Preparations for MACH 2014 (Birmingham NEC, 7-11 April), the UK's premier manufacturing technology event, are underway, with early signs pointing to high levels of interest from exhibitors, reports organiser, the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
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The Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) Business Survey shows sales growth and increases in output, employment and research and development (R&D) investment within the sector.
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Mussett Engineering, Loddon, Norfolk received orders worth more than £1million during April, making recent weeks some of the busiest the company has known.
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Over five days (April 16-20), well over 20,000 people visited MACH 2012, inluding some 2,500 young people, many led on tours around the exhibition by apprentices from the Manufacturing Technologies Association's (MTA) member companies.
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While the Formula One season has yet to start, companies that support the manufacture of the teams' cars are already at work, with one of those being Mussett Engineering.
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Prime Minister David Cameron visited F1 and supercar maker McLaren in November 2011, as the Woking, Surrey-based auto maker gears up to produce its high performance sports car, the MP4-12C.
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The Lloyds banking group is sending 60 specialists to the MACH 2012 exhibition, to be held from 16-20 April next year at the NEC, Birmingham, and which is organised by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
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Orders for engineering-based manufacturing across the sector for the first nine months of the year are around 66% higher than during the equivalent period in 2010, according to survey data released by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
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Delcam customer Zytek saw an LMP2 class victory at this year's Le Mans 24-hours race.
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The BBC is set to take a serious look at UK manufacturing. Starting tonight, Evan Davis will present 'Made in Britain', to be broadcast at 9 pm on BBC 2 (Monday, 20 June - see link, below).
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Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC), a specialist tooling manufacturer and supplier, has invested in four Walter Helitronic multi-axis tool grinders.
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Rotamic Engineering has invested in a Bridgeport GX 1000 3-axis vertical machining centre at its Crediton factory in Devon.
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Yamazaki Mazak was awarded Best Stand in Manufacturing Technology at this year's Autosport Engineering exhibition.
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Delcam will demonstrate the latest developments for the motorsport industry in its machining and inspection software at a Motorsport Industry Association Members Meeting to be held at the company's Birmingham headquarters on Wednesday, 23 February.
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CRDM, the rapid prototyping and rapid tooling service provider, has appointed an experienced sales professional, Jonathan Bell, to the position of southern sales sanager.
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Industrial Tooling Corp (ITC) has signed an agreement with Kennametal that sees the Tamworth-based cutting tool specialist appointed as an official regrind facility for the Hanita brand of Kennametal round carbide tools.
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Established in 2005, Halesowen-based RP Tooling's expansion has partly been built on the company's adoption of Hurco machine tool technology for all prismatic machining, with the company having purchased seven vertical spindle, 3-axis machining centres.
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Muffett Gears, a specialist manufacturer of gears, has been able to steer its way through the recession without sustaining any loss of staff or significant downturn to its business.
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The First Minister for Wales, Carwyn Jones (picture, left), visited Swansea based Eurogrind last month to award 11 employees with NVQ certificates, as part of the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) funded ProAct Programme.
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The International Business Exchange (IBE) is a match making event consisting of one-to-one meetings between international visitors and UK suppliers.
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International Motorsport Business Week will launch in 2011 drawing together an extended range of high profile, globally attended business and networking events. It will provide a platform for industry announcements, launches and forums, focusing on the business side of motorsport, an industry which is worth £4.6 billion in the UK alone.
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Significant advances in the field of composites machining are being made possible by Dormer Tools from its UK headquarters at the Advanced Manufacturing Park near Sheffield.
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RT Quaife Engineering, a specialist automotive subcontractor, has recently invested in 11 new Doosan CNC machine tools supplied by Mills CNC.
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Aberlink, a manufacturer of coordinate measuring machines (CMM), vision measuring systems and measurement software, demonstrated an improved version of its 3D software at MACH, as well as a colour touch screen/joystick which allows the user to control a CMM without returning to the PC screen.
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Open Mind's UK's managing director, Adrian Smith, said: "MACH far exceeded our expectations with a remarkably high lead count. Brand awareness and general interest in our products also proved very positive."
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