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Precision engineering firm invests GBP 100,000
Staffordshire Precision Engineering has invested over GBP 100,000 in new machinery to help meet unprecedented demand for their services.
News from Staffordshire Precision Engineering ( 6 May 2008)
Subcontract machinist buys non-contact gauge
Subcontract machinist has installed a non-contact, optical-based component measurement system to significantly improve productivity and confidence in the high quality work.
News from Rodmatic (21 March 2008)
Re-engineered multi-spindle lathes speed output
When asked by customers to either increase output or loose the work overseas, a UK subcontractor had multi-spindle automatic lathes re-engineered to take carbide tooling and raise output 30-50%.
News from Rodmatic (14 March 2008)
Subcontractor adds on powerful turning centre
A subcontractor manufacturing oil and gas industry components has acquired a powerful new turning centre capable of taking heavy interrupted cuts and maintaining high quality finishes.
News from Campbell Machine Company (29 February 2008)
Expanded component kitting service offered
A UK subcontract component sourcing company is providing kits for a wide range of OEMs including office and automation equipment, industrial/commercial pumps and white goods. Brochure available
News from Blue Diamond Technologies (30 January 2008)
Sub-contract machining includes automatic cleaning
By installing a programmable automatic component cleaning system, a sub-contract machinist factory has made a massive improvement in its quality standards.
News from Rodmatic (11 January 2008)
Small parts CNC machining service expands
Four more CNC automatic lathes have been added to a small parts machine shop extension at a UK subcontractor, following a 12% increase in sales during 2007.
News from Unicut Precision (19 December 2007)
Machining subcontractor invests in cleaning
A high technology machining subcontractor has invested GBP 200,000 in a programmable component cleaning system and a TESA-SCAN non-contact optical based measuring system.
News from Rodmatic ( 3 December 2007)
Brass parts machining costs reduced by 15%
User application article Subcontacting machinist reports that it has achieved a 15% cost reduction in machining a family of brass components by using a CNC mill-turn centre and recommending a small design change.
News from Qualiturn Products (12 November 2007)
CNC punch press ups subcontract competitiveness
Precision sheet metal working subcontractor has had installed one of th latest CNC punching centres, which with 2G axis accelerations offers higher productivity.
News from Fife Fabrications (29 October 2007)
Unmanned CNC machining wins back orders
Although a precision machining firm had lost work to the Far East and Eastern Europe, investment highly automated 24h unmanned CNC machining is winning UK business back.
News from Acro Precision Technology (31 August 2007)
Turned parts company grows by one-third
A subcontractor operating 16 CNC sliding head and two fixed head CNC automatics has grown its turnover by one-third since its move to a new factory in 2004.
News from Qualiturn Products (17 August 2007)
Machine shop invests in new plant, building
Not only has a subcontract machine shop invested GBP 2.5 million in a modern building, it has auctioned off most of its mainly manual machine tools.
News from PG Technology (20 July 2007)
Precision sheet metal parts celebrate 40 years
Radshape Sheet Metal presented the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Randal Brew, with a gift symbolising Birmingham's manufacturing heritage to mark their fortieth anniversary.
News from Radshape Sheet Metal (26 June 2007)
Plastic packaging company increases investment
Cope Allman has seen business grow in the pharmaceutical and OTC sectors, and has invested in five IBM, EBM and injection moulding machines.
News from Cope Allman Plastic Packaging (26 June 2007)
Investment in CNC sliding head technology a first
Rodmatic Hytec has invested GBP400,000 in CNC sliding head technology, a mill/turn centre and a two-axis lathe to accommodate batch sizes of between 100 and 2,000 parts.
News from Rodmatic (13 June 2007)
Engineering company launches new website
The new LPM Engineering website provides visitors with information about the organisation's key business: consultant quality engineering services and business improvement initiates.
News from LPM Engineering ( 7 June 2007)
Engineering support for machine castings company
User application article M J Allen won a contract to cast and machine the transmission housing of the All-Wheel-Drive Ford Transit, and turned to Heller to help them develop a production system. Brochure available
News from Heller Machine Tools (31 May 2007)
Five-axis production of superbike suspension
User application article Hemlock Engineering's five-axis production centre at Stapleford, Nottingham has developed a radial foot component for the front forks of a superbike.
News from Hemlock Engineering (31 May 2007)
Subcontract turning company expands services
Subcontract machinist, Unicut Precision, acquired the loss-making subcontract turning company A J Clarke in December 2005, and has made it profitable.
News from Unicut Precision (17 May 2007)
'One-hit' machining of complex components
Unicut Precision has won a long-term contract to produce batches of 250 flow control bodies that caused concern even to the supplier of the machines on which the parts would be processed.
News from Unicut Precision (17 May 2007)
Subcontract company conducts environmental survey
Rodmatic called in the Carbon Trust to carry out a full environmental survey, which resulted in a saving of GBP11,800 and 77 tonnes of CO2 a year.
News from Rodmatic (16 May 2007)
Fabrication facility completed
Arc Energy Resources has announced the completion of a Fabrication Unit to service its customers in the water, wastewater, instrumentation, sub-sea, oil and gas industries.
News from Arc Energy Resources ( 1 May 2007)
General engineer to high precision specialist
After a management buy out three years ago, Barker Collins Engineering in Sheffield has been transformed from jobbing general engineers into highly specialised precision engineers.
News from Barker Collins Engineering (26 April 2007)
Refurbishment programme for multi-auto lathes
Rodmatic Multico of Reading has contracted Machine Tool Spares to overhaul and refurbish its 37 Wickman multi-spindle automatic lathes, resulting in savings on cycle time.
News from Rodmatic (26 April 2007)
Sliding-head lathe ups mill-turning productivity
User application article Sliding-head mill-turning centres with high pressure coolant, supplied by Star Micronics, have boosted productivity by 30 per cent at DKW Engineering.
News from Star Micronics GB (24 April 2007)
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