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Ready to boostinvestment?

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Britain’s manufacturers could boost their investment by up to £10bn if they were to take...

Manufacturing Awards winners named

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Business Awards UK has announced the winners of its 2024 Manufacturing Awards, recognising exceptional achievements and...

Financial announcement by Doncaster

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Doncasters Group is pleased to announce the successful closing and funding of a new $500m...

World’s most advanced laser welder

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

A leading battery technology manufacturer has completed the successful commissioning of what it describes as...

Q1 growth for subcontract market

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Qimtek’s latest Contract Manufacturing Index shows that the UK subcontract market continued to grow in...

THOUSANDS FLOCK TO MACH 2024 IN SEARCH OF INNOVATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

MACH 2024, which took place last month at the NEC in Birmingham, attracted thousands of...

WMG provides £450m boost

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

WMG at the University of Warwick says it has boosted the West Midlands economy by...

New titanium manufacturing process

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

A new hybrid manufacturing method that aims to boost capability in the UK and increase...

Winning trophy design revealed

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

Arron Wilcock, a reliability maintenance engineering apprentice at Amazon, who is part of a Manufacturing Technology...

UR names Distributor of the Year

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

UK-based automation company RARUK Automation has been named Distributor of the Year by its principal,...

700+ robots for VW Spain

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Robot manufacturer Kuka and Volkswagen have signed a framework agreement for the delivery of more...

Linear-guide cutting facility opens

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

European users of NSK’s linear guides can now take advantage of the company’s new cutting...

Seco brand wins at Transform Awards

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Last September, cutting tool manufacturer Seco launched a radically updated visual identity and a long-term...

Electric robot lifts large loads at longreach

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Mitsubishi Electric is launching itsMelfa RV-12CRL vertical articulated robot, which offers 1504 mm reach and...

Kuka KR Fortec has dynamic performance

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Kuka says that its new KR Fortec industrial robot delivers versatility in a small footprint....

SCOPE aids zero downtime for robots

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

The new SCOPE system from Stäubli will bring many benefits to users of the company’s...

Lights-out machining a reality with AMRs

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

GF Machining Solutions says that its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) deliver a smart, unmanned and...

UR announces Siemens PLC integration

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Universal Robots (UR), a manufacturer of collaborative robots (cobots), has integrated the Standard Robot Command Interface...

Igus unveils bionic hand for ReBel cobot

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

The igus ReBeL cobot (collaborative robot) now has a humanoid hand made of lubrication-free plastics,...

Tezmaksan launches CubeBOX automation

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Tezmaksan has launched three new iterations of its CubeBOX automation solutions that enable operator-free production...

Manufacturing Awards winners named

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Business Awards UK has announced the winners of its 2024 Manufacturing Awards, recognising exceptional achievements and innovative contributions across the manufacturing...

Financial announcement by Doncaster

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Doncasters Group is pleased to announce the successful closing and funding of a new $500m senior debt facility that will...

Q1 growth for subcontract market

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Qimtek’s latest Contract Manufacturing Index shows that the UK subcontract market continued to grow in the first quarter. The index...

Subcontractor takes up five-axis machining

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

Based in County Cork, Maas Precision Engineering performs its CNC milling on seven Hurco vertical machining centres. The first arrived...

Bryken trebles automated milling capacity

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

A long-time user of two automated machining centres that exchange parts fixtured on pallets, in 2022 subcontractor Bryken installed a...

£10m heavy engineering plant

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

Subcontract manufacturer, WEC Group, is constructing a state-of-the-art 60,000 sq ft heavymachining and fabrication facility in Blackburn. The development marks...

Injection mould maker automates machining

PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024

Based in Budapest, Euroform provides an injection mould-making service from design toproduction. The firm currently uses eight machining centres from...

The die is cast

PUBLISHED: April 27, 2024

Phase two of a demolition project has started at Sheffield Forgemasters to make way for theUK's largest open-die forging line....

Barrow funding

PUBLISHED: April 21, 2024

A major investment in Barrow-in-Furness can only be good news for supply chain companies and the wider economy. That is...

Simwon adopts AP & T press-hardening technology

PUBLISHED: April 21, 2024

Together with its agent Daekyung International, AP&T has spent many years building up arelationship with Simwon and MS Autotech in...

Electric robot lifts large loads at longreach

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Mitsubishi Electric is launching itsMelfa RV-12CRL vertical articulated robot, which offers 1504 mm reach and 12 kg payload capacity. The...

Kuka KR Fortec has dynamic performance

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Kuka says that its new KR Fortec industrial robot delivers versatility in a small footprint. Dynamic performance results in short...

SCOPE aids zero downtime for robots

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

The new SCOPE system from Stäubli will bring many benefits to users of the company’s robot systems. By analysing robot...

Lights-out machining a reality with AMRs

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

GF Machining Solutions says that its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) deliver a smart, unmanned and automated factory solution that enhances...

UR announces Siemens PLC integration

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Universal Robots (UR), a manufacturer of collaborative robots (cobots), has integrated the Standard Robot Command Interface (SRCI) into its software, making it...

Igus unveils bionic hand for ReBel cobot

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

The igus ReBeL cobot (collaborative robot) now has a humanoid hand made of lubrication-free plastics, making it cost-effective and easy...

Tezmaksan launches CubeBOX automation

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

Tezmaksan has launched three new iterations of its CubeBOX automation solutions that enable operator-free production in tending CNC machine tools.CubeBOX...

Automated prismatic machining made easy

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024

New from machine tool company DMG Mori is the PH Cell 500, a modular system for handling machine pallets carrying...

Software platform boosts machine tending

PUBLISHED: August 27, 2023

Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots (cobots), is releasing a new software platform specifically for machine-tending tasks. The...

Cognex vision system enables AI-based inspection

PUBLISHED: August 27, 2023

Cognex, a specialist in industrial machine vision, has released the In-Sight 3800 vision system. Designed for high-speed production lines, In-Sight...