

The three recent clearance events held at XYZ Machine Tools’ Blackburn, Sheffield and Nuneaton showrooms have generated significant business, with order values across the three days reaching £1.8 million. In addition to ...

Daniel Millington of HydraForce Ltd, a Birmingham-based manufacturer of hydraulic valves and manifold systems, has won the Advanced Apprentice of the Year award (sponsored by Rolls-Royce). The National Apprenticeship ...

In a joint project, researchers from the Belgian NPO Sirris and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, have investigated technical coatings for additive manufacturing (TCAM) with promising results.

CECIMO has created an additive manufacturing (AM) committee that will be the association’s pre-eminent platform to discuss EU policy challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving technology field. The committee ...

A part manufactured by Midlands-based Sarginsons Industries has won the Cast Metals Federation’s ‘Component of the Year’ at the Casting Industry Achievement Awards 2018. The accolade was secured as a result of the ...

The recent arrival of two Citizen sliding-head lathes at Hertfordshire-based Plastic Turned Parts means the company’s total investment in 2018 has reached over £400,000. A Citizen L20 with LFV (Low-Frequency Vibration) ...

The vast majority of today's manufacturing sector is embracing automation, according to a report launched last week. Proservartner’s Automation Index has found that 86% of manufacturing sector leaders have automated at ...

Master Abrasives has appointed several team leaders to support and ensure efficient running of the company’s departments. Paul Batson, managing director, explains the newly devised approach: “The introduction of team ...

SMS Group is expanding its additive manufacturing (AM) strategy in a move that will include the launch of a special demonstration centre at the company‘s facilities in Mönchengladbach, Germany. At the same site, the ...

The ‘umati’ universal machine tool interface is moving one step further towards becoming a generally accepted standard. VDW, the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association, and the OPC Foundation, have established a ...