Workington-based TSP Engineering has been awarded a £30m contract to manufacture nuclear waste containers for Sellafield Ltd.

The 50-tonne, lead-lined containers will transfer nuclear waste from the legacy Magnox Swarf Storage Silo to newly built storage facilities on the site. This new work is expected to create or sustain approximately 200 jobs at TSP Engineering. Alongside other orders placed with the business, the work will bring the TSP Engineering workforce to more than 250 people.
Martin Chown, CEO of Sellafield Ltd, says: “TSP’s success in winning this contract proves our nuclear supply chain can compete with the best in the world.”
For further information www.tsp-engineering.co.uk

Carfulan Group has expanded its workforce by almost 20% as it continues to strengthen its offering to UK manufacturers.

Part of a revamped five-year business plan, a targeted recruitment drive has seen eight new faces join the group across its four companies: OGP UK, SYS Systems, Zoller UK and ViciVision UK. In total, Carfulan now employs more than 50 people.
Managing director Chris Fulton says: “Our new five-year business plan takes us up to 2025 and people are critical to its success. We’ve made a significant investment up front to get the right people through the door and fully up to speed, so that by the end of this period we’re confident we’ll have a field-leading team right across the group. The recruitment drive isn’t stopping here – if we continue to be successful we’re keen to grow further, across all of our companies.”
For further information www.carfulan.com

Telford-based Fabweld Steel Products has returned to full operational capacity and recalled all of its staff from furlough after securing a record £500,000 of sales in just seven days.

The spike in sales – around 10 times more than what would be expected at this time of year – signals a return of confidence to the market, believes managing director Richard Hilton. “I think this is a very positive signal that confidence is beginning to return to industry, and long may it continue,” he states. The recent surge in orders has come from a mix of UK and export projects, including €275,000 from Germany for the supply of recessed access covers.
For further information www.fsp.co.uk

The Nuclear AMRC’s proposal to establish a new advanced manufacturing research centre in Derby has secured government funding.

Supported by Derby City Council and the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, the proposal has been awarded £6.85m by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Local partners will also invest in the proposed £20m project to create a new permanent home on Derby’s Infinity Park for Nuclear AMRC Midlands, creating 70 jobs and helping to reboot the local economy after the coronavirus crisis.
For further information www.namrc.co.uk

Following the UK launch by Hurco at the end of 2019 of a portable cobot (collaborative robot) range, the company has set up a new manufacturing cell at its High Wycombe technical centre to help potential customers across Britain and Ireland see the way in which machine-tool tending may be simply and inexpensively automated.

Hurco is keen to showcase the productivity and cost benefits that come from maximising spindle uptime. The cobot installed in the demonstration cell has a twin gripper attachment and feeds a Hurco TM8i three-axis CNC lathe.
For further information www.hurco.co.uk