Rockwell Automation has acquired leading systems integrator MAVERICK Technologies to expand domain knowledge and help deliver innovative control and information solutions to customers in industries, such as chemical, food and beverage, and oil and gas. The acquisition significantly strengthens Rockwell… Continue Reading →

Alan Mucklow has been appointed to succeed Richard Smith as the head of Yamazaki Mazak’s UK and Ireland Sales Division, and will be responsible for all sales, applications, project engineering and service. After four years of strong development of the… Continue Reading →

First impressions can be deceiving and this is the case at DS Machining Services. From the outside it looks like any other general sub-contract machine shop and Director, Paul Smith, downplays what the company does, describing their day-to-day work as… Continue Reading →

Citizen Machinery’s launch of its Low Frequency Vibration (LFV) cutting technology plus integrated laser cutting on two of its Citizen CNC sliding head turn-mill centres drew almost 300 potential customers and visitors to its three-day Open House where 18 machines… Continue Reading →

The 2017 release of the world’s most powerful sheetmetal CAD/CAM software, Radan, paves the way for the most exciting developments in the software’s history. Product Manager Olaf Körner says: “We are on the verge of reorganising how manufacturers will be… Continue Reading →

A continued investment in both people and machines is making Truturn Precision Engineering into the subcontractor to watch in the South West. “We’ve grown from very humble beginnings,” says Bob Wilkins, General Manager at Truturn Precision Engineering, “and we’ve a… Continue Reading →

Four of the biggest names in Command & Control are coming together to run a unique series of workshops on control room technology and design. The initial event will be held in Warsaw, Poland on November 15th and 16th, and… Continue Reading →

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has appointed a new Chair for its Exhibition Committee, which oversees the organisation of MACH, the UK’s premier manufacturing technologies event. Chris Pockett, Head of Communications at global engineering company Renishaw, who has been a… Continue Reading →

KASTO Maschinenbau, the world’s leading manufacturer in the field of sawing and storage technology for metal bar stock, will be showcasing its products and services at Metalex in Bangkok from 23 to 26 November 2016. Visitors to the trade exhibition… Continue Reading →

Irish subcontractor Inishowen Engineering, which specialises in sheet metal fabrication and CNC machining, reports an increase in laser cutting speed of 20 per cent when processing mild steel sheet up to 4 mm thick. It follows the replacement in mid-2015… Continue Reading →