Sigma invests $1m to expand capabilities

Sigma Components has invested over $1 million across its manufacturing facilities in the UK and China to increase capacity and meet growing customer demand. The investment follows hot on the heels of the company’s spend of over $1m in a new manufacturing facility in Chengdu last year. This latest investment includes specialist equipment to boost Sigma’s fabrication and pipe manufacturing capabilities. It has also led to the creation of over 50 jobs in Nuneaton, Hinckley and Farnborough, including shop floor positions, engineers, HR and finance roles.
For further information www.sigmacomponents.com

XYZ recruits sales trio

XYZ Machine Tools has announced the appointment of two new area sales managers and an additional sales engineer to strengthen its team. The appointments are Chris Jones, Dave Rawson and Lloyd Pennington, and they bring to XYZ a wide range of experience gained in manufacturing environments and capital equipment sales.

Dave Rawson introduces to XYZ his experience gained on the shop floor as a machinist/programmer and, more latterly, in sales with a supplier of sliding head lathes. He will be supporting customers across East Anglia and north and west London. The second area sales manager is Lloyd Pennington, who has been involved in the engineering manufacture and design sector for almost as long as he can remember. His area covers the northern Home Counties and part of the M40 corridor. Chris Jones joins XYZ as a sales engineer from a background of machine sales in the laser profiling sector.
For further information www.xyzmachinetools.com

TLM Laser to partner IPG Photonics

TLM Laser has further enhanced its laser products and systems portfolio through a partnership agreement with IPG Photonics, a manufacturer of fibre lasers. The company will be responsible for the sales, marketing, installation and servicing of IPG’s range of laser cutting and welding systems throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland. IPG laser cutting and welding systems complement the existing range of laser marking, welding, engraving, cladding and hardening systems available currently from TLM Laser. Indeed, systems sold currently by TLM, from Foba Laser and Alpha Laser, already use laser sources from IPG.
For further information www.tlm-laser.com

German president to open EMO 2017

Germany’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be opening the EMO 2017 exhibition (18-23 September) in Hanover. “We are absolutely delighted that our head of state will be honouring EMO with his presence, thus affirming the high level of perceived importance accorded to the nation’s industrial sector,” says Carl Martin Welcker, general commissioner of EMO. At the beginning of June 2017, more than 2050 firms from 45 countries had signed up for the show. There are more than 1400 exhibitors from Europe alone, while the number of Asian participants has increased from 21 to 25%.

“This means the current registration status is significantly above the comparable figure for the previous event,” explains Welcker. The opening ceremony is scheduled to last about an hour on 18 September. Besides Steinmeier, Lower Saxony’s prime minister Stephan Weil and CECIMO’s president Luigi Galdabini, will also be speaking.
After this, the German president will be taking
a tour of the exhibition.
For further information www.emo-hannover.de

EAMTM Conference 2017 gets underway

The EAMTM Conference 2017 kicks off this week, running from Wednesday 28 June until Saturday 1 July 2017, at the Le Dune Resort & Spa in Sardinia. As ever, the mix of business and pleasure begins on Wednesday at 15:00 with a council meeting, followed at 19:30 by the president’s welcome dinner, sponsored by MamachMachinehandel BV. Thursday begins with the annual merchants’ market, which runs from 09:00 to 12:00 and is sponsored by MTI magazine. Lunch follows, after which the various branch meetings begin at 15:00, including those for Benelux, Britain, France, Germany and Scandinavia.

A busy Thursday continues at 16:00 with the EAMTM’s AGM, with dinner scheduled for 19:30. Finally, Friday will see participants visit nearby Castelsardo, a picturesque, historic town on the island’s beautiful northern coast. Members will return in time for the final evening dinner, sponsored by Tayside Machinery, at 19:30.
For further information www.eamtm.com