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Black Country manufacturing specialist Cube Precision Engineering is investing in a multi-axis CNC milling centre to help it deliver £2m of new orders from automotive and aerospace clients.

The company, which can handle single op prototype tooling to complex multi-stage tooling suites, has spent £300,000 on a new MTE BF3200 that will boost capacity at its Rowley Regis facility and support development of low to medium volume.

With a £105,000 investment in two new articulated lorries, Corbetts the Galvanizers now collects and delivers 95% of material using its own vehicles.

Boosted by a recent £300,000 contract haul, the company, which specialises in hot dip galvanised parts,  purchased two MAN TGX articulated lorries to take its fleet of vehicles to 10 artics, 3 rigids and 25 trailers - all complete with the firm’s new corporate identity.

The PPMA Total Show 2019 is said to be the UK’s largest ever event dedicated to processing and packaging machinery. As such is very much a place Elesa looks forward to networking with customers to discuss best practice and new solutions including many that have not yet been identified.

Element Materials Technology has won a contract to provide on and off-site civil testing services for work done on one of the largest maritime industries and shipyard projects in the Arabian Gulf.

The four-year minimum contract with is SEPCO Arabia Company of SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation.

Given the choice between two companies offering the same products and services at the same price, 82% of people said their decision would be affected by whether a company engaged with a charity.

No one would disagree that supporting a charity is a good thing to do.  Today it often forms part of a business’ Corporate Social Responsibility with many engineering companies choosing to work with a charity that is relevant to their industry.

CloudNC, which aims to use technology to disrupt the subcontracting market, has chosen DMG MORI as a partner for the thousands of machine tools it anticipates installing in its factories.

EMKA (UK) Ltd and EMKA Profiles Ltd, both based in the Coventry-Birmingham area, are looking forward to demonstrating their UK manufactured products at the PPMA Exhibition on 1st – 3rd October at the NEC on stand number G96.

EMKA Profiles Ltd specialise in the manufacture of spring steel inserted profiles which are a combination of edge protector with bonded sponge. These rubber profiles are a co-extrusion of solid and sponge rubber, which allows them a dual role as they cover sharp or unfinished edges and also offer a sealing function.

Challenge Europe are pleased to announce that they stock a number of basic types of construction floor anchor including the Shield Anchor and the Throughbolt designs, both of which work on a similar principle of an expanding sleeve for fixing into concrete flooring. They are also known as wedge anchor bolts and are available in carbon steel, zinc plated and hot dipped galvanised, also in stainless steel.

Cambridge Rapid Components, which serves the furnace, scientific, laboratory and security industries, has installed its first laser to remove outsourcing costs and give it greater control over production.

After its formation some 32 years ago, the family-run subcontractor has grown to employ 14 staff, with more soon to follow. Core business in recent years has focused on the supply of stainless steel barriers to the furnace sector. This contract requires the processing of high-temperature 310 and 330 grade stainless steel.

Stainless Metalcraft has acquired the trade and some assets of Jordan Manufacturing, a supplier of manufacturing services the nuclear, industrial and oil & gas markets.

Jordan Manufacturing, which was part of the Redhall Group, went into administration on 17 June, with all employees being made redundant. The trade and selected assets will now be integrated into Metalcraft’s operations in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.

We are proud to announce we’ve been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification! This is an internationally recognised standard that guarantees a company’s products and services meet the needs of customers through an effective quality management system. We passed our last audit with flying colours and are excited to share the news.

The journey to becoming ISO 9001:2015 compliant

ADVANCED ENGINEERING

NEC, 30th - 31st October 2019

TRUMPF stand: E22

TRUMPF technology taking the lead in the mass production of electric cars