Diamorph group, Permali’s new owner, is making an investment of over £6m to support the manufacturing of composite materials and bearings at its Gloucester facility. Gloucester is the home of Permali and the future home of Tenmat composites and Railko, some of the best-known material brands serving industries such as Formula One, defence, marine, aerospace and rail. With the investment comes a significant recruitment drive. Over 70 roles will be available, including manufacturing operatives, quality inspectors, CNC managers, and warehouse and logistics supervisors.

For further information
www.permali.co.uk

This week, 7-9 June, will see the 45th edition of Subcon welcome visitors to the Birmingham NEC. Over 200 world-class suppliers will present their services and products to the manufacturing and engineering community. Visitors also gain free-of-charge access to The Engineer Expo and the Manufacturing Management Show (MMS), while an extensive seminar programme is also available.

MTI magazine will be exhibiting on Stand E144, from where the friendly team will be distributing copies of the latest issue. Please call by the stand for an informal discussion about the industry’s easiest way of buying and selling machine tools and associated technologies.

For further information
www.subconshow.co.uk

CNC Robotics will kick start the summer by opening the doors of its new facilities to the manufacturing and engineering community on 15 June. Located in Mersey Reach, Liverpool, the business moved into an award-winning industrial development during the summer of last year. The open house will include a robotic machining demonstration from the company’s ‘artist in residence’, Liz Wilson. The event will also feature a range of guest exhibitors and demonstrations from companies within the CNC Robotics community, such as Cadline, Hiteco, Kuka, Make UK, Schunk and 3DGBIRE.

Register at www.bit.ly/3G8pGEf

The technical team supporting users of Hurco machining centres and lathes throughout the UK and Ireland has been expanded by the arrival of four additional service engineers. Aaron Hewett, Liam Storer, Ben Pringle and Vinicius Gomes are currently undergoing training at Hurco’s High Wycombe facility before shadowing technical support engineers in the field. All of the new recruits have strong experience with other machine tool brands, so will be quickly up to speed with the Hurco range. There is now a total of 20 Hurco service engineers serving the British and Irish markets.

For further information www.hurco.co.uk

Engineers from the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry are playing a key role in a project to develop innovative low-carbon hydrogen storage and supply systems, helping the UK’s drive to net zero. The SHyLO project has won £4.3m in funding from BEIS under the Government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low-Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition. The MTC is partnering SHyLO project leader H2GO Power, a clean-tech SME founded in 2014 as a spin-out from Cambridge University. Other project partners are ARC Consulting, Autodesk, HSSMI and EMEC

For further information www.the-mtc.org