Dave Smith has been appointed as senior sales manager at Eclipse Magnetics.

Smith’s responsibilities will include supporting the internal and external sales teams, and building new and supporting existing distributor channels and partners across all product groups, both in the UK and export markets. His role at Eclipse Magnetics will mean involvement across the industrial, catalogue, foreign-body removal and filtration areas of the business. Smith has over 20 years of sales experience both in the UK and overseas.
For further information www.eclipsemagnetics.com

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has manufactured 10,000 certified face visors and donated them to charities and companies across Scotland.

In May, the NMIS team imported material from Sweden and got to work producing prototype visors with the help of Ayrshire-based social enterprise Tsukure Hub. For the manufacturing process, Tsukure laser-cut a 2000 sq m roll of A-PET plastic before a team of engineering technicians at the AFRC, a specialist technology centre within the NMIS Group, used the cut material to assemble and package the visors.
For further information www.nmis.scot

A West Midlands industrialist has launched Blanford Fox Business Improvement to help firms navigate their way through COVID-19 and target new growth opportunities.

David Fox plans to use his 50 years’ experience in manufacturing to help bosses come to terms with the global challenges brought on by the pandemic. He is urging companies to avoid a number of common mistakes that usually occur during downturns, such as cutting sales and marketing budgets. Fox is planning to offer one-to-one coaching to CEOs, MDs and senior executives, and can bring in a team of hand-picked associates to support on specific projects.
For further information www.blanfordfox.co.uk

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is partnering with robotics manufacturer Tharsus to support the roll-out of wearable technology that will help social distancing in the workplace.

Known as ‘Bump’, the system uses wearable and static devices operating on radio frequencies to alert wearers when they are getting too close to another person. Bump aims at improving personal distance behaviour by recording the interactions between devices. The system can also be used by employers to monitor interactions.
For further information www.tharsus.co.uk/about/bump

Two precision engineering specialists were recognised for their commitment to quality and delivery performance last month as the Farnborough International Airshow went ‘virtual’.

Arrowsmith Engineering and TGM, both part of the £43m Aero Services Global Group (AS.G), were given the SC21 Silver and SC21 Bronze awards respectively for their ongoing ability to manufacture complex components for customers supplying some of the world’s largest airplane manufacturers and primes. The awards are a critical performance indicator for the sector and have helped the two manufacturers secure over £3.5m of new contracts during the past 12 months.
AS.G has made a commitment that all of its companies will work towards some form of SC21 involvement. This decision will immediately see the recently acquired AMF Precision Engineering start the journey, and German-based Ludolph target the SC21 Operational Excellence Award.
For further information
www.arrowsmitheng.co.uk www.tgmeng.co.uk