Low volume production and prototyping specialist, the Proto-Tech Group, has now built on its European operations by setting up in the UK.
The company is already a significant partner for the automotive and transport sectors in mainland Europe and introduced its capabilities to the UK at Automechanika Birmingham in June this year.
Advanced composites manufacturer Pentaxia has purchased a large manufacturing site on Alfreton Road in Derby to accommodate its rapid growth – 60% in the last 12 months.
Contract moulder LGG Charlesworth (LGGC) has installed a 500-ton injection moulding machine (IMM) from Wittmann Battenfeld UK that will allow it to build its business in larger parts.
This is part of a round of £0.5 million investments to support the company’s continued growth.
The Malvern-based manufacturer has been manufacturing and assembling injection moulded thermoplastics and compression moulded thermoset products for more than 50 years.
In the first half of this year Roscomatic has committed to £750,000 of investment, including the installation of the latest Miyano BNE-51MSY multi-axis turn-mill centre.
The Worthing-based subcontract machinist company dispatches some 1.5 million parts a year – ranging from completed assemblies and sub-assemblies to large machined castings and small turned parts – and is currently achieving a record on-time delivery rate of 98%.
A Shropshire precision metal specialist is setting its sights on international expansion after boosting its export work by 10% in the first seven months of 2017.
Advanced Chemical Etching (ACE), which employs 50 people at its facility in Telford, has secured three big projects in aerospace, communications and the medical sector, taking overseas trade to 38% of its £5m turnover.