EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

FSP wins King’s Award for Enterprise

Fabweld Steel Products (FSP), a Midlands-based market leader in steel fabrication, has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its outstanding commitment to sustainable development. In recent years, FSP has focused primarily on reducing emissions through substantial investment in solar energy and the installation of equipment to generate nitrogen on site. As the majority of its carbon emissions arise from steel usage, the company has made strategic purchasing choices, selecting suppliers with credible plans to work towards net-zero steel production.

More information www.fsp.co.uk

Open house at Axe & Status

Axe & Status Machinery Ltd is hosting an open house at its headquarters and showroom in Holdom Avenue, Bletchley this week (Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 May). Running from 10:30 to 16:30 both days, the event will showcase the many benefits of high-performance machinery such as ACCURL 2D and 3D tube laser cutting systems for tubes, pipes and profiles. Also present will be the compact ACCURL SMART Cube fibre laser cutting system for sheet components. 

Other machines in action at the Axe & Status open house will include ACCURL CNC press brakes and ACCURL CNC guillotine shears. Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be available on both days of the event. Visitors planning to attend can register by calling 01908 647707 or sending an email to sarah.ward@axestatus.com (please express preferred day).

More information www.axestatus.com

CBM urges CCA take-up

Manufacturers are being encouraged to take part in the Climate Change Agreement (CCA), which has saved metal-forming companies £100m over the past 25 years. The Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) has successfully passed this major milestone based on money claimed back against the climate change levy tax that is applied to all gas and electricity bills. It has now reopened its window for new applicants to come forward for consideration as part of the next phase currently under negotiation, which will run from January 2026 until 2033. The window closes on 31 August 2025.

More information louise.campbell@thecbm.co.uk

Zeiss names the date

Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions (IQS) will stage an official grand opening of its new ‘Quality Excellence Centre’ in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The event will take place on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 May. There will be a morning and afternoon event on both days comprising presentations, tours, simulated training academy sessions and guided machine demonstrations. Refreshments and catering will be available. At 1,500 m² the new Quality Excellence Centre in Lutterworth is three times the size of the company’s previous UK site in Rugby, where it was based for 23 years.

More information www.zeiss.co.uk/metrology

Delkia expands operations and adds jobs

A new engineering production facility is set to open this month and create around 20 new jobs near St Helens as specialist engineering and technology company Delkia expands its operations into Merseyside. Delkia, which specialises in safety-related and mission-critical systems for the defence and nuclear sectors, is expanding its production capabilities to keep pace with a growing order book. The new ‘Power and Propulsion Centre of Excellence’ at Haydock boasts 16,000 ft² of manufacturing space and will specialise in the large-scale production, testing and assembly of power and propulsion systems for defence customers.

More information www.delkia.co.uk