To help create an inclusive and diverse business community, Renishaw is partnering with the Empowered Employers campaign, led by Barnwood Trust, a Gloucestershire-based charity. Empowered Employers aims to help organisations consider attitudes and policies that enable meaningful work opportunities for disabled people, people with mental health challenges and neuro-divergent people. Partners of the Empowered Employers campaign will contribute to the conversation and support the campaign by raising awareness about barriers to disabled people in employment and to challenge existing misconceptions.
For further information www.renishaw.com

Ambitious apprentices at MTC Training – the training arm of the Manufacturing Technology Centre – are celebrating after completing an important milestone in their early careers.
Learners have been awarded certificates that recognise their contribution to Project Slingshot, a collaborative initiative giving learners the opportunity to help build and fly an aeroplane. The event was the final milestone in the first year of their apprenticeship training at the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre before returning to their employers to begin their on-the-job training in the second year of a four-year programme.

Project Slingshot is an Air League initiative to deliver STEM learning through building a fully flight-capable light aircraft. The programme is part of MTC Training’s comprehensive programme, which supports learners to develop the additional skills required for personal and professional success, alongside the technical expertise delivered within the core apprenticeship standard.
For further information www.the-amtc.co.uk

Wanner International and Pumps and Equipment (Warwick) are celebrating the 30th year of their partnership in bringing pump systems to the machine tool industry. Pumps and Equipment is currently servicing over 100 Wanner Hydra-Cell pumps per annum, some of which were fitted over 20 years ago and are still running efficiently. These cover applications from milling and drilling, through to grinding. With no dynamic seals, the pumps need little maintenance, reliably handling corrosive, abrasive and non-lubricating liquids and fine solids up to 500 µm, while delivering up to 90% energy efficiency with coolants.
For further information www.hydra-cell.co.uk/machinetool

In announcing its latest recruit, Ceratizit UK & Ireland continues to expand and develop its levels of customer support in the south and southwest of England. Joining the growing applications engineering team is Darrell Hessan, who began his career as an apprentice toolmaker before progressing through general subcontract manufacturing, where he gained experience across a range of machining roles. Hessan’s experience will be put to good use working with Ceratizit customers on new and current projects, helping to drive down manufacturing costs and improve overall efficiency.
For further information www.ceratizit.com

The Trumpf UK 2022 open house event in Luton is a prime opportunity for OEMs and subcontractors to be inspired by machine and software solutions, from design through to automated manufacture, and the latest developments in laser cutting, punching, welding, bending and laser marking technologies. Technical experts in each of these fields will be available on both days.

Special focus will be on automated laser welding and new process features, such as Edgeline Bevel, an innovation that allows flat-bed laser machines to produce chamfers and countersinks in sheet metal. Visitors will also see to the full suite of Trumpf digital services and the new OSEON software for connecting manufacturing processes, material flow, machines and employees.
For further information www.bit.ly/3fHcUnm