Yamazaki Mazak UK has recorded a successful year for machine sales in 2023, a year that included its largest-ever machine order.The success was driven by a strong pipeline of high-value project wins based around the company’s experience and competence in project management, engineering support and turnkey solutions. In addition, a particularly strong December open house attracted more than 700 visitors over the four days.

During the year, Mazak also sold its largest-ever machine into the UK market and achieved strong sales for five-axis machines, multi-tasking machines (2023 marked the 35th anniversary of the introduction of Mazak’s flagship Integrex machine series) and the QT turning centre range.Results were also helped by the strong performance of key sectors, including aerospace, defence and medical, along with the recovery in the energy sector and subcontracting.

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Engineers from across Europe met in Flimby, Cumbria last month to demonstrate welding technology that will transform the way repairs take place in the shipping industry.Forth Engineeringinvited 12 partners from across Europe to showcase RESURGAM (Robotic Survey, Repair and Agile Manufacturing), a project that combines in-water friction stir welding technology with artificial intelligence and robotics.

The new technology will ultimately allow ship owners to repair vessels in the water, eliminating the need for a dry dock, thusimproving safety, cutting costs and saving time. Forth will share outcomes of the demonstration with the consortium and continue to work towards a solution that will be ready for roll-out across Europe and beyond.

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Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of machine tools from DN Solutions and Zayer in the UK and Ireland, has published a new winter edition of Insight – the company’s biannual customer-facing magazine. Available in digital format from the company’s website, the latest edition celebrates Mills’ 50th anniversary with a feature article that charts the development and successes of the business over the past five decades.

In addition, this edition of Insight also contains a number of recent customer case studies completed since the last edition in July 2023, as well as retrospective reports on Mills CNC’s attendance at both Seco’s ‘Inspiration through Innovation’ event in October 2023 and Fanuc’s open house in November 2023. There is also a brief write up on the new DN Solutions DVF 4000 five-axis machining centre.

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Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of machine tools by DN Solutions and Zayer in the UK and Ireland, and a supplier of advanced automation systems, has had a great 2023. The company, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, announced that combined sales revenue from all of its operations over the past 12 months, surpassed £78m for the first time in its history.

“2023 was a real watershed for the company,” statesTony Dale, Mills CNC’s CEO. “We introduced new models, began selling Zayer machines,and our automation and turnkey solutions business went from strength-to-strength.These factors, combined with higher demand for our more established DN Solutions machine tools, resulted in our best-ever sales performance and I would like to thank all our customers for their continued support.A big ‘shout out’ also goes to our incredible team because, without them, we simply couldn’t have achieved such ground-breaking results.”

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