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Hydrafeed says that PSL Datatrack production control software has enabled the continued expansion of its twin manufacturing strands of subcontract engineering and the production of its renowned bar feed systems.

To this has now been added its new sole UK and Ireland agency for RoboJob’s robotic solutions.

Two 10kW fibre laser production cells at Laser 24 in Essex add up to one of the most powerful sheet metal cutting capabillities in the South of England.

A  10 kW ByStar Fiber to the ByTrans Extended was installed in mid-2018 and was followed by an identical production system six months later.

For the second year running, Qimtek is delighted to be serving as the UK Contract Manufacturing Zone Partner at Advanced Engineering.

2019’s event will take place from the 30th to the 31st October at the NEC in Birmingham, bringing together some of the biggest names in the engineering and manufacturing industry. With last year’s event marking its tenth anniversary, Advanced Engineering is well-established as a key networking opportunity that caters for a wide variety of industry niches.

For many businesses across the UK, Machine downtime can cause major complications if there is no preparation in place and have a major impact on productivity and profit margins. A study commissioned by Oneserve revealed machine down time costs the UK approximately £18 billion a year.

Flame Hardeners has become one of the first small companies in the Contract Heat Treatment sector to appoint a designated Mental Health First Aider.

Commercial Manager, Claire Casswell, who is already qualified to Level 3 in Counselling, has gained MHFA England’s Certificate following their Adult Mental Health First Aid Two Day Course, which teaches people how to spot the signs of mental health issues, offer initial help and guide the individual towards appropriate support.

Subcontractor Numac Engineering, more than half of whose business is in the oil and gas sector, has ordered a Hermle 5-axis, trunnion-type, mill-turn centre to strengthen its prismatic machining capability and at the same time add extra turning capacity.

Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the second quarter of 2019 were 22 per cent down on the same period last year with orders from Germany falling by 28%.

Orders from outside Germany fell by 18% year on year. Orders received fell by 21 per cent in the first half of 2019. Domestic sales were down 19 per cent in this period, with foreign sales 23 per cent lower.

With business increasing year on year for Master Fluid Solutions in Europe, the company is underpinning this growth with the appointment of a Technology Manager.  The individual chosen for this role is Mark Powell who will work under the direction of Monte Dhatt, Managing Director – Europe.

Mark holds a degree in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and joins Master Fluid Solutions after various roles in the pharmaceutical, engineering and food ingredient industries.

A spring steel spine on a P section gasket is a simple, effective way to provide an excellent gasket function for enclosure and vehicle doors. To date this has been achieved with an EPDM bubble sealing profile attached to a PVC spring carrier, however now EMKA have developed an integral section which combines both in one EPDM moulding.

WHS Plastics uses robots extensively to add value in a series of post moulding operations, such as the assembly of automotive tail gate clips, directly at the mould press.

Midlands based WHS Plastics operates across 3 sites and has 1,000 employees supporting major international companies, in a variety of industries including automotive, electronics, industrial and hygiene products.  

Blackburn-based MGS Technical Plastics has appointed three new team members, and will recruit two more, as it looks to serve the growing demand for its plastic injection moulding and associated manufacturing services.

The appointments follow an influx of new contract wins worth a total of £2m, which include a luxury car manufacturer that has nominated MGS to supply its new model, an energy company which has enlisted MGS to manufacture a new range of smart meters, and an electronics company which switched a major project to MGS to improve the quality of its products.

Element Materials Technology says it has now completed the formal rebranding and integration of the Exova Group plc which it acquired in June 2017.

The scope of the integration program has covered 135 locations; 4,370 colleagues; five CRM systems; 61 LIMS systems; five external and internal websites; and 16 customer portals. The Group also aligned a number of closely-sited laboratories, creating centers of excellence in Detroit, MI for Transportation; Huntington Beach, CA for Aerospace; and Aberdeen, UK and Houston, TX for Oil & Gas.