Mecmesin, a leading supplier of force and torque testing equipment for quality control, has acquired the assets of Blackthorn Precision Engineering.
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Liverpool Engineering firm Rewinds & J Windsor (RJW) has received approval from Lloyds for its spiral welding machine and procedures.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Subcon takes place next month, at Birmingham's NEC, from 4 to 6 June.
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Craftsman Tools is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, following its establishment, in 1953, as a tool and cutter grinder.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Press tool maker Lodent Precision has appointed Bill Hogg as design manager, bringing its design operation in house, and has invested in supporting software.
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Key appointments have been made at a Mollart Engineering's headquarters in Chessington, its subcontract manufacturing facility in Resolven and its Bencere tooling operation.
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