As part of the company’s growth plans, TW Ward CNC Machinery (Ward CNC) has enhanced its sales presence across the UK with the appointment of three new sales team members: Wayne Beadle joins as regional sales manager – northeast; Jamie Brighton is technical sales engineer – Midlands; and Paul Wallace joins as regional sales manager – southeast.
Ward CNC’s managing director Simon Whitworth says: “We are delighted to appoint such high calibre individuals with experience from a variety of our core sectors. Our new colleagues will only enhance our proud customer offering by enabling further opportunity to demonstrate our extensive range of CNC machines from some of the world’s leading manufacturers. Our goal is to set high standards of customer service and, with recent developments at Ward CNC, we are making excellent progress.”

For further information
www.wardcnc.com

Dr Sundar Marimuthu, a principal research engineer at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has been awarded a prestigious UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship. Part of the laser processing team at the MTC, Dr Marimuthu has been awarded a grant of £1.5m over four years to develop next-generation laser-based manufacturing processes for processing advanced composites. He will achieve the goal by developing two laser-based technologies into fully-fledged manufacturing solutions, underpinning the large-scale industrialisation of advanced composite solutions.

For further information www.the-mtc.org

A number of new Yamazaki Mazak machine tools will receive their UK debuts at the company’s ‘EMO Encore’ open house in November, including the much-anticipated VCE-600 and VCN-700 vertical machining centres. The open house, which will take place at Mazak’s European Technology Centre in Worcester on 2-5 November, will emphasise how customers can deliver more productive, profitable and environmentally-aware manufacturing operations. At total of 18 machines will be on display, including 12 previously showcased at the EMO Milano exhibition earlier this month.

Register at www.mazakeu.co.uk/emo-encore-2021

Alloy Wire International has achieved a major environmental milestone to mark its 75th anniversary. This specialist producer of high-performance nickel alloys is now officially carbon neutral after it committed to several internationally approved initiatives designed to offset the emissions created at its two factories and in supplying over 5000 customers worldwide. Supported by Carbon Neutral Britain, the Brierley Hill-based company will neutralise nearly 500 tonnes of carbon it produces every year by taking an active role in certified emission reductions (CER) programmes.

For further information www.alloywire.com

ND Precision Products (NDPP), an established ISO 9001:2015 accredited company and long-term user of PSL Datatrack production control software, has a stated mission to deliver precise, high-quality tooling to its customers. NDPP has continued to invest in customised PSL Datatrack solutions over the years to help achieve this goal. The latest investment has been in Status Boards: visual displays to provide real-time production flow and order fulfilment information to the shop floor. The Status Boards give shop-floor operators clear visual data on the production status of any job.

For further information
www.psldatatrack.com