HES Completes Pulley Drum Contract For Rema Tip Top

Hallamshire Engineering Services (HES) has manufactured and supplied Rema Tip Top – a provider of wear protection, conveying and mineral processing solutions – with 630 mm diameter slatted pulley drums that will form an integral part of a conveyor system for a glass-handling plant. The pulley drums, which have a 360 mm face length, were designed and engineered by HES to meet the specific requirements of Rema Tip Top’s customer, and were delivered as part of an ongoing supply relationship between the two companies. 

More information www.hallamshireeningeering.co.uk

Stratasys And Limbitless Solutions Grow Partnership

Stratasys, a global specialist in additive manufacturing solutions, and Limbitless Solutions, a non-profit research facility at the University of Central Florida dedicated to empowering children through bionics, are expanding a 12-year collaboration that has already helped deliver hundreds of 3D-printed prosthetic devices to children across the US and beyond. The expanded partnership will feature a renewed focus on sustainability, education and increasing access to 3D-printed prosthetics for children everywhere. It includes a dedicated Limbitless lab at the University of Central Florida, equipped with multiple Stratasys systems.

More information www.stratasys.com

Get set for Hurco Demo Deals Day 2026

On 16 September, Hurco Europe will hold an in-house event where every Hurco machine currently on show in the company’s High Wycombe showroom will be presented for sale at a specially discounted, ex-demonstration price. As last year, a similar deal will apply to Hurco machines installed in the dedicated training facility and technical centre at Kirklees College, Huddersfield. The scope of all offers extends to accessories fitted to the machines, such as Hurco software and tooling, Renishaw probing, rotary tables, and Filtermist units. Furthermore, a 20% discount will be applied to selected machines in stock, including the 20,000 rpm VMX30HSi three-axis VMC, the VMX42Di-40ATC three-axis VMC, and the top-of-the-range TMX10MYSi turning centre. 
Pre-register at https://global.hurco.com/gb

Mills CNC Names Technology Show Date

Mills CNC’s ‘Innovation Day’ technology show, focused on best-practice one-hit machining, advanced multi-tasking machine tools, and integrated automation systems and solutions, will demonstrate how visitors to the event can increase their productivity, improve their process efficiencies and maintain their competitive edge. The event will also provide the ideal venue to introduce the Heller HF 5500 FLEX horizontal simultaneous five-axis mill-turn machine to component manufacturers in the UK and Ireland.

The technology event will take place at Mills CNC’s campus facility in Leamington on 8 October 2026. While much of the initial limelight will be on the Heller HF 5500 FLEX, 10 machine tools from DN Solutions will also be showcased at the event. Mills is also set to present its latest automation systems to attendees.

More information www.millscnc.co.uk

Somers Forge Celebrates Two Of Its Longest Servers

Somers Forge, a metal forger based in Halesowen has celebrated nearly a century of combined service from two of its longest-serving employees. Machine shop inspector Kevin Woodward has reached 50 years with the firm, while machine shop supervisor Pete Hodgetts has built a career at the forge spanning more than four decades. Woodward and Hodgetts, both 66, followed their families to work in the forge, with both being third-generation employees. They were joined by their families to mark the anniversaries, where they enjoyed a cake baked by a colleague and received a Fortnum & Mason hamper.

More information www.somersforge.com