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CNC Robotics receives funding

PUBLISHED: January 13, 2021

CNC Robotics, a system integrator specialising in the use of robots for machining, is one...

First Scottish hydrogen-powere...

PUBLISHED: January 12, 2021

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews,...

Virtual laser sessions

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

Trotec UK Live is a virtual event taking place over three days later this month...

1250 apprentices and graduates

PUBLISHED: January 8, 2021

More than 850 apprenticeships and 400 graduate roles are now available across the UK sites...

Shipbuilding automation

PUBLISHED: January 7, 2021

Babcock International Group has placed an order for an extensive set of PEMA welding and...

Construction starts at NMIS

PUBLISHED: January 6, 2021

Construction has started on the flagship National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) facility at the heart...

DMC and Produmax drive new era

PUBLISHED: January 5, 2021

The Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) has struck a new partnership with precision engineering expert Produmax....

In-Comm Training plans expansi...

PUBLISHED: January 4, 2021

In-Comm Training has outlined plans for investment in the launch of a new press and...

Large fabrications

PUBLISHED: December 23, 2020

In its first contract for VolkerStevin, heavy engineering specialist Blackhill Engineering is fabricating large steel...

LK Metrology appoints Sempre

PUBLISHED: December 22, 2020

Industrial metrology specialist the Sempre Group and CMM pioneer LK Metrology have announced a new...

Fastener investment at Bumax...

PUBLISHED: January 15, 2021

Bumax has recently invested several million SEK in three new state-of-the-art machines to further enhance...

Recovery expected this year...

PUBLISHED: January 14, 2021

Italy’s national association for machine tools, robots and automation systems, UCIMU-Sistemi Per Produrre, is predicting...

Sigma Labs and DMG Mori strike

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

DMG Mori has selected Sigma Labs Inc, a developer of quality-assurance software for the commercial...

UR sells 50,000th cobot...

PUBLISHED: January 4, 2021

Collaborative robot (cobot) pioneer Universal Robots (UR) has sold its 50,000th UR cobot to German...

Stratasys announces Origin acq

PUBLISHED: December 21, 2020

Stratasys has signed an agreement to acquire 3D-printing start-up Origin Inc in a transaction for...

SPI Lasers is now Trumpf...

PUBLISHED: December 15, 2020

Trumpf has completed the renaming and merger of its wholly-owned fibre laser manufacturing subsidiary SPI...

Robots aid scooter constructio

PUBLISHED: December 14, 2020

The combination of unique design and a sustainable new production technique are responsible for the...

EuroBlech postponed...

PUBLISHED: December 8, 2020

Mack Brooks Exhibitions has postponed EuroBLECH, which was scheduled to take place at the Hanover...

Aerospace drives jig borer dem

PUBLISHED: December 7, 2020

Starrag Group company SIP is currently assembling a series of high-precision jig boring machines destined...

Robots partner humans at FPT...

PUBLISHED: December 2, 2020

At the plant of FPT Industrial Driveline in Turin, which produces transmissions and axles for...

Medical parts gain from single

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

A trio of Bumotec multi-axis, multi-tasking machining centres are helping Shanghai Medical Instruments (Group) to maintain its 50% market share...

Radan delivers higher profit m

PUBLISHED: January 4, 2021

Automatic nesting capability in Radan CADCAM software is achieving a sheet-metal subcontractor’s target for its raw material utilisation as part...

Plastic injection moulder upgr

PUBLISHED: December 21, 2020

It was as recently as 2012 that manual plus two-and-a-half-axis CNC milling gave way to full 3D machining of plastic...

Quick on the uptake...

PUBLISHED: December 14, 2020

Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has supplied Quick Machining Solutions, a...

MSC achieves six-figure saving

PUBLISHED: December 7, 2020

As a global specialist in fluid engineering technology such as pumping, agitation, mixing, separation and application technologies, Sulzer has a...

Second pair of VMCs at RDMS...

PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020

Rapid Design Manufacturing Solutions (RDMS), a manufacturer of plastic injection production and rapid mould tools, has invested in a second...

The colour of success at Cutti

PUBLISHED: November 23, 2020

Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has recently supplied Birmingham-based Cutting Blue...

Success is in the air at Alte

PUBLISHED: November 16, 2020

Altex Engineering, a precision subcontractor based in Calne, has invested in a new Salvagnini L5 CNC fibre laser cutter to...

Robot-based system for LMD coa

PUBLISHED: November 9, 2020

The installation of advanced technology supplied by CNC Robotics at ASCO Engineering and Surface Technology means the company can now...

EV demands INCREASED reliance

PUBLISHED: November 2, 2020

A company specialising in renewable energy is seeing major changes in the components it is being asked to produce for...

Digital summit success for Lan

PUBLISHED: January 15, 2021

Manufacturing IT expert Lantek had another successful year at EuroBLECH – albeit virtual. The EuroBLECH 2021 Digital Innovation Summit, which...

Tube cutter suits Micrometric...

PUBLISHED: January 14, 2021

Lincoln-based manufacturing firm Micrometric has introduced Coherent’s StarCut Tube system to its range of cutting equipment. The fully automated machine...

Automated loading for all fabr

PUBLISHED: January 13, 2021

With the ByTower Compact automated load/unload system, the productivity of a Bystronic laser cutter can increase significantly without occupying much...

Large-format laser cutter...

PUBLISHED: January 12, 2021

LVD is introducing Taurus FL, a new large-format gantry-style fibre laser cutter that offers extra-large sheet metal cutting capacity. Of...

Five times more ventilator par

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

Shannon-based Bolger Engineering, a contractor to the medical industry, recently saw its order for Medtronic Puritan Bennett PB-series ventilator components...

Hypertherm unveils ProNest 202

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

Hypertherm, a manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, has released ProNest 2021, a major version update of its CADCAM...

Loan helps COVID-ready transit

PUBLISHED: November 20, 2020

Close Brothers Asset Finance has provided specialist designer and manufacturer, Brand Consortia, with a term loan backed by CBILS to...

Pre-owned waterjet installed...

PUBLISHED: November 19, 2020

Ölands Vattenskärning AB, a waterjet cutting specialist in Scandinavia, has recently installed its largest machine to date. The machine, made...

Punch-laser combination machin

PUBLISHED: November 18, 2020

LVD is introducing the Strippit PL punch-laser combination, a machine that combines the punching and forming advantages of the Strippit...

Flexible friend for GF Laser...

PUBLISHED: November 17, 2020

Following the installation of a Trumpf TruLaser Cell 5030 five-axis CNC laser-profiling machine, the first such model in the UK,...

19th Jan: A Selection of Machi

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

Apex Auctions is offering a Selection of Machinery Available from Bromford Industries Ltd (Phase 2) Viewing: by appointment only Auction...

27th Jan: Okamoto Grinder, Nak

PUBLISHED: January 10, 2021

Cottrill & Co. is offering by online auction Okamoto Grinder, Nakamura & Harrison Lathes, XYZ Siemens & Matchmaker Milling Machines...

Jan 28: CNC Machining Centres

PUBLISHED: December 13, 2020

Cottrill is offering by online auction CNC Machining Centres & Lathes, Conventional Machine Tools, Inspection Equipment surplus to ongoing requirements...