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Find out what to see at Northern Manufacturing & Electronics – from springs and fasteners to PCBs and fabrications.

New spring catalogue

Experts from Lee Spring (Stand A83) will be on hand to talk to engineers of all types about the design, production and maintenance of spring components.

A new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system will help Mark Aluminium Die Casting offer increased flexibility and reduced lead times to its OEM customers in the automotive, rail and electronics sectors.

The investment was made to safeguard the company’s recent growth.

Newbury Electronics continues to go from strength to strength with recent investments in both staff and facilities. The company has appointed Francesca Stockwell, in the new role of Business Development Manager. Francesca has over 10 years' experience in the electronics sector in a variety of sales and business development roles.

Reshoring UK is a new free website giving comprehensive information on sourcing products and services from the UK for almost any requirement.

A new 600mm-swing turning centre from XYZ is helping A Fawcett Precision Engineers to offer a balanced machining capacity for current and future work.

The company’s policy of achieving this balanced portfolio gained fresh impetus when Joanne Thompson took over the running of the business from her father who retired in 2009. Joanne, who had worked part-time in the company for 15 years and had a background in the banking sector, instigated a new era and further investment followed.

UK engineering and design consultancy, Plextek has been working with US-based CNIguard to develop a new IoT-based system to prevent manhole cover explosions.

These are primarily caused by bad weather and flooding interacting with aging underground power infrastructures. For example, a mixture of melting snow and road salt can wash into manholes, leading to the electricity cables arcing.

Stoneswood Precision Components has automated its Hermle 5-axis machining centre with a multi-pallet storage and retrieval system to allow unattended subcontract production overnight and at weekends.

The C 400 5-axis vertical machining centre (VMC), supplied by sole agent Kingsbury, has now been operating around the clock at the Duckinfield company, a member of the Hyde Group.

The global growth of electric vehicles is making industry face up to the need for a greener, more efficient automotive supply chain.

BVM has upgraded and future-proofed safety systems at the UK’s level crossings with a new LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system.

Vendigital, the cost and operating strategy consultancy has appointed Emma Charsley (formerly Davies) as Chief Finance and Operating Officer.

Emma has over 18 years’ experience in establishing and helping to grow entrepreneurial businesses. She recently held the roles of CEO & CFO at private equity backed food business, Thomas Fudge’s, where she developed the company’s commercial strategy, optimising its growth and financial performance right through to a successful exit.  

A leading specialist in the design and manufacture of one-off and low-volume parts has installed three high-specification machines from TRUMPF, including a five-axis TruLaser Cell 7020 fiber. Birmingham Prototypes Ltd (BPL) has located all three machines at its new 20,000 sq ft facility in Birmingham, where they are helping the company keep pace with an expanding order book for sectors such as automotive and aerospace.

Blue Diamond Technologies, now part of TRITEC Performance Solutions, can offer custom parts in low minimum quantities (500 pieces) without the need for high minimum orders that run into thousands of pieces.   

This allows customers to source a custom part with very little risk and minimum cost.