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The Warwick based high precision engineering company, Sodick Europe Ltd, which manufactures machinery for the medical sector, aerospace and Formula One racing among others, has been presented with government certification to demonstrate its ability to protect client data from misuse and cyber-attacks.

The manufacturing and design company now has the Cyber Essentials certificate which shows customers, potential customers and suppliers it has been through a rigorous testing and implementation process to ensure its cyber security is the best it can be.

SDE Technology hs become the first company in Europe to have a production licence for a revolutionary hot forming process for lightweight pressings.

SED, formerly known as Salop Design and Engineering, is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of pressings and assemblies has signalled its intentions to be a world leader in lightweight components for the automotive, aerospace and renewables sectors by investing in the Hot Form Quench (HFQ®) process.

As well as the disruption in goods from China and the far east, the coronavirus is now starting to impact supply chains – sometimes in unexpected ways.

Richard Wilding OBE, Professor of Supply Chain Strategy at Cranfield University, highlights the effect this is having on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and supplies from Italy.

“Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is the latest problem that the Covid-19 virus is causing Supply Chain Directors.  PPE is protective clothing, which are garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.

A family-owned company based on the Isle of Wight has just supplied the first roundel signs for the new Battersea Power Station Tube station.

The new roundels, among the most recognised and imitated logos in the world, are being manufactured at family-owned AJ Wells & Sons Ltd on the Isle of Wight where London transport signage has been produced for generations. They are the first roundels to be manufactured for a new Northern line station since the opening of the extension to Morden in 1926.

Self-drilling/self-tapping screws for metals and plastics – ex-stock from Challenge Europe are often used in the construction industry, e.g. for fixing sheet metal in place on frameworks and can come with bonded washers to prevent water ingress in outdoor applications. Self-drilling screws come in a variety of formats but all are based upon the principle of drilling and tapping in one operation. They are generally used in steel, softer metals or plastics and there is a range specially designed for use in wood/composite materials.

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Bar Products & Services Ltd finished 2019 with increased sales for Strand Preform Heads and the growth has continued into 2020 with several major orders being received to boost the New Year into China and India.

The Strand Preform Heads are manufactured to the customers specific rope size requirements in order to give the best possible production results for a high-quality finished rope. The new Strand Preform Heads will be shipped early February and further orders are expected for the first quarter.

A custom-designed manufacturing cell at Irish subcontractor Lenane Precision aims to exploit the potential of automation on aerostructure components.

Designed and built by Mills CNC the turnkey automated cell will be installed at Lenane Precision’s facility in Smithstown, Shannon, County Clare in March 2020.

The cell represents a significant investment for Lenane and, when operational, will run 24/7 delivering significant productivity gains and process efficiency improvements to the company – substantially increasing its competitiveness.

Elesa manufacture a specialist High Performing line of standard components for the Textile manufacturing and processing industries. This means they can offer a package of handwheels, crank handles, knobs, levers, handles, indexing and spring plungers, hinges, levelling feet, castors and wheels and level indicators specifically designed to meet the needs of machines used in textile manufacture processing, garment production and packaging.

Three LVD press brakes at Bridlington-based BW Industries have improved production efficiencies and accuracy on parts ranging from small brackets and cleats up to 9m-long structural beams.

The steel processing specialist has invested in two LVD 4.5m 320t Easy-Form press brakes that can work together as a tandem machine to form components up to 9m long and 8mm thick. It has also installed a fast, compact, electric-drive Dyna-Press to give it more productivity on smaller components.

Challenge Europe are delighted to hold in stock both metal thread-forming screws, e.g. for castings etc where they secure components by forming a machine thread – also purpose designed screws for thread forming in plastics.

Lee Spring have a world reputation for ex-stock springs and for custom spring solutions. Now for the Oil and Gas industries Lee Spring can offer high performance exotic nickel or cobalt alloy custom solutions.

These are appropriate in conditions that would excessively stress normal steels – consequently nickel alloys such as Inconel 600, X-750 and 718, also Nimonic 90, Hastelloy® C-276 and Monel 400 or K-500 are used. Parallel cobalt alloys include Elgiloy and MP35N.