Automatic guided vehicles have been dominating many intralogistics areas in the last few years; today’s fully-automated warehouses are like an anthill, working continuously day and night. Everything works automatically, independently and with self-learning. This week’s video igus explores the future… Continue Reading →

Supplier of industry-leading machinery solutions, consumables and support services, MBA Engineering Systems, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month (January 2020), alongside 10 years of doubled growth year-on-year. For a decade, MBA, which is the exclusive distributor of Kimla laser… Continue Reading →

As part of its relentless and exciting growth strategy, Dugard has now become the sole UK and Ireland agent for the high-quality range of IBARMIA 5-axis moving column machining centres. The new partnership is the result of increased UK interest… Continue Reading →

Mills CNC to showcase 18 high-performance Doosan machines and a range of advanced automation systems and solutions on its stand at MACH 2020. Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, is showcasing a… Continue Reading →

Custom machinery manufacturer and fibre processing specialist Cygnet Texkimp (Cheshire, UK) has supplied a 3,000-position 3D weaving creel to the Composites Centre at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC, Sheffield, UK). The high-capacity creel will be used… Continue Reading →

At GrindTec 2020 (18th-21st March 2020, Messe Augsburg), the international trade fair for grinding technology, sharpening specialist VOLLMER will be presenting itself for the first time as a full-line supplier. VOLLMER is now expanding its range of machines for rotary… Continue Reading →

Sheet metal fabrication and CNC machining subcontractor Inishowen Engineering, which has just celebrated its 25th anniversary, has dramatically increased the size of its production facility in County Donegal. It follows an €11 million investment in a new, 160,000 sq ft… Continue Reading →

One of the UK’s largest pump manufacturers shipping more than 200,000 units per year, Charles Austen Pumps (www.charlesausten.com), has invested in its first sliding-headstock bar auto, a Cincom L20-X from Citizen Machinery UK (www.citizenmachinery.co.uk). It was installed in the OEM’s… Continue Reading →

Today, more than half a century after singer Gene Pitney put America’s southern central state of Oklahoma on the world map with his hit song ’24 hours from Tulsa’, another phenomenon is bringing global recognition to the area – Orizon… Continue Reading →