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Mecmesin buys Blackthorn Precision Engineering assets 15/06/2013

Mecmesin, a leading supplier of force and torque testing equipment for quality control, has acquired the assets of Blackthorn Precision Engineering.  Read More

Rewinds & J Windsor wins Lloyds' approval for spiral welding capability 04/06/2013

Liverpool Engineering firm Rewinds & J Windsor (RJW) has received approval from Lloyds for its spiral welding machine and procedures.   Read More

Mollart Engineering wins £4.8 million contract for fuel rail parts 20/05/2013

Mollart Engineering has secured a major long term export contract worth over £4.8 million to supply high specification two-spindle gundrills from its Chessington headquarters. The deal spans two years and is destined for a European fuel injection company and its sub-suppliers around the world.  Read More

Low volume bespoke solutions engineer celebrates 20 years and looks ahead to record year 09/05/2013

RDM Group is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is on course for a record £6 million in sales this year - a £1.4 million increase on 2012.  Read More

Charles Day (Steels) invests in fibre lasers with government and HSBC backing 08/05/2013

Sheffield-based laser and flame cutting specialists Charles Day (Steels) has invested £1.5 million in two fibre laser cutting machines, after securing funding through HSBC's Assisted Asset Purchase Scheme and the government's Regional Growth Fund (RGF).   Read More

GTMA 'Manufacturing UK' event runs this week 06/05/2013

The GTMA will host its 'Manufacturing UK' event at Yamazaki Mazak's Worcester plant this week on Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 8.30 am till 3.30 pm.  Read More

Subcon show is one month away 04/05/2013

Subcon takes place next month, at Birmingham's NEC, from 4 to 6 June.  Read More

Craftsman Tools celebrates 60 years and continues expansion 02/05/2013

Craftsman Tools is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, following its establishment, in 1953, as a tool and cutter grinder.  Read More

Sheffield Forgemasters International's Scorpion statue takes shape, with help from its apprentices 01/05/2013

The Scorpion statue that will become a gateway to Sheffield Forgemasters International's (SFIL) site is taking shape, with the help of 21 of the company's apprentices.  Read More

MEDTEC UK runs this week, at Olympia 29/04/2013

MEDTEC UK is the leading exhibition and conference for the medical device manufacturing industry and is a part of the global MEDTEC medical device design and manufacturing series. It runs this week, from 1-2 May 2013, West Hall, Olympia, London.  Read More

Malthouse Engineering becomes only UK profiler to offer Toolox 27/04/2013

Steel profiling specialist Malthouse Engineering and SSAB of Sweden will work together to introduce Toolox steel as a material for profiled products into the UK, making Mallthouse the only profiler of the material in the UK.  Read More

Brown and Holmes achieves record sales and pushes on for more 26/04/2013

Tamworth-based workholding and machining firm Brown and Holmes has achieved record levels of growth, with sales hitting the £5 million for the first time in its history - plans are in place to further increase the turnover to £8 million over the next three years, says the company.  Read More

Made in the Midlands event takes place one week today 25/04/2013

Made in the Midlands (MIM) takes place a week today. Over 70 exhibiting firms, including Jaguar Land Rover, and around one thousand visiting decision makers are expected at the venue, Wolverhampton Racecourse, 9 am to 3 pm.  Read More

KMF suggestion scheme pays off for all 23/04/2013

Subcontractor KMF (Precision Sheet Metal) has taken the suggestion scheme concept to the next level, with its Productivity Share Scheme, making turning suggestions into reality part of the bargain.  Read More

MACH 2014 preparations indicate bigger, better more complete show is on the menu 18/04/2013

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).  Read More

SC 21 Silver status for 30-employee sheet metalworker Hermitage Sheet Metal 16/04/2013

Hermitage Sheet Metal has become one of the smallest engineering companies in the UK to secure a silver World Class Supply Chains for the 21st Century Award (SC21).  Read More

Keighley Laboratories gains Materials Testing Laboratory Nadcap status, with Merit 12/04/2013

The Technical Services division of Keighley Laboratories has achieved Nadcap accreditation as a Materials Testing Laboratory (MTL), a status recognised by the majority of global aerospace primes as a mark of quality assurance excellence.   Read More

Inaugural KMF Young Engineer of the Year Award inspires 10/04/2013

The inaugural KMF Young Engineer of the Year Award saw more than 1,000 secondary school children from Stoke on Trent inspired to view manufacturing in a new light.  Read More

KMF (Precision Sheet Metal) apprentices win WorldSkills Leipzig places 10/04/2013

Two KMF (Precision Sheet Metal) rising stars have successfully gone through the selection process for the WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. With one place on offer, KMF's Matt Page has been selected as the UK's representative, with his colleague, Jake Repsys, also travelling to Leipzig, as first reserve.   Read More

Mollart Engineering's Mitchell Howard picks up AMTRI Scholarship 10/04/2013

Mitchell Howard 26, of Mollart Engineering has been awarded the prestigious AMTRI Scholarship in recognition of his achievements in winning £350,000 of grant support for future process development projects at the Chessington deep hole drilling specialist firm.   Read More

Haas celebrates award with long-term customer, PCML 08/04/2013

Haas picked up the 2013 Manufacturing Industry Award for 'Best Supplier Partnership', together with customer and subcontractor Precise Component Manufacture (PCML). The award was presented at the Manufacturing Technologies Award dinner on 27 March 2013, held at the ICC, Birmingham.  Read More

Wallwork Heat Treatment adds non-ferrous furnace capability 29/03/2013

Thermal processing and surface engineering specialist Wallwork Heat Treatment, has commissioned a new 800 kg capacity furnace for the processing of aluminium and magnesium products.  Read More

Precision Micro develops new process route for sagittal/oscillating orthopaedic saw blades 27/03/2013

Precision Micro, Europe's largest specialist contract chemical etching operation, has developed a new process route that, it claims, can reduce the cost of many precision sharp parts, including sagittal/oscillating orthopaedic saw blades.  Read More

Lodent Precision brings design in-house 13/03/2013

Press tool maker Lodent Precision has appointed Bill Hogg as design manager, bringing its design operation in house, and has invested in supporting software.  Read More

Mollart Engineering personnel moves and promotions 13/03/2013

Key appointments have been made at a Mollart Engineering's headquarters in Chessington, its subcontract manufacturing facility in Resolven and its Bencere tooling operation.  Read More

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