The Safety and Health Engineering Partnership (SHEP) is running a free one-day welding fume and metalworking fluid seminar on 26 November to help SMEs keep their workforces safe and their companies on the right side of the law.

The focus of the HSE’s January-March 2020 inspection programme will be on ensuring companies have effective control measures in place to minimise the risks associated with exposure to metalworking fluids and welding fumes. All welding fumes are now classed as carcinogenic, while metalworking fluids can cause occupational asthma, occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis and dermatitis.
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Mills CNC’s recent ‘Another Giant Leap’ open house pulled in the crowds, resulting in the sale of eight machine tools and three collaborative robots, plus the generation of over 100 significant enquiries.

The total number of visitors attending the event, where 15 Doosan machine tools were exhibited, including four machines making their UK debuts, and where the company showcased its advanced industrial and collaborative robot solutions, exceeded 350 over the two days.
A constant theme throughout the event was automation and the way it can help component manufacturers improve their productivity.
For further information www.millscnc.co.uk

Protolabs, which claims to be the world’s fastest digital manufacturer of custom prototypes and low-volume production parts, has released investment on a £5m expansion plan at its European headquarters in Telford.

The company, which works with thousands of product designers and engineers across Europe, is building a bespoke 50,000 sq ft extension to its Halesfield facility. Protolabs’ new extension will house at least 50 additional CNC machines and a further 20 additional injection moulding presses. Over the course of the next 2 years, the investment will also create 60 skilled jobs.
For further information www.protolabs.co.uk

US-based machining centre and CNC lathe manufacturer Hurco has moved the subsidiary serving the UK and Irish markets, Hurco Europe Ltd, to different premises on the Cressex Industrial Estate in High Wycombe.

Covering an area of 26,000 sq ft, the building is double the size of the previous facility. The official opening of the new headquarters, showroom and technical centre was marked by an open day for customers last month, at which 11 of the latest Hurco models were demonstrated under power. The president of Hurco Companies Inc, Greg Volovic, travelled from Indianapolis to formally open the building.
For further information www.hurco.co.uk

Machine-tool supplier, the Engineering Technology Group (ETG), celebrated its 25th birthday in style recently, when it showcased its latest manufacturing technologies.

ETG, which recently acquired HK Technologies, threw open the doors of its Wellesbourne headquarters to give over 450 industry delegates the latest insight into the world of turnkey solutions, with two new product launches, a UK debut for the Nakamura MX100 and an in-depth look at the latest additive manufacturing and wire EDM machines. Orders for four new CNC machines were taken during the two-day event.
For further information www.engtechgroup.com