Experts from the UK Lubricants Association (UKLA) and HSE have prepared a new good-practice guide for the safe handling and disposal of metalworking fluids. The guide provides advice on how to maintain and control exposure to metalworking fluids in order to prevent ill health, particularly asthma, occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other breathing problems. Work-related asthma is a significant and growing problem with an estimated 1500 to 3000 new cases each year. On average, at least 20 of these cases are associated with exposure to metalworking fluids.
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Unison Ltd, the UK-based inventor of all-electric tube manipulation, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a birthday bash at the company’s Scarborough headquarters. Around 100 customers, colleagues, friends and members of the Made in Yorkshire trade group attended the event, which began with a hearty brunch and welcome by Unison’s joint managing director, Alan Pickering. Technology talks and machine tool presentations followed, which included demonstrations of Unison’s all-electric Breeze range of tube bending machines, and fibre laser cutters from Unison’s sister company, Nukon Lasers UK.
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A major UK automotive supplier is joining forces with In-Comm Training to boost its learning and development offer and support employee retention. Gestamp, which manufactures components for use in car body structures, is investing in a dedicated training centre at its plant in Four Ashes, Wolverhampton. Six classrooms will deliver Lean Manufacturing Apprenticeships for a minimum of 60 existing team members every year, as well as a host of other development activities designed to increase the skills base of its 650-strong workforce. The Gestamp Training Centre will house two In-Comm Training experts.
For further information www.gestamp.com