UK NEWS

Birmingham engineer gets royal recognition

A West Midlands engineer was recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.Rowan Crozier, CEO of metal pressing, stamping and tooling specialist Brandauer, received an MBE for services to manufacturing and enterprise.Crozierhelped steer the company through the pandemic and towards a record-breaking £9.3m year, sending millions of components to more than 26 countries every week.He is also an ambassador for developing the industry professionals of the future, revolutionising the firm’s apprenticeship scheme, and helping to launch the UK’s first Precision Toolmaking Academy in late 2022.

For further information www.brandauer.co.uk

Ceratizit-sponsored cyclist wins again

Having won world, Olympic and European champion titles, Katie Archibald is a track cyclist with an impressive number of achievements. Competing worldwide for Team GB, Archibald enjoys sponsorship by Ceratizit: she rides a top-of-the-range Hope Technology bike featuring component machined using Ceratizit cutting tools.

In celebration of Archibald recently accomplishing her 20th European title, she was invited to Ceratizit’s Technical Centre in Sheffield where she was presented with a trophy to mark this incredible milestone. Among those presenting Archibald with the trophy was Stephen Pennington, projects application engineer for Ceratizit UK and Ireland, who worked on this project from the start. The company used Ceratizit tooling to manufacture the trophy.

For further information www.ceratizit.com

Forth launches new division

An award-winning engineering solutions business is launching a new division at a specialist base to expand its capability and create new jobs across a northwest community.Forth has acquired a new facility in Barrow-in-Furness and is launching Forth Fabrications to support BAE Systems’ submarine division and other industries across the region.Cumbria-based Forth, which opened its first Barrow facility five years ago,also has bases in Flimby and Cleator Moor. The company operates in the nuclear, oil and gas, renewables, and other advanced manufacturing sectors.

For further information www.forth.uk.com

Double win

A UK manufacturer, fabricator and installer of access products – Teesside-based Lionweld Kennedy – has secured two prestigious accolades at the Make UK Manufacturing Awards.

Winners of both the ‘Manufacturer of the Region’ and ‘Energy and Sustainability’awards for the northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Lionweld Kennedy will now go forward to the National Make UK Awards, which will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral at the end of this month.

Regarded by many as a mark of quality, the Make UK Manufacturing Awards recognise a range of achievements across UK industry.

For further information www.lk-uk.com

Hurco adds extra sales engineer in Midlands

CNC machine tool OEM Hurco Europe has appointed Joshua Adams to cover the postcodes DE, LL, LE, MK, PE, NN, ST, SY, TF and WS. This effectively splits the Midlands sales region for Hurco into two. Adams will report to Colin Brice, long established as the face of Hurco in the Midlands, who will now focus on the remaining postcodes in the region: B, CV, DY, WR and WV. Offeringa wealth of relevant experience, Adams completed his engineering qualifications at South Staffordshire College.He operated CNC mills and lathes before moving into sales of tooling and machine tools.
For further information www.hurco.co.uk