Gewefa, a specialist in tool-holding and associated equipment, has strengthened its sales and technical support team with the appointment of Jamie Moffat as sales coordinator.

Moffat joins from Honda Europe in Swindon where he was a service quality coordinator, and where he used his previous experience in the automotive sector to good effect. “Moving into the production engineering sector is an exciting challenge and I am rapidly appreciating the role that tooling and tool holding plays in quality, and the overall productivity issues surrounding metal cutting,” says Moffat.
For further information www.gewefa.co.uk

Laser Lines has been named as a UK reseller of Xact Metal’s 3D-printing systems.

The company will be distributing the Xact Metal XM200C and XM200S machines immediately, and the XM300C model when it becomes available in 2020. With compact footprints, the XM200S and XM200C machines offer a 127 x 127 x 127 mm build chamber. Supporting stainless steel, super alloys, tool steels, aluminium, titanium and bronze, the open platform of Xact Metal machines means that qualified users can develop their own printing parameters and use their own powder.
For further information www.laserlines.co.uk

Cutwel has enjoyed significant growth in its cutting-tool business since the firm’s management buyout (MBO) in May 2018, when existing owners Paul and Mary Hawksworth decided to retire.

Managers Adam Gillard, Graham Short and Shaunie Mangham undertook the MBO with the backing of Leeds-based private equity firm NorthEdge, and have overseen a 20% rise in turnover, with total revenue increasing from £15.6m to £18.73m. In addition, over the past year, headcount has increased from 52 to over 80.
For further information www.cutwel.co.uk

The Coventry-based Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has been appointed a lead auditor by the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA), the trade body which aims to promote the use of robotics in British Industry.

MTC will have lead responsibility for auditing UK robot integrators seeking certification from BARA, and engineers from across the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres will be available to support the scheme. The audit will ensure that UK companies are qualified to integrate robotics into a production line.
For further information www.the-mtc.org

The Engineering Digital Mash-Up hosted at Yamazaki Mazak in Worcester on 27 June, is a meeting of up to 100 engineering, manufacturing and technology companies, along with digital providers and engineering students.

Put together through a partnership between the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) and the Worcestershire LEP, the free-of-charge Engineering Digital Mash-Up will show SMEs what tools and projects are available, how they can help, which tools are free and the cost of others, as well as how to access them.
For further information https://is.gd/urajiw