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We hear that many springs from Lee Spring are especially suited to medical and related pharmaceutical applications where reliability and precision are essential, and potentially life critical factors.

Standard spring designs available ex-stock include metric and imperial wire designs including Redux™, Wave spring, Torsion spring and Extension spring formats.

New orders for luxury cars, smart meters and textile machinery add up to a £2m contract haul for MGS technical plastics.

The Blackburn-based company says that the orders have come from its ability to offer rapid turnarounds, global project management and deep knowledge of the plastics market< It will recruit extra staff to help manage the influx of demand from new and existing customers. 

The bulk of the new work has been granted by three companies.

Challenge Europe are delighted to carry an ex-stock standard range of metric and imperial threaded inserts for use in the manufacturing and installation industries, in order to provide a robust thread in moulded/fabricated plastic components, where the softness of the substrate precludes a tapped thread.

The Manufacturing Technologies Association today celebrates 100 years of representing UK Manufacturing Technology Suppliers.

The 15th April holds a special place in the history of the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), as it was on this date in 1919 that the Association was founded and the first meeting of its members held.

Whether positioning a sensor or a visual inspection system, a micro-switch or an actuator, Elesa clamps, tubes, rods and gears offer quick, robust solutions to problems of controlling machine processes. Typically, they find application worldwide in the packaging, food processing and textile machinery industries where they have proven their worth for many years with new elements being regularly added for more specialist installations.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), had recorded a 17-year high for manufacturing in March 2017. Across the UK-based car plants there were over 170,691 vehicles manufactured throughout that month, which had increased by 7.3% compared to March 2016.

Speakers at this year’s Subcon conference will cover topics ranging from Industry 4.0 and Brexit to electric cars and aeroplanes.

Running from 4 to 6 June at the NEC the free to attend conference includes 34 presentations in two theatres and runs alongside Subcon, the UK’s dedicated subcontract manufacturing event.

Organisations represented among the speakers include Siemens, Rolls-Royce, MakeUK, the MTC and WMG.

Automechanika Birmingham’s Garage of the Year competition is now open for entries. Sponsored by the Independent Garage Association (IGA) and run in partnership with Garage Wire, the competition is open to garages from across the UK and Ireland.

Entries can be made online https://garagewire.co.uk/garage-of-the-year-2019-entry-form/ but must be submitted before the deadline of 26 April 2019.

A new 5-axis machining centre at Alitech Precision is allowing it to machine steel  moulds for F1 carbon fibre composite to micron accuracies.

The C 400 Hermle vertical machining centre, supplied by Kingsbury, build on the benefits that Alitech gained following its first move into 5-axis machining two years ago.

Lightweight castings company Sarginsons Industries is planning a £300,000 investment in ‘over-roofing’ its current premises to allow for expansion and a more efficient layout.

The company grew turnover from £6.5m to £8.4m in 2018, which included a significant increase in profits.

The company, which employs 83 staff, had been looking to expand into new premises in the region for over a year but was struggling to find a suitable location.

OPEN HOUSE 2019, 4th – 6th June, TRUMPF Technology Centre, Luton

Power and productivity for the future

At whatever stage manufacturers may be in the process of sheet metalworking automation, TRUMPF Open House will help them develop new ideas and the best solutions. Visitors will be able to speak with technology experts and see the latest generation machines, lasers and software in action to gain inspiration for their own production facility.

Here are some examples of CNC Machined Parts that have been completed using both Turning and Milling Approaches.

TS CNC Ltd are based in the West Midlands and and offer competitive prices for one-off work to multiple batch quantities.

For more examples of our work, or to get in touch, please visit our website www.tscnc.co.uk or contact 0121 403 3038.