Recol Engineering Ltd, a Northampton-based subcontract supplier of complete metal-based manufacturing solutions, has become the UK’s first user of Amada’s new HG ARs automated press brake system. The adoption of robot-tended bending operations is not only providing a reduction in… Continue Reading →

Not many businesses can trace a history back over 240 years, but Thomas Keating, which began life in the shadow of St Paul’s cathedral in London, making Flea Powders and, in spite of its strapline ‘Keatings Kills’, it became very… Continue Reading →

At the recent Subcon exhibition, the focus was firmly on senior buyers who had come to the show to do business. Procurement professionals who came to Subcon to find and compare suppliers of contract manufacturing services included representatives of top… Continue Reading →

OPEN MIND Technologies has now been awarded Tier 1 membership status at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). The globally renowned research facility has invited OPEN MIND to enhance its membership status following a number of successful… Continue Reading →

The HIRT-Line range of stainless steel adjustable and lockable coolant hoses and nozzles have been a revelation since the product was initially launched. Solving the problem of continually moving and frequently breaking coolant hoses, the HIRT-Line was introduced with two… Continue Reading →

Allied Automation (www.allied-auto.com) was established in Dublin in 1998. The main aspect of the company’s business is manufacturing bespoke, automated assembly machines used by many of the world’s leading medical, pharmaceutical, and life science companies. Allied Automation has its own… Continue Reading →

Leading foundation tools specialist – PRO-DIG Ltd (Europe) – has recently invested in four new high-performance CNC machine tools from Mills CNC. The machines – two large-capacity Doosan Puma 400LB (long-bed) lathes, and two heavy-duty, box guideway Doosan Mynx 5400… Continue Reading →

Following the gaining of ISO9001:2008 and AS9100 Rev.C Aerospace Quality System Standard, Mollart Engineering’s two subcontract machining operations worked together to secure an aerospace contract to produce batches of a range of thin-walled tubes that will contain explosive charges for… Continue Reading →

Prima Power announces the completion of the development and production of a high-power laser source with fiber technology, thus becoming the first laser machine manufacturer which has internally developed its own laser source with fiber technology. The laser source CF3000… Continue Reading →