EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Esab Buys LIPL

Esab Corporation, a focused industrial compounder, has entered into an agreement to acquire Linde Industries PvtLtd (LIPL), a specialist in welding consumables and equipment in Bangladesh. LIPL, which is Esab’s third acquisition this year, generated approximately $20m in sales in 2023 and is marginaccretive. Esab expects the acquisition to close later this year. Shyam Kambeyanda, president and CEO of Esab Corporation, says: “Bangladesh is a fast-growing and attractive market, and the LIPL acquisition further strengthens our ability to serve end markets and customers in the region.”

More information www.esabcorporation.com

Tyrolit expands production

Grinding and dressing tool specialist The Tyrolit Group is expanding its production site in Stans and investing €15m in an innovativeproduction line. This is the company’s response to current developments and standards such as Euro 7, which makes new production technologies necessary to safeguard the company’s global competitiveness.The newly created area will provide space for new machines from autumn 2024. The plant expansion is just one of several Tyrolit initiatives in the EU: sites in Germany, Italy and Belgium allsaw recent modernisation or expansion.

More information www.tyrolit.group

Trumpf UK names open house dates

To celebrate its 50th anniversary in the UK, Trumpf will stage an open house at its Luton headquarters on 2 and 3 July 2024. The event is a prime opportunity for OEMs and subcontractors to gain inspiration via the latest sheet metal machines and software solutions, covering processes from design to automated manufacture. Trumpf will showcase its laser cutting, punching, welding, bending and laser marking technology through live machine and software demonstrations, and provide opportunities to speak with technical experts face to face.

More information www.bit.ly/4e2UtmD

FANUC set for take-off

FANUC UK will showcase a suite of next-generation automation solutions at Farnborough International Airshow (22-26 July) to enable higher rate aircraft and aerospace manufacturing. Spanning the entire supply chain – including solutions for the burgeoning eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) sector – visitors to stand 4900 can witness demonstrations covering a wide a variety of key applications essential for the aerospace sector. These will include dispensing, polishing, inspection, machining and drilling, helping manufacturers to meet increasing order levels by boosting productivity.

For more information www.fanuc.eu

Investment drives growth

One of the UK’s major manufacturers, fabricators and installers of access products – Teesside based Lionweld Kennedy – is making a £1.5m investment in its site and machinery as the company breaks ground on a new multipurpose building and installs the UK’s first shearing machine for steel grating. The investment will see the business further consolidate its position as one of the region’s largest employers. With the installation of a shear grating machine Lionweld expects to increase the production capacity of its Safegrid gratings by over 40%, while simultaneously eliminating all waste production associated with cutting. For more information www.lk-uk.com