Machine-tool supplier NCMT has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2018, for its rapid growth in exports to contract machinists supplying international aero engine- and land-turbine manufacturers.

The award is based on VIPER grinding, which was developed in collaboration with Rolls-Royce and Japanese machining centre manufacturer Makino, which is represented by NCTM in the UK and Ireland. NCMT’s steeply increasing overseas sales resulted in the company growing its export business from £1.7m in 2013/14 to £7.7m and £10.7m (50% of machine-tool turnover) in subsequent years, to £14m in the current financial year.
For further information www.ncmt.co.uk

XYZ Machine Tools has pulled together a selection of keynote speakers for a free-of-charge 3D printing seminar to be held at its Burlescombe, Devon headquarters on 22-23 May.

The two-hour seminars will focus on the HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer with processing and fast-cooling stations, as well as providing the opportunity to question experts from HP and the 3D printing industry. The morning seminar commences at 10:30 and is repeated at 13:30, with coffee and lunch provided.
For further information sales@xyzmachinetools.com

A familiar face has returned to take charge of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s operations in the UK.

David Brown has moved to head up the Telford-based metrology solutions business after a spell as a senior manager for Hexagon in Northern Europe. His re-appointment coincides with the creation of a new management team to spearhead the company’s ambitious growth plans. “In the coming months, we’re looking to invest in people in order to boost our expansion,” says Brown, whose time at Hexagon and in the industry now spans 27 years.
For further information www.hexagonmi.com

Mills CNC reports that over 3000 people visited its stand at the recent MACH 2018 exhibition, where the company took hundreds of enquiries and 20 machine-tool orders.

Tony Dale, Mills CNC’s technical director, says: “We took five orders for Doosan vertical turning lathes, including two for our new V8300 machines, and also secured an order each for a large-capacity Doosan Mynx 9500 vertical machining centre and a VC 3600 (twin-table) vertical machining centre. The remaining orders were for Lynx and Puma lathes and DNM machining centres.”
For further information www.millscnc.co.uk