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National awards for SMEs

Bradford-based precision engineers Produmax and Andover-based MRT Castings were both recognised at the recent Make UK National Manufacturing Awards

Produmax was announced as SME Manufacturer of the Year, while MRT Castings won the national Manufacturing Matters award, a special category introduced this year to recognise companies who have contributed to the national effort to deal with the pandemic.

SME manufacturers, ranging from puppet makers to CNC machinists will share their experience of  using digital tools and technology to transform their businesses at a free-to-access online summit.

The virtual conference, Made Smarter: The journey to digital manufacturing, on Wednesday, March 10, will show manufacturers how to leverage and fast-track digital technology and tools for a year of recovery, growth and resilience.

The recently introduced Elesa FH flexible coolant hoses are made using snap assembly of individual tube segments to allow universal direction of the lubricating/cooling jet, with maximum flexibility. Even when put to the test under harsh, vibration prone environments, Elesa flexible coolant hoses maintain stability due to their high-quality design. The length of each tube can be adapted to specific applications by adding or removing the appropriate number of elements via the snap fitting feature.

One of the latest one-hit components produced by HPC Services on a sliding-head lathe requires not turning at all, just milling.

The parts are being machined on one of two of the latest Cincom M32-VIII  machines delivered at the end of last year by Citizen Machinery UK.

Shortlisted for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2021 and a finalist in 2020, 27-year-old Alun Cheung started his own subcontracting business, SLAC Precision Engineering Ltd in 2018.

A new digital manufacturing centre will offer customers access to a new process that applies additive manufacturing techniques to sand and investment casting processes.

The Silverstone-based Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC), which will launch commercially in March, is working with Enable Manufacturing, a UK-based start-up behind a process it calls Additive Casting.

Lightweight component specialist Formaplex has been acquired by UK Private Equity fund Elaghmore.

The company is an integrated manufacturer and supplier of lightweight component solutions to the global automotive, motorsport, aerospace, medical and defence markets. 

Cable loom and harness manufacturer, Convert Ltd, is working with David Brown Automotive to supply full car-sets of cable harnesses for its Mini Remastered model.

Mini Remastered by David Brown Automotive pairs the original, unmistakable body of the classic Mini with modern luxury touches such as LED headlights, an infotainment system and engineered and hand-crafted interior and exterior details.

UK precision casting and machining group Expromet Technologies Group has acquired Chard-based  Metaltech Precision Ltd.

Metaltech manufactures precision components for industries including energy, scientific instruments, pump and valve, aerospace, defence, rail and marine. It employs 70 people and has extensive capabilities and experience in CNC turning, milling, fabrication and welding.

Castings Technology International Ltd (CTI), which provides manufacturing, technology, expertise and services to the cast metals sector has completed a management buyout from the University of Sheffield.

The company has casting capabilities in almost any type of metal alloy and has a 1,200kg titanium vacuum melting capability, which ranks it as one of the largest in the world. In conjunction with customers’ design teams, CTI is casting complex components supplied into the aerospace, defence, chemical nuclear and marine markets.

Parts manufactured in 718 Inconel, lined up ready for milling. We manufacture a wide range of aerospace alloys, plus subsea materials, so we cover from the deep oceans to the edge of the stratosphere and beyond.

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New ex-stock Protective Caps and Plugs from Elesa solve protective problems simply – from cushioning pipe ends to preventing loss of fluids or ingress of foreign matter. They provide tough barriers to match industrial environments from clean workstations to messy outdoor situations – protecting people and equipment against damage.