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William Hughes has come to the aid of an automotive seat manufacturer, providing a spot-welded grid assembly to complete an under-seat storage unit for a market leading city van.

Such an intricate part had to meet stringent criteria for robustness and aesthetics, while assuring ease of integration into the under-seat structure.

At PKD, We are continuing our involvement in the local community by sponsoring Milton Knights Under 10's. The football team based in Milton, founded by Liam O'Brien and Ryan Brammer, have shown their motivation in local tournaments battling with their more experienced competitors. Hard work has paid off as they have seen great results after just three games.

We wish the team good luck in their upcoming season!

Appearance and preference are crucial factors in the food industry. However, in order to produce the right product, state-of-the-art machinery and a sterile working environment are critical. And there is no reason why hygiene and modern design cannot go hand in hand, as EMKA and the renowned food machinery manufacturer Seydelmann from Aalen, Germany recently have proven. EMKA will equip eight types of Seydelmann machines with quarter-turn latches and locks.

Elesa are pleased to announce that their broad range of hinges and connection products is continually diversifying to meet customer needs.

This wide range of hinges and connections in plastic or metal, extends across standard products in technopolymer and SUPER-technoploymer, aluminium, zinc die-cast alloy and stainless steel. There are also different types of fixing, angles of rotation and load capacity. The data sheets for plastic hinges report precise values of performance to enable selection of the right model and size.

Live demonstrations, hands-on challenges and multi-sensor measurement systems new to the UK were the highlights of OGP UK’s 2019 open house, attracting dozens of visitors through the doors of its Innovation Centre in Foston.

The FlexPoint – the only co-ordinate measurement machine featuring multiple high-accuracy sensors in a VersaFlex cluster head – proved a major draw, as did the advanced Fusion 350 system and ShapeGrabber Ai620, a metrology-class 3D scanner capable of rapidly assessing complex surfaces with a high density of data points.

Did you know that reducing your environmental impact may also reduce the impact of your tax bill?

Anthony Lalsing, tax director at accountancy firm, Menzies LLP, writes: In recent years, a surge in consumer demand for more sustainable products and services has turned manufacturers’ attentions to finding ways to reduce their environmental impact. Despite this, many environmentally-aware businesses may not realise that their activities could be eligible for valuable research and development (R&D) tax relief.

Destra Engineering Ltd has won two Ashford Business Awards – the Cobbs Wood based plastic injection moulder won the Small Business of the Year Award and Managing Director Sarah Williams won the Business Woman of the Year Award.

Competition for the 9 Award categories was keen with well over 100 entries from Ashford and the surrounding area including Hythe, Romney Marsh, Folkestone, Deal and Dover.

The task of joining metal panels while creating an earth point is made easier with the grounding cage nut from FDB Panel Fittings which is designed especially for use in electronic equipment, 19” racks, server cabinets and similar.

It enables quick, simple joining of panels and creates a stable grounding screw point. Manual insertion of the polyamide cage nut is achieved through pre-punched holes and a tight join is ensured with high pressure teeth which break the panel coating.

A potentially life-saving system which monitors the vital signs of patients through a disposable wearable device is being developed for use in hospitals thanks to Protolabs’ European Cool Idea Award.

The Evo System, from Moon Labs, is an unobtrusive, wireless and affordable system that provides doctors and nurses on the wards with regular updates on patients’ vital signs. The system was developed to monitor general hospital patients’ vital signs over time and calculate early warning scores to highlight if their health is deteriorating and requires intervention.

Newgate are a British manufacturer who have been at the forefront of gate and barrier installations in the UK since 1984 with a full range of standard as well as tailored gates, barriers, turnstiles, bollards and road blockers.

It is a business that lives on its ability to provide rugged, reliable solutions quickly with a comfortable user interface where pedestrians especially can operate gates etc. in a relaxed way. With high end customers from ASDA and Aston Martin to Tesco and Vodaphone, reputation is everything.

MACH 2020, might still be five months away, but registration has already been kicked off with a launch at NPL.

Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham between 20th – 24th April, MACH 2020 is set to be one of the best exhibitions in the event’s long history.

MACH is the longest-running manufacturing and engineering exhibition in the UK, showcasing a wide variety manufacturing technology solutions on live working machinery.