Sales team expansion at Dugard

Dugard has appointed Colin Thomson to support ongoing growth of the Hanwha brand. Joining the company as product sales manager, Thomson will be tasked with managing the range of Hanwha sliding-head turning centres throughout the UK.

Dugard was appointed as the UK agent for the South Korean Hanwha brand at the tail end of 2018. The Hanwha range of machines will also be supported by the existing Dugard sales team.
With almost 30 years of experience in manufacturing, Thomson started his engineering career as a machine shop apprentice at a prominent aerospace subcontract company in Essex, during which time he became team leader. Leaving this post in his late 20s, Thomson has since cut his teeth in technical sales and account management by working with machine tool and cutting tool manufacturers. With much of this period spent at a prominent sliding-head lathe manufacturer, he is well positioned to give the Hanwha brand a foothold in this niche industry segment.
For further information www.dugard.com

IMTEX debut helps Filtermist target 30% growth

Filtermist, a specialist in providing cleaner, safer and more productive work environments, exhibited at IMTEX at the end of January as part of ambitious plans to expand its business in India by 30%.

The company, which employs over 90 people across its UK headquarters and five international offices, is looking to tap into the sub-continent’s growing desire to improve its environmental performance. IMTEX marked three decades of trade in India and comes a few weeks after Filtermist’s parent company, the Absolent Group, registered Absolent Filtermist India PVT Ltd, which now operates from a sales and technical office in New Delhi.
For further information www.filtermist.co.uk

Seven-figure machine tool investment

To support continued expansion, Middlesex Aerospace has committed to a seven-figure investment with long-term machine tool partner Yamazaki Mazak.

The Basingstoke-based, 150-employee company is one Britain’s leading tier-one suppliers of critical components and assemblies to major OEMs throughout the global aerospace market. Two state-of-the-art, five-axis multi-tasking machines, and one horizontal machining centre complete with an expanded tool storage system, comprise the latest investment.
The increased capacity of the new machines will allow the company to further develop its offering to customers. What’s more, the machinery will enable Middlesex Aerospace to operate lights-out manufacturing, 24-hours a day, improving production volumes. Laurence Foulds, managing director
at Middlesex Aerospace, says: “Our latest investment in machine tools from Mazak is one of the company’s most significant to date,
and will allow us to support a number of new customers and programmes, as we continue to
grow the business.”
For further information www.mazakeu.co.uk/aerospace

Success for Chester at SteelFab 2019

Drawing attention from high-ranking officials on the opening day of SteelFab 2019 (pictured), Chester Machine Tools enjoyed success at the Middle East’s premier trade show for metalworking, metal manufacturing and steel fabrication.

“We were extremely proud to exhibit for the sixth year running under the flagship of the British Pavilion, demonstrating our range of CNC and conventional machine tools,” states sales director Anthony Edwards. “As a global supplier, our multiple machine tool solutions support the infrastructure of growth in many countries, and we were extremely pleased to see that our machines received much attention and interest from attending delegates. It proved to be a highly successful five-day event for us, particularly when a customer specialising in oil field component manufacturing purchased our demonstration model – a Kitchen & Walker G62 radial drilling machine.”
For further information www.chestermachinetools.com

More Renishaw AM Solutions Centres

To accelerate the adoption of laser powder bed fusion technology for series production, Renishaw has expanded its network of AM (additive manufacturing) Solutions Centres.

Newly created facilities in Barcelona and Turin are now operational to allow companies in Spain and Italy to access Renishaw’s equipment and expertise at a fixed and predictable cost. Launched in 2016, Renishaw’s AM Solutions Centres provide businesses with a secure development environment to build their knowledge and confidence using 3D printing technology. The facilities are equipped with the latest AM systems, including Renishaw’s multi-laser machines.
For further information www.renishaw.com