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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Metal finishing firm gains ISO TS 16949</title>
      <description>UK-based metal finishing company, Profin Protective Finishing, said it has beaten its competitors in gaining the only worldwide automotive recognised quality standard ISO TS 16949 accreditation.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Profin Potective Finishing</category>
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      <title>Stadco to electro-coat taxi chassis frames</title>
      <description>Stadco will apply black electro-coat paint to the chassis frames of the latest generation iconic London Taxi with volumes expected to reach an indicative volume of 3,000 units for 2008.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Stadco</category>
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      <title>Honing firm acquires 'investors in people' status</title>
      <description>Cheltenham-based Apperley Honing, a specialist honing company, has been awarded  'Investors in People' status after a year-long application procedure.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Apperley Honing</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/apa/apa104.html</link>
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      <title>2 years on: surface treatment partnership success </title>
      <description>Ahlbrandt System of Germany, the Corona Treatment specialists, has announced that they are very happy with the success of their relationship with UK partner, Active Surface Technology UK.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Active Surface Technology UK</category>
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      <title>Single source finishing for durable furniture</title>
      <description>Suppliers and users of school and workplace furniture can now take advantage of wide-ranging specialist surface finishes from a single source, following developments at a Yorkshire-based company.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Pickersgill Electroplating</category>
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      <title>Anti-bacterial powder coating service</title>
      <description>A Yorkshire based metal finishing company is offering a new service aimed at helping improve hygiene standards, and preventing bacterial infections in a range of industry sectors.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Pickersgill Electroplating</category>
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      <title>Surface preparation firm gains ISO accreditations</title>
      <description>The team at the Cork, Ireland, facility of surface preparation company Wheelabrator has acquired ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 accreditations for sub-contract services - including shot-peening.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Wheelabrator Group</category>
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      <title>BLOG for nanotechnology testing issues</title>
      <description>Keithley Instruments, has co-developed and sponsored the first Nanotechnology Test Weblog for engineers and researchers dealing with electrical testing issues in the field of nanotechnology and MEMS.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Keighley Laboratories</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/kev/kev100.html</link>
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      <title>High precision mould and trim tooling</title>
      <description>Two CNC machining centres have been installed at Brookhouse's Darwen manufacturing site to meet demand for the company's high precision mould and trim tooling for composite components.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Brookhouse Patterns</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bgt/bgt108.html</link>
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      <title>Multi-spectral filter micro-array manufactured</title>
      <description>The design and construction of an eighteen-element multi-spectral filter micro-array has each element a high precision thin film filter that is only 0.032mm wide.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Barr Associates</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bax/bax100.html</link>
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      <title>Machine safety conference includes communications</title>
      <description>The Machine Safety Conference will focus on machinery safety, functional safety and safety-related industrial communications during the UK's Drives and Controls exhibition.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>British Automation and Robotics Association</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bar/bar106.html</link>
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      <title>Lowest friction with diamond-like coating</title>
      <description>Building on its widely recognized success with Cavidur coatings for racing engine applications, Bekaert expanded and up-scaled its manufacturing capabilities in 2004.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bekaert</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bew/bew101.html</link>
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      <title>Coating protects engines of unmanned air vehicles</title>
      <description>Apticote Ceramic 2000, the Poeton coating developed for Formula 1, is also specified for the rotary engines in most of the worlds Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs).</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Poeton Industries</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/poe/poe132.html</link>
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      <title>Brookhouse now offers full in-house NDT</title>
      <description>With the installation of a state-of-the-art, jet probe ultrasonic inspection system, Brookhouse Holdings can now offer total, in-house non-destructive testing of composites.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Brookhouse Patterns</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bgt/bgt107.html</link>
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      <title>NADCAP Approval For Poeton Industries</title>
      <description>Poeton Industries, has announced its NADCAP approval for Non Destructive Testing and Coating Processes at its aerospace One Stop Shop in Cardiff, and for Thermal Spray Coating Processes in Gloucester.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Poeton Industries</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/poe/poe131.html</link>
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      <title>The Finishing Directory And Buyers Guide</title>
      <description>The Finishing Directory and Buyers Guide 2005 features over 200 product categories and details components, consumables and equipment.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Turret RAI</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/trr/trr119.html</link>
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      <title>In-house D-duct repair proved cost-effective</title>
      <description>By reverse engineering a full bond and support tool for a GE-90 D-duct, Brookhouse Patterns helped achieve an in-house, cost-effective repair of a damaged Boeing 777 engine.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Brookhouse Patterns</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bgt/bgt103.html</link>
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      <title>Fast grain finished steel plate service offered</title>
      <description>A 24 hour turnaround of grain finished steel plate and sheet is now available from a subcontract finisher that has invested in advanced wide-belt plate and sheet steelfinishing technology,</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>CH Precision Finishers</category>
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      <title>Robotic polishing may reduce finishing lead times</title>
      <description>Precision polishers and finishers for aerospace, power generation and commercial industries, CHP, acquired by Avingtrans, is investigating robotic polishing to reduce lead times.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>C and H Precision Finishers</category>
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      <title>Deburring and polishing service try-out offered</title>
      <description>Precision part makers seeking subcontract deburring and polishing of machined and pressed parts are encouraged to bring along samples to test at Northwest Manufacturing 2002 exhibition.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Finishing Techniques</category>
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      <title>Business expands on difficult honing jobs</title>
      <description>An increasing proportion of a honing subcontracter's work is for complicated one-off projects which require innovative thinking when faced with awkward parameters.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2002 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Apperley Honing</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/apa/apa102.html</link>
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      <title>Service deburrs machined and pressed components</title>
      <description>ITT Industries made a 57% saving by using Finishing Techniques' service. An aluminium part was CNC machined, then hand deburred before plating, now it is finished more economically.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Finishing Techniques</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/fin/fin100.html</link>
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      <title>Display systems maker adds on finishing plant</title>
      <description>The installation of the largest UK Cool-Phos combined degreasing, phosphating and drying system is critical to finishing process at Jack Sayers Products.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Jack Sayers Products</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/jac/jac100.html</link>
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