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MNB Precision, a Midlands-based, family-run precision engineering firm has been named the Small to Medium Business of the Year at The Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.

The company was also named as finalists in the Exporter of the Year category. Earlier this year, MNB was named Insider UK Manufacturers of the Year (Under £25m). Directors, Luke Benton and Elliot Benton, were also shortlisted for Institute of Director Awards – Director of the Year Family Business, and Director of the Year International Business respectively.  

Ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre composite chassis and body panels from Formaplex have helped create one of the world’s most efficient electric cars.

Cambridge University students collaborated with F1 and supercar experts to create Helia, a four-seat solar powered electric car which can travel from London to the Scottish Highlands at a speed of 50mph on the same power it takes to boil a kettle.

Sheffield Forgemasters' employees have become the very first collective to be awarded a group honorary doctorate by Sheffield Hallam University.

The award recognises the work carried out by Sheffield Forgemasters staff and the company's engineering achievements that have kept Sheffield on the world map as a leading centre of manufacturing excellence for more than 200 years.

Designplan Lighting Ltd, a world leading designer and manufacturer of robust lighting solutions for demanding environments, has invested in a TRUMPF TruPunch 3000 to replace two older turret punch machines supplied by another machine provider. The move has led to a plethora of important benefits, not least a significant increase in productivity, a reduction in the amount of manual labour required, fewer secondary operations and lower noise levels.

Convert Ltd, which manufactures cable looms and harnesses, has secured an order to design cable assemblies to power 100 electric all terrain quad bikes a year.

Convert will design and manufacture the cable assemblies for Aspire Engineering, specialist in sustainable engineering solutions for the electric vehicle industry, who then convert the quad bikes which are run on petrol/ diesel into a 100 percent electric vehicle for EcoCharger Quads, specialists in all terrain quad bikes.

Kloeckner Metals UK have recently formed a new partnership with NobelClad, a world leader in dissimilar metal bonding using explosive welding.

Composed of two dissimilar metals, bi-metallic plates are bonded by a cold precision explosion that retains the best properties of both metals. NobelClad has pioneered the use of explosion welding in dissimilar metal bonding. This innovative technique enables bonding in milliseconds, reducing the amount of heat required and therefore preventing any damage that can occur to the metals during the cladding process.

Cambridge Precision has installed its first collaborative robot to create a flexible, autonomous and high-productivity manufacturing cell.

Supplied by the recently created automation division of Mills CNC, the M0617 cobot, equipped with ONRobot electrically driven two finger parallel grippers and Schunk vices, was installed in the company’s 24,000 square foot facility in St Neots in July 2019 where it has been integrated with a Doosan DNM 6700 vertical machining centre.

The eclectic mix of loosely defined “machine elements” from Elesa is expanding year-on-year. The range now includes an extensive selection of magnets in aluminium-nickel-cobalt, samarium-cobalt, neodymium iron-boron and ferrite. These standard industrial designs are excellent for temporary fixing or even permanent fixing of items such as workpieces, jigs, sensors or other devices where a strong fixing and rapid removal is required in a discrete, even hidden way!

As some of you might be aware, Coltech Precision Engineering Limited turns 10 in 2020! To commemorate, we've introduced a special badge to our logo to mark the occasion! Look out for the new branding on all our paperwork for the up-coming year!

FDB Panel Fittings are delighted to once again launch a new PINET concealed hinge. The 3557 is a tough steel and aluminium unit with 110° opening when installed on doors of up to 25mm.

Tested to 10,000 cycles for paired hinges carrying a door weight of 25kg (1m x 1m door size), they provide the comfortable swingout feel typical of parallel link designs, while keeping the door within the cabinet width (@ 90°).

The 3557 is manufactured in 3mm steel with robust anodized aluminium links and is suitable for industrial/office applications.

Shropshire pupils are being urged to emulate Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and their amazing pit teams by taking part in an international STEM challenge.

12 local schools are wanted to take part in the next ‘F1 in Schools’, a global competition that encourages young people to build, market, promote and race their own purpose-built cars.

Teams of six pupils - from Years 10 to 13 - can enter and, for the first time in the region, will be supported by the Marches Centre of Manufacturing & Technology (MCMT) and The STEM Workshop.