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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.

Supply chain consultancy Vendigital, has appointed experienced transport industry expert Terence Watson to strengthen its team of sector specialists.

A £1.1m investment in presses, technical cleaning capability and a new corporate identity is focused on growth at pressings specialist Clamason Industries.

Clamason Industries, which provides a single-source design, development and value-added engineering solution, saw orders hit £30m in 2018 for the first time in its 70-year history and is now setting its sights on a three-year expansion plan.

Coventry-based autonomous vehicle specialist Aurrigo has teamed up with Blind Veterans UK to launch the world’s first driverless pods trial for disabled people.

It will run a ‘world first’ trial showcasing how autonomous technology can deliver improved mobility and independence for people with health conditions and disabilities.

Please see below article from the front page of our local newspaper, The Fenland Citizen, in February 2019.

A Wisbech-based engineering company which started in 1988 with just four employees, has grown into one of the leading bodybuilders within the Commercial Industry. With a group turnover of over £50 million a year, employing just over 400 people, it is about to move into a £3million purpose-built workshop.

Reducing weight without compromising on structural integrity is currently top of the wish list of most engineering projects. From automotive to aerospace, weight reductions can reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

In the aerospace industry, high-technology group, Safran Landing Systems has recently partnered with Aluminium Matrix Composites (AMC) manufacturer, Alvant, on a two-year, £28 m project, titled ‘Large Landing Gear of the Future’ with the aim to reduce landing gear components weight by as much as 30 per cent.

As market leaders in ex-stock industrial springs, Lee Spring offer some guidance to engineers who are either designing assemblies, developing for production or concerned with installation/maintenance and find that the choice predominantly covers:

Compression Springs are for push applications which compress when a force is applied, and have either closed ends (where the two end coils of the spring are closed and touching), or open ends (where the end coils are open and spaced consistently with the other coils in the spring).

Wherever personnel must be protected from potentially dangerous equipment – or where vulnerable equipment needs protecting from people or the elements – then generally an enclosure system of some kind is used, coupled with a door access device. The Elesa range of standard latches is ideal for this purpose.

For the aerospace industry, hard chrome plating has been the go-to solution for manufacturers for more than six decades. But with the health and environmental concerns of this commonly-used deposit well known – and with legislation in Europe bringing the reign of hard chrome plating to an end – now is the time to seek a viable alternative. Danijela Milosevic-Popovich, Research and Development Manager at SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (ASC) looks at the possibilities.

Grainger & Worrall (G&W) used advanced casting technology to help NZ firm HamiltonJet Global develop the next generation of marine waterjet propulsion systems.

The new HTX30 waterjet is the result of intense hydrodynamic research, design, and product testing to deliver class-leading waterjet thrust and efficiency for use in patrol and commercial workboats with engines of up to 570kW power.