EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

King’s Award for AM specialist RYSE 3D

Additive manufacturing specialist RYSE 3D has celebrated its best-ever year in style by securing a King’s Award for Innovation. The company has seen sales increase by 58% over the past 12 months, while its ability to deliver 3D-printed production parts quickly has seen RYSE 3D race towards a near £5m turnover. The Shipston-on-Stour-based business has also created 10 new jobs, added new export markets and launched LANDR 500, a large-format FDM printer designed and built in the UK. Tim Cox, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, was welcomed to its factory as part of the King’s Award celebrations.

More information www.ryse3d.com

Tadweld Celebrates Record Year

Tadcaster-based engineering and fabrication business Tadweld rounded off 2024 by
celebrating a record year. The company not only saw year-on-year sales climb by 50% in
comparison with 2023, it also created 12 new positions and has plans to create 30 more
over the coming three years.
Further Tadweld achievements in 2024 included winning the ‘Digital Technology in
Engineering’ accolade at the Made in Yorkshire Awards. The business also racked up a new
record of 2400 training hours with six new apprentices, invested in new space and facilities
to the tune of £1m+, and continued embracing innovation through the implementation of
laser welding equipment.
More information www.tadweld.co.uk

One-Hit Machining Takes Spotlight

More than 90 visitors from the UK and overseas (representing 45 manufacturers) attended
last month’s Hurco open house in High Wycombe. Managing director David Waghorn said
that after tough trading conditions in 2024, the company experienced a strong upturn in
business towards the end of the year.
The event proved to be an excellent springboard into 2025, particularly as Hurco Europe’s
order backlog is in excess of £8m, more than double the figure of 12 months ago. The event
focused on one-hit machining using Hurco five-axis machining centres. The company offers
four styles of five-axis machining centre: cantilever, trunnion-type, B-axis spindle and
bridge-type machines with a two-axis spindle head.
More information www.hurco.co.uk

Crowds head to SteelFab this week

The 20th edition of SteelFab takes place this week (13-16 January) at the Expo Centre Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). SteelFab is known as the most comprehensive event of its kind for a reason – it caters to the entire gamut of the fabrication industry in a focused manner through special segments such as machine tools, welding and cutting, tube and pipe, surface preparation and finishing, and AI and robotics.

The UAE’s economic diversification push has given added impetus to the metalworking industry as it looks to invest in the latest tools for both metal-cutting and metal-forming applications, including automation, tooling systems, CADCAM software and other technologies. SteelFab 2025 is hosting a special section for CNC machine tools and metal-cutting machinery that features a live display area.

More information www.steelfabme.com

Sustainability boosts profitability in UK

A new study from software provider Forterro has revealed that 72% of UK mid-market
manufacturers see increased profitability because of operating more sustainably.
The study also shows the extent to which UK manufacturers are now focusing on
sustainability, with 84% of respondents citing it as a priority. Some 71% say their
organisation has a dedicated resource to address sustainability, while 75% reveal they have
a net-zero plan. The findings come from Forterro’s ‘UK Midmarket Manufacturing Report:
Key Tech Trends, Best Practice and Future-Proofing’, which is available at the link below.
More information www.bit.ly/3P106pS