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PP Control & Automation, which provides strategic manufacturing outsourcing services, has invested over £100,000 into creating a new manufacturing facility that will protect electronic components from electrostatic discharge damage.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects.

The new 180° opening, lift-off DIRAK hinge from enclosure hardware specialists FDB Panel Fittings offers a convenient and robust solution to the problem of how to comfortably lift-off a cabinet door for installation or maintenance.

This new hinge, with steel frame component which matches a zinc-die door fixing element, easily slides into and out of engagement at a 30° opening angle, so permitting simple lift-off of the door.

Kloeckner Metals UK has been certified with Fit 4 Nuclear status (F4N) by Nuclear AMRC.

F4N is a unique service, developed by Nuclear AMRC (University of Sheffield) to help UK manufacturing companies get ready to bid for work in the nuclear supply chain. It lets companies measure their operations against standards required to supply the nuclear industry - in new build, operations and decommissioning.

New presses, software, monitoring systems and self-locking wedge clamps are just some of the highlights that visitors can expect to see when the largest ever Metalworking Village hits MACH 2020 in April (20-24th).

The Metalforming Machinery Makers’ Association (MMMA), which is the only organisation dedicated to the UK sheet metal forming industry, has capped a major year of growth by taking over 650 square metres of space at the event, allowing more than 26 members to showcase their services and technology.

The programme for CASTcon 2020 is now available and features a full range of industry relevant topics.

The event, which is taking place at Cranfield University on the 7th and 8th of April, includes a good range of presentations from the industry, and features a number of practical case studies. In addition, there are a number of technical updates from the industry’s supply chain and keynote presentations from leading figures from the wider manufacturing sector.

As an international market-leader in the standard machine components arena, Elesa manufacture an ever-growing range of products. This year, Elesa have released a new and extensive catalogue, which features an expansion of over 5000 new product codes and updated product groups; extending from 15 to 18 for further clarity and differentiation. To compliment this development, comes added products across their ‘High Performing’ lines, centred niche requirements in the industry.

Compotech AG's new RTM and hand layup facility in Nyrigyhazha, Hungary is now up and running .

Complementing Compotech's long established Swiss-based SMC reinforced fibre and composites capability , the company is now able to offer its rail , transport and equipment manufacturing customers both low volume and high volume quality production at very competitive pricing.

"As well as volume rail interiors and automotive exterior parts , we can now offer our customers one offs or low volume production" comment Venkatesh Tulluri  & Marcus Schwyn , joint MDs.

SL Engineering Ltd, which supplies rigid tube assemblies and precision machined components, is aiming to double turnover following a £1.5m refinancing package from HSBC UK.

The Lincolnshire-based company is  a supplier to some of the world’s most demanding fuel, hydraulic and other critical fluid conveyance applications and is targeting a turnover of more than £12m by 2023.

Turnover at Perth based Edwards Engineering is up 28% on last year and has doubled since an MBO in 2016, with strong growth in malting and grain processing.

The multi-disciplinary engineering firm’s year end results are up from £7.5million to £9.6 million turnover.

Operating from a 45,000 sq. ft site with extensive fabrication facilities, the 50-year-old firm with customers spanning the food and drink, manufacturing, agricultural and construction sectors was acquired through a management buy-in with support from existing management in August 2016.

Protolabs, which offers rapid digital manufacturing of custom prototypes and low-volume production parts now guarantees specific dimensional tolerances for each type of plastic injection moulding resin.

The company’s metrology laboratory, with in-house co-ordinate measurement machinery (CMM) and 3D laser scanning technology, enables it to measure and certify parts and prototypes more quickly.

Delavale Engineering has made the move to invest in new high-performance machining centres rather than following its previous policy of buying pre-owned machines.

The machines, both MACH 710MM+ models, were acquired separately by Delavale; the first in September 2018 and the second in January 2019 from MACH Machine Tools, part of the Vigilance Group.

The machines are positioned adjacent to each other at the company’s 5,000 square foot facility in Bagshot to create what is effectively a flexible, high-productivity milling cell.

Swiss company UniParts is supplying parts and tools that extends the life of cam operated automatic lathes.

Tens of thousands of traditional cam-operated automatic lathes are still tirelessly mass-producing precision parts for the watch, automotive, dentistry and electronic industries globally. Though the official support for these machining tools is limited, quality spare parts and tools are still available thanks to the Swiss company UniParts.