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Advanced Engineering returns to the NEC, Birmingham, on October 30 and 31 with the new Medical Device Engineering zone.

With a two-day attendance of some 15,000 engineering professionals, the eleventh edition of the trade show will provide companies with the opportunity to meet with OEMs and supply chain partners from sectors spanning the engineering industry.

Advanced Engineering incorporates all aspects of engineering, from design, test and measurement, inspection, materials and production, within aerospace, automotive, marine, medical and many more.

Customer focused, good communication, fantastic value for money are just some of the kind words we have received from our customers.

Whether you have a requirement for a one-off prototype or production machining, we have a solution. We don't believe in the word 'can't', instead, we get involved with the design process if we can to help fight the price per component down, making it not only more economical to manufacture, but also saving our customers real money on their projects.

Many Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) projects fail, so why is implementing the technology so challenging? Matt Isherwood, Managing Director at Pathfindr looks at the problems.

Albert Jagger Engineering, which supplies fasteners to the commercial vehicle bodybuilder, boat builder, agricultural and engineering industries, is to bring the manufacture of up to a million product back to the UK.

Investment from its parent company Albert Jagger Holdings, means the production of its Antiluce product range will be reshored from China.

Lee Spring’s Heavy Duty Die Springs are not like an average spring, they’re made from different shaped wire from traditional die springs for starters, and they work in slightly different ways. But different is a good thing and as a result these springs offer a number of benefits for typical applications such as die presses, engineering machinery, brakes, clutches, soft drive mechanisms, agricultural equipment.

Newbury Electronics has appointed Francesca Stockwell to the new role of Business Development Manager and expanded its offices and assembly facilities.

Francesca has over 10 years' experience in the electronics sector in a variety of sales and business development roles. continues to go from strength to strength with recent investments in both staff and facilities.

Hinkley Point C has opportunities for businesses across the South West and the UK to tender for services to support the next stage of on-site installation in the order of 10’s of millions of pounds.

With 90 Tier 1 contractors now delivering £100s of million value contracts, more of the multiple Tier 2 supply chain contracts in MEH (mechanical, engineering and HVAC) needed to deliver this once-in-a-generation plant are now being made available.

McGreevy Engineering has invested in its quality management with the purchase of a Mitutoyo CNC co-ordinate measuring machine to support its manufacturing operations and meet global standards for key products. 

Additional training of employees has also taken place to ensure the high standards of quality for their growing aerospace customers is maintained as well as allowing them to offer new product in this sector.

The company specialises in precision machined components, 5-axis milling and multi-axis turn-milling.

This new DIRAK compression latch from FDB Panel Fittings meets the common need for a flush latch with compression/anti-vibration characteristics often found in rail transport, HVAC and furniture applications. The 7-086 and 7-087 provide discrete closure with visual indictor.

EMKA stainless steel hygiene compression latches now come with both rounded/double flat key insert and a new triangular key insert latch for improved security, which makes this quarter turn program for hygienic areas more secure against unauthorised access. The compression latch program meets hygiene standard DIN EN 1672- and DIN EN 14159 to protection level IP 65 with gaskets that meet the requirements of the FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 and VO 1395/2004.

A capital grant will support investment in new facilities at light-weighting specialist Sarginsons Industries to allow it to become a tier one supplier of wishbone and B-pillar components to a leading carmaker.

The company has been awarded a £50,000 capital grant by the by the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) that will be part of an overall investment of £260,000 on technology and equipment.

Lightweight thermoset composites are emerging as a favourite replacement for steel in high strength structural car parts – writes Jari Sopanen, Regional Manager at Excel composites.