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Moving to ‘one-hit’ machining has cut customers' total component acquisition costs and delivered a £500,000 order boost at Merc Aerospace.

Merc Aerospace, which employs 50 people at its facility in Barrowford, has seen turnover rise to £4.2m thanks to a sustained investment drive that has included the purchase of two Nakamura turning centres from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG).

Automechanika Birmingham’s 2019 visitor campaign is off to a record start with pre-registrations up thanks to a raft of new features and initiatives designed to offer the very best visitor and exhibitor experience.  

The news comes as a major confidence boost for the automotive trade and UK economy as the event, which has been running at Birmingham NEC since 2016, continues to attract the highest profile names from within the global automotive industry.

The UK’s electronic sector experienced a strong rebound in 2017 and 2018 and represents almost two-thirds of the growth in UK Manufacturing.

This was the fastest growth of any manufacturing sector in 2018, according to a new report by Santander and Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation.

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2019 achieved a new record attendance of 8,644 unique visitors, an increase of around 13% on the previous year.

Elesa’s LM.F-HD-SST series of levelling feet in stainless steel with permanent floor mounting facility are now EHEDG certified (European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group).

This means that they offer significant advantages in improved hygiene and reduced cleaning time (and resources), so enhancing the environment of industrial areas such as in food production, pharmaceutical, paint and dye manufacture and similar, as well as saving on use of cleaning materials and time taken in wash-down cycles.

Sheet metal fabricator Stevens and Carlotti has beefed up its machining capabilities with two new machining centres and a turning centre from XYZ.

Cable assemblies supplied by Convert are being used to power engines on lifeboats serving the waters surrounding the UK and Ireland.

Over the past 18 months, Convert has delivered a total of 15 port and starboard cable assemblies to Marine and Industrial Transmissions Ltd (MIT) - the UK’s leading supplier of marine transmissions and driveline systems which includes world-class engine manufacturers amongst its customers.

More orders have been received and more cable assemblies for life support vessels (lifeboats) are about to go into production.

Leading companies from the aerospace, automotive and capital goods sectors have already registered to visit Subcontratación 19.

The International Fair of Manufacturing Processes and Equipment will be held at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre from 4 to 6 June.

According to Paul Davies of accountancy firm, Menzies LLP, a combination of longer lead times on imported goods, increased red tape and additional costs incurred due to increased stock holdings could see manufacturers facing significant cash-flow difficulties in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

To avoid this, could they be doing more now to improve their financial management, bolster their supply chains and future-proof their cash position?

Family-owned precision engineering firm JJ Churchill of Leicestershire has secured more than £100 million in contracts, increased its headcount by 35% and its export forward order book from under £1 million to more than £37 million after five years on the Sharing in Growth productivity and competitiveness programme.

The new EMKA 1007 program concealed gear hinge – often referred to in the industry as “SOSS” type is a hidden 180° opening unit mounted within the width thickness of the doors with a minimum dimension of 33mm. Smooth sliding action and improved appearance are additionally offered by this rugged hinge which is equally at home in railway carriages or offices, on passenger doors or cupboard doors – where being hidden it is also resistant to vandalism.

Challenge Europe – “the nuts and bolts of your business” people, are pleased to announce they are now stocking industrial screws in metric sizes to ISO and DIN standards, also imperial to BSI and ANSI with other national/international standards available to order from recognised high quality international manufacturers. The aim at Challenge Europe being always to ensure quality, reliability and competitive cost of assembly with consistency of supply backed by stock in depth.