AP&T success

AP&T, which is headquartered in Ulricehamn, Sweden, has received another award for its proprietary production solution for the forming of high-strength aluminium.

The 2017 Quality Innovation Award was conferred by SIQ, the Swedish Institute for Quality. The committee of judges shared the following justification for its decision: “The new technology enables radical reduction of the material’s thickness and weight, which leads to lower fuel consumption and less environmental impact – at the same time increasing crashworthiness.”
For further information www.aptgroup.com

Safety accreditation

Turbex, which has been supplying aqueous cleaning systems to industry for over 30 years, and more recently anodising, chemical cleaning and surface treatment lines, is one of the latest firms to receive accreditation under the Alcumus SafeContractor scheme.

The scheme recognises excellence in health and safety management at over 10,000 registered contracting firms, and is referred to more and more by safety-conscious businesses in Britain when selecting service providers. Under the SafeContractor scheme, suppliers undergo a vetting process that examines their procedures and track record for safe practice.
For further information www.turbex.co.uk

Open house success at Zoller UK

Around 80 representatives from across 40 companies headed to Zoller UK’s Advanced Innovation Centre in Derbyshire over two days to discover solutions designed to offer cost and efficiency savings.

During the open house, company experts provided live demonstrations on a number of its lines, while visitors were given access to products from partners such as Open Mind, Kyocera Unimerco and CG Tech, covering computer-aided design and manufacturing solutions, as well as cutting-tool servicing, maintenance and verification.
For further information www.zoller-uk.com

JLR quality award for Optimas Solutions

Optimas Solutions has been presented with the Jaguar Land Rover Quality (JLRQ) award.

The award was presented to the distributor of fasteners and C-class products in recognition of the consistently high quality of service and products delivered to JLR. Having started out providing parts to a single production line, Optimas now supplies over 1 billion fasteners to thousands of ‘points of fit’ across JLR’s manufacturing locations in Birmingham and Coventry, as well as exporting to JLR China. Despite the volume, Optimas maintains a quality standard of <1 part per million. For further information www.optimas.com

KTP fuels growth at Craftsman Tools

University of Huddersfield experts are helping Otley-based Craftsman Tools introduce advanced technology and manufacturing systems that will enable the company to break into new global markets and quadruple its turnover.

Now, Craftsman Tools aims to diversify from subcontract machining and increase its focus on designing and manufacturing its own products, particularly toolholders.
The company’s goal is to boost turnover in this sector from £1.2m to £4m within five years. Increased productivity, flexibility and efficiencies need to be achieved, which will demand a systems engineering approach and automated manufacture. Key issues raised by the new strategy are to be addressed by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) – financially backed by Government body Innovate UK – formed between Craftsman and the University of Huddersfield.
For further information www.hud.ac.uk