The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has become the first UK member of a new global trade group to advance sustainability in additive manufacturing (AM). NMIS is one of 12 leading organisations to join the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), created to promote the environmental benefits of AM. AMGTA will serve as a key industry resource to educate the public and industry about these positive environmental benefits, in turn nurturing industry best practice and the adoption of AM as an alternative to traditional manufacturing.

For further information
www.nmis.scot

Precision engineering solutions firm KMF Group has taken on five youngsters as the company continues its apprenticeship programme for the 10th year running. KMF Group invests in young people every year and, despite COVID-19, is not prepared to risk losing talent by changing its process now. The past decade has seen 100 apprentices come through the scheme, including 12 adult apprentices. This year, Shay Johnston, Aiden Sneyd, Oscar Evans, Kelly Palin and Kyle Marshall have joined the precision engineering business.
The apprentices will complete an engineering operating level 2 apprenticeship.

For further information www.kmf.co.uk

Cutting-tool specialist Quickgrind is currently undergoing the training cycle for the WorldSkills 2021 competition in Shanghai. The two UK ‘CNC Milling Squad’ finalists are Abigail Stansfield from BAE Systems and Joel Keen, an apprentice at Roke. The pair will face-off at a competition, currently postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to decide selection for Shanghai. Quickgrind has provided its expertise and cutting tools to help the apprentices, including the Alligator and Caiman ranges of three-flute end mills for aluminium, and the Q-Cut and Mirage series of four-flute tools for steel machining.

For further information
www.quickgrind.com

Known for its involvement in the motorsport and automotive sectors, JRM Group has invested in the UK’s first DMG Mori Lasertec 30 SLM second-generation metal powder-bed additive manufacturing machine. The Lasertec will be the cornerstone of building closer relationships with existing customers and expanding into other sectors, including aerospace and medical. With a 300 mm cubic working volume, the machine uses powder-bed laser technology, where metal powder layers of between 20-100 µm thick are fused together with a 600 W laser source.

For further information
www.dmgmori.com

The UK’s ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ has recorded its fifth full cohort, proving that students are still determined to be industry-ready when they go in search of employment.

More than 30 young people have signed up to The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME)’s BEng and MEng courses, giving them access to the latest teaching expertise, and a host of shop-floor projects and technologies. The joint collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing has pivoted the learning content to ensure it can deliver the same depth of knowledge through a mixture of online classes and 5 hours per week of face-to-face study.

For further information
www.coventry.ac.uk/ame