Marketing appointment

ModuleWorks, a provider of software components for the manufacturing industry, has appointed Clinton Perry as its new head of global marketing. He joins ModuleWorks with over 20 years of experience at Autodesk and Delcam, where he held senior roles in applications engineering and marketing. His appointment marks a significant step in ModuleWorks’ ongoing growth strategy and underscores the company’s ambition of accelerating innovation in manufacturing, helping the industry’s solution providers to bring smarter, more connected digital workflows to market faster. 

More information www.moduleworks.com

Avingtrans’ Businesses Support Sellafield 

Three of Avingtrans companies have come together to engineer key components for the new SIXEP Continuity Plant (SCP) at Sellafield, Cumbria – supporting the site’s ongoing capacity to remove radioactivity from various effluent streams. Stainless Metalcraft (Chatteris), Hayward Tyler (Luton) and Hayward Tyler Fluid Handling (Glasgow) were appointed by Altrad Babcock to design and manufacture remote maintenance pumps for the SCP. Notably, Stainless Metalcraft manufactured the pump casings and provided quality and project management services.

More information www.avingtrans.plc.uk

Seco digital tool will drive sustainability

In 2021, cutting tool manufacturer Seco proposed an idea: the Industrial Sustainability Assessment – a tool to help Seco’s production units assess their sustainability level, making it easier to prioritise and identify actions toward effective and impactful improvements.
Since 2024, the Sustainability Assessment Tool has provided support in tracking progress towards Seco’s global sustainability goals. The company has now initiated work to explore the potential for an externally adapted version of the tool for stakeholders and customers who may also find this approach relevant.

More information www.secotools.com

Sheffield Forgemasters signs training deal

Sheffield Forgemasters has agreed a four-year engineering training contract with the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre. The package will support the professional and personal development of Sheffield Forgemasters’ apprentices and includes placement of a permanent engineering skills coach at the company’s site to deliver advanced machining methods for trainee engineers.

Adopting a bespoke model to train and upskill employees, the AMRC Training Centre will support the workforce as it makes the shift from traditional engineering to state-of-the-art machining facilities, currently under construction. Sheffield Forgemasters has worked with the AMRC Training Centre to identify the specific skills that its workforce will need to maximise efficiency from its 30,000 m² machining facility.

More information www.sheffieldforgemasters.com

FANUC secures order for circa 50 robots

FANUC has received a significant order to supply a state-of-the-art paint system, including paint robots and advanced application technology, to a European luxury carmaker. Almost 50 FANUC robots will paint both car bodies and plastic add-on parts such as bumpers. FANUC impressed the customer with an innovative cabin painting concept that requires fewer cabins and robots. FANUC’s paint lab near Stuttgart, Germany, also played a crucial role in securing the order. The robots will automatically open the bonnet and boot and apply multiple layers of paint.

More information www.fanuc.eu