How can more UK employers take advantage of new apprenticeship funding? Ann Watson, chief executive of Semta Group, the engineering skills body, explains

Engineering Technology Group (ETG) has unveiled at Norton Motorcycles the first of 15 Technical Academies across the UK. Steed Webzell went along to see the initiative officially unveiled

From June, the 1,800 Faro Technologies products installed in the UK can be serviced in Rugby. The service and calibration centre offers repairs, recalibration and recertification of Faro arms, Vantage laser trackers and ...

Here’s a riddle: what’s the last part of a sale, but the first part of a delivery? The answer is financing, and it is what makes the difference between having to save up for a machine and having one delivered now. Will ...

Today, sensors sprinkled around a factory watching process variables – temperature, runtime, vibration – can be strung together in a data network. The right computer hardware and software can weave those streams ...

DMG Mori is concentrating effort on top-quality service in the UK as it combines the best of the DMG and Mori spares and services systems it has inherited.

Machinery magazine attended the 'Advances in Machining' conference held at the AMRC training centre in Sheffield this week.

Andrew Allcock speaks to one of the UK's leading independent trainers and CAM programmers, Gardner CNC, about the company's history, business and services

TW Ward has completed a massive manufacturing plant relocation exercise, in the United Arab Emirates. In fact, involving 67 machines, it is the largest such project it has so far undertaken. Machinery reports

When budgets are tight, one way to maintain investment programmes is to investigate cost-effective alternatives to new machine tools. Steed Webzell reports

It may not appear to be anything special, at the superficial level, but Konecranes' acquisition of a number of UK machine tool service operations is part of a global push. Andrew Allcock reports

Rebuilding or retrofitting are cost-effective ways to lift productivity: after all, everyone enjoys an upgrade. Steed Webzell reports

Many companies looking to secure funding to invest in capital equipment are running into a brick wall when it comes to the banks. But there are alternative sources out there – and they are ready to lend, while ...

Gloucestershire-based SPP Pumps has recently invested £300,000 in a project that included fitting a Heidenhain iTNC 530 to a refurbished CNC vertical spindle gantry mill. The project not only reduced cycle times by more ...

For modest outlay, rebuilding or retrofitting new controls to a tiring shop floor favourite can provide enormous benefits.

Typically, the mechanics of any machine tool will long outlast its control and drive systems. However, when retrofitted with the latest CNC technologies, the reliability and availability of the machine is improved, as ...