Eclipse Magnetics, part of the Spear and Jackson Group, has promoted senior sales manager, Dave Smith, to the position of sales director. Smith joined the Spear and Jackson Group in 2017 as key account and country manager at fellow group company, Bowers, before gaining promotion to UK sales manager in 2019. He went on to join Eclipse Magnetics in 2020 as senior sales manager. With over 20 years of sales experience, both in the UK and overseas, Smith brings a strong technical background to the role, as well as proven people and budget management skills.

For further information www.eclipsemagnetics.com

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire-based de Havilland Engineering Group is complementing its subcontract fabrication services by investing in new component machining capacity. Two new Hurco machine tools have arrived recently: a TM10i two-axis lathe with an 81 mm spindle bore and a Hydrafeed MSV80 bar magazine; and a VM20i three-axis vertical machining centre with a 1016 x 508 x 508 mm working volume. Both machines have a Windows-based control with Max 5 conversational programming software.

Lewis Chandler, lead operator of the machines, says: “The capacity of the machines is large considering their small footprint, while the price point for what they are giving us has worked out really well. Furthermore, the conversational programming is very easy to use: it asks you what you want, you type in the figures and it draws it up for you automatically.”

For further information
www.hurco.co.uk

The boss of one of the UK’s leading galvanising businesses has appealed for people to come forward for more than 45 new jobs currently available. Sophie Williams, finance director and general manager at Telford-based Corbetts the Galvanizers, is urging individuals who may have been made redundant during the pandemic to consider a career in the sector. General operatives, forklift truck drivers, administrative staff and middle management roles are all in demand after the company secured a string of new orders in construction, street furniture, transport and utilities.

For further information
www.wcorbett.co.uk

Sheffield-based Castings Technology International (Cti) has recently produced the largest single component ever cast by the company in commercially pure titanium, and probably the largest titanium part poured into a ceramic mould. With an envelope of 1000 mm square by 600 mm high, and requiring over 1.2 tonnes of molten metal, the titanium workpiece showcases several novel casting techniques developed in-house at Cti. The casting was part of an order from a Japanese OEM and will see service in an industrial pump that handles highly corrosive media at elevated temperatures.

For further information
www.castingstechnology.com

EnerMech, a mechanical engineering specialist serving the energy sector, is bringing forward a robust growth strategy for its UK operations after securing a string of new contracts. The Aberdeen-headquartered company has a strong pipeline of work for the year ahead with eight projects awarded in the past three months alone. EnerMech intends to split the contracts across its bases in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth. Ross McHardy, regional director for Europe & Africa says: “We’ve started the year with huge momentum behind our UK operations, delivering diverse lifecycle services for both new and existing customers.”

For further information
www.enermech.com