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Harrison Silverdale Boosts Productivity with MecWash Duo

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

MecWash Systems has installed a Duo 400 parts washing system at fastener specialist Harrison Silverdale,...

UK Manufacturing is Growing. Now is The Time to Build on It

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

UK manufacturing entered autumn with another month of growth, strengthening the case for renewed investment...

LENS MANUFACTURER SEES CLEAR ADVANTAGES WITH TOOLING FROM TAEGUTEC

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

A Leicestershire cine lens specialist turned to TaeguTec's aluminium turning grade to protect the mirror...

£130k Grant

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

TextureJet has been awarded a £130,000 Innovate UK grant to accelerate the development of ArcSlice,...

Defence Surge Exposes Gaps in Specialist Engineering Supply Chain

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Engineering specialist BEP Surface Technologies is seeing a new wave of defence-related enquiries and RFQs...

UK Steel DG

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

UK Steel has appointed of Peter Brennan as its new director-general, taking over the leadership...

Nasmyth Secures Air Inlet Manifold Contract for Coolbrook

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Nasmyth has been awarded the first Air Inlet Manifold contract by Coolbrook for its pioneering...

Made Smarter Teams Up With Toyota

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Made Smarter South East, the Government-backed technology adoption programme, has teamed up with the Toyota...

Rolls-Royce Invests £300m in UK Facilities

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Rolls-Royce is making a landmark £300m investment in its manufacturing and engineering facilities across the...

Walter GB Expands with Trio of Appointments

PUBLISHED: October 2, 2026

Tooling specialist Walter GB has strengthened its UK sales operation with three new appointments, including...

Cost-Effective Solvent Cleaning Focuses on What Matters Most

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Karl Roll has developed its new Focus solvent cleaning system for manufacturers that need to...

ANCA Demonstrates Connected Regrinding Workflow at IMTS

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

At last month’s IMTS 2026 exhibition in Chicago, ANCA demonstrated a connected regrinding workflow combining...

Invitation to Compete for Fritz Studer Award 2026 Prize

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Grinding machine builder Fritz Studer AG is inviting young researchers from European universities and technical...

Keep Process, Material and Unit Costs Low in The Long Term

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Ecoclean has launched the EcoCbase, a compact, flexible cleaning system designed to provide a cost-effective...

UltraTEC Takes Centre Stage at Medical Technology Ireland

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

UltraTEC, part of the Vollmer Group, exhibited at Medical Technology Ireland at the end of...

IPercept Raises $16.5m Funds to Redefine CNC Service

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Stockholm-based IPercept has raised a $16.5m to redefine CNC-specialised industrial service in Europe and the...

Hexagon Completes Acquisition of ZG Technology

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Metrology solutions provider Hexagon has acquired the remaining 49% of Wuhan ZG Automation Technology (ZG...

New R&D Centre ‘Mazak Innovation Hub’ to Open in 2027

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

Machine tool builder Yamazaki Mazak will open a new R&D centre, the Mazak Innovation Hub...

Tooling Solutions for Modern Manufacturing at AMB 2026

PUBLISHED: October 2, 2026

At the recent AMB 2026 exhibition in Stuttgart, Kyocera Unimerco presented tooling solutions designed to...

One Drill Body, Many Applications with X Tip Drill

PUBLISHED: October 2, 2026

The Seco® X Tip Drill simplifies hole-making with one modular drill body and multiple, exchangeable...

UK Manufacturing is Growing. Now is The Time to Build on It

PUBLISHED: October 9, 2026

UK manufacturing entered autumn with another month of growth, strengthening the case for renewed investment in Britain's industrial base. The...

Energy Efficiency Drives Swissmatic’s Sliding-Head Purchases

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2026

Citizen Machinery UK has supplied six of the sliding-head CNC lathes currently operating at turned parts subcontractor Swissmatic’s Wishaw factory...

17D Grows Turning Capacity with DN Solutions Lynx 2600M

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2026

17D, a precision subcontractor specialising in machining rolling stock replacement and spare parts, has increased its in-house turning capabilities with...

DAS Engineering Goes from One XYZ Machine to 25

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2026

The installation of an XYZ TC 400 turning centre at DAS Engineering represents the 25th machine purchased from XYZ Machine...

DN SOLUTIONS DNM 6700XL BOOSTS LARGE-COMPONENT MACHINING AT COMPLETE ENGINEERING SERVICES

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2026

Complete Engineering Services’ recent investment in a DN Solutions DNM 6700XL vertical machining centre from Mills CNC is helping the...

Manufacturing Champion Named CBM Ambassador for SMEs

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

The Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) has appointed one of the industry’s most passionate advocates as its new ambassador for...

Efficient Subcontracting Using DMG Mori’s MX Strategy

PUBLISHED: September 3, 2026

The semiconductor industry presents major opportunities for contract manufacturers. However, increasingly stringent requirements for precision, cleanliness and surface quality demand...

Space Project Prompts First Investment In Five-Axis Machining

PUBLISHED: August 28, 2026

Subcontractor Capabilities Beyond Engineering (CBE+) has installed its first five-axis vertical machining centre (VMC), a German-built Spinner U630 supplied by...

Healthy Investment Strategy In Action At Oracle Precision

PUBLISHED: August 28, 2026

Oracle Precision is investing in three DN Solutions DVF 5000Mk II simultaneous five-axis machining centres with integrated workpiece pallet changers...

Newburgh Names BSM

PUBLISHED: August 28, 2026

Newburgh Engineering Co Ltd has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Jonathan Todd as business systems manager, following...

Rodin Uses Creo Integrated CAD and Simulation Solution

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

Rodin Motorsport is using PTC’s Creo integrated CAD and simulation solution to find valuable fractions of a second on the...

Open Mind’s HyperMILL CAM Transforms Operations at Vigour

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

Founded in 2015, Coventry-based Vigour Ltd has grown from a single five-axis machining centre into a specialist manufacturer of complex,...

Partnership Delivers Toolpath Optimisation in NX CAM

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

Siemens and ModuleWorks are strengthening their long-standing partnership by integrating advanced physics-based toolpath technologies directly into the Siemens NX CAM...

Verify and Optimise NC Programs Faster with Latest NCSIMUL

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

Hexagon’s Production Software Division has introduced the latest release of NCSIMUL, strengthening its integrated approach to NC program verification, simulation...

Vericut 9.7 Offers CNC Shops Performance without Compromise

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

Vericut has released the latest version (9.7) of its CNC simulation, verification and optimisation software, delivering faster simulation, expanded AI...

KASTO Introduces New Control Generation for Sawing Machines

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

Sawing machine and storage system manufacturer KASTO has introduced a new generation of controls for its sawing machines, combining modern...

CAMIO 2026 Launches with Renishaw REVO Five-Axis Integration

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

LK Metrology has unveiled a major release of its proprietary CAMIO software for programming, analysis and reporting on co-ordinate measuring...

JWA CNC Precision Overcomes Complexity with Mastercam

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2026

JWA CNC Precision is demonstrating how the right CAM technology can help manufacturers consistently and profitably manage complex components and...

Enztec reduces CNC cycle times 16% with Vericut Force

PUBLISHED: May 29, 2026

New Zealand-based orthopaedic surgical instrument manufacturer Enztec has achieved a 16% average reduction in CNC cycle times after implementing Vericut...