EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Partnership Expands

Rolls-Royce is expanding its partnership with Marand Precision Engineering into a new export venture, supplying naval gas turbine propulsion packages to the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme. In addition, Rolls-Royce has opened a new regional Defence Headquarters in Canberra, Australia, marking a milestone in the company’s commitment to supporting the Australian Defence Force (ADF), building Australian sovereign industrial capability and expanding its presence in the Pacific Rim. Rolls-Royce engineers are co-located at Marand’s facility in Melbourne.

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Coolant Approval

Fuchs Lubricants EcoCool Global 1000 has earned Boeing BAC 5008 Sections 5 & 6 approval, giving manufacturers even greater freedom to adopt high-performance coolant technology without compromising on aerospace compliance. De­vel­oped using ad­vanced lu­bri­cant tech­nol­ogy, EcoCool Global 1000 was en­gi­neered to help man­u­fac­tur­ers get more from every ma­chin­ing op­er­a­tion while meet­ing the strin­gent re­quire­ments ex­pected by today’s aero­space in­dus­try. Whether machining titanium, nickel-based alloys or aluminium, the fluid is designed to deliver consistent performance.

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Closing The Circularity Loop With Carbide Recycling

In the face of ever-increasing carbide prices, Walter GB Ltd is urging UK manufacturers to take advantage of its fully managed carbide recycling service. The recycling scheme transforms spent tooling into valuable raw materials while delivering measurable cost and sustainability benefits for customers. The Walter Recycling Service is built on the principle of true circularity. Upon the return of a worn cutter, 100% of the material is reintroduced into the production cycle to manufacture new tools, creating a closed-loop system that conserves finite raw materials, reduces carbon emissions and cuts administrative burden.

More information www.walter-tools.com/en-gb

Circulus Helps Pioneer Gigital Passport Technology

A Glasgow-based circular economy business has helped demonstrate how a new technology could make it easier for products to be repaired, reused and recycled. A six‑month trial led by the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), in partnership with Glasgow-based Circulus, successfully tested the use of digital product passports (DPPs) within a real-world remanufacturing environment.

During the trial, NMIS worked closely with Circulus to map how information moves through the company’s operations and identify how product data could be captured and shared more effectively. To test the approach without affecting day-to-day operations, a replica of Circulus’s HIVE business management system was created, allowing the technology to be trialled in an environment that closely mirrored live operations.More information www.nmis.scot

PM Visits Alstom’s Litchurch Lane Factory in Derby

Alstom, a global specialist in smart and sustainable mobility, recently hosted Prime Minister Andy Burnham at its Litchurch Lane Works factory in Derby, where he announced the launch of new technical education routes. The PM met around 100 apprentices and graduates in Alstom’s National Training Academy, providing the backdrop for changes to the UK’s education system.

Litchurch Lane has built trains for 150 years. Without it, the UK would be the only G7 economy unable to design, engineer, build and test trains for its national railway network. Alstom’s £720m annual spend with almost 1300 British suppliers shows how rail procurement can be a core driver of reindustrialising Britain, supporting skills, jobs and economic growth across the country.

More information www.alstom.com