In just 3 weeks, we sent our machining members over £25M worth of new business enquiries

January Machining Project Round Up:

  • We've generated 92 projects...
  • from 60 different UK manufacturers
  • Across a variety of industries such as AerospaceMedicalMarine and Telecoms.
  • These buyers have a combined machining spend of £25.3M.
  • and a combined total outsourcing spend £45.2M

The latest Qimtek Contract Manufacturing Index figures show that the market for contract and subcontract manufacturing was up by 12% in 2016 compared to the previous year, with 49% of the entire market made up by machining services.  In 2016 we produced 82 machining projects from 52 different UK buyers. This sees projects up 8% and the amount of buyers using Qimtek up 11%, in the first month of 2017 alone.

We understand how time-consuming finding the right suppliers can be. Qimtek have been actively helping buyers for over 23 years, connect with relevant UK suppliers, saving you time, money and hassle! What’s more, our service is completely free to industry buyers. Just Drag, Drop and Source your project. Here are a few examples of enquiries we sent out in January: 

Three machined components are required by a communications buyer
CNC Machining
One off requirement only
£500,000 Machining Spend

£1million spending buyer requires quotes for ongoing supply of a mild steel nut.
CNC Machining – Low batch
Ongoing requirement
£1,000,000 Machining Spend

Interesting machining project for a £300k spending industrial machinery client.
CNC Machining
One off requirement only
£300,000 Machining Spend

Machinists with capacity are asked to quote for parts, for use within a new-build machine.
CNC Machining
One off requirement only
£40,000 Machining Spend
 

Qimtek provides a steady stream of enquiries for UK subcontract engineers. Winning an initial project however, is just the first step towards securing future and repeat work. The long term goal is to nurturing the initial order and new business relationship, into a long term customer who will continue to provide you enquiries directly going forward. Here are a few examples of Machining projects awarded to our members in January:

UK supplier sought for ongoing production work, on behalf of a buyer with a huge spend 
CNC Machining – Overseas Return
£60,000 Initial order value
Ongoing requirement - 1 set (8 – 27,092 components) annually
Buyers annual machining spend: £800,000

Suppliers with machining and fabrication capabilities are asked to quote for a selection of parts
Complete manufacture
£8,000 Initial order value
Ongoing requirement
Buyers annual machining spend: £300,000

Gear cutting specialists required to quote for a legacy part.
Gear cutting
£5,000 Initial order value
Possibility of an ongoing requirement
Buyers annual machining spend: £30,000

Company with a £1.5million spend searching for a supplier with milling capacity.
Milling – Medium batch
£5,500 Initial order value
Ongoing requirement
Buyers annual machining spend: £1.5M

If you would like to discuss how Qimtek can help your business generate enquiries, or if you have a project you would like to source, please call us on 01256 394 500.