Unison, a UK manufacturer of CNC all-electric tube-bending systems, has appointed a new head of sales and support to meet the company’s continued global growth, including the opening of a new production and support facility in the USA (around 65% of Unison’s machines are exported to the US).

Stuart Calvert, who has more than 15 years’ experience working in sales and export roles with global industrial manufacturers, joins the company in this new post, which sees a dedicated customer service department created to drive further expansion and support global customers.
For further information www.unisonltd.com

Industrial air-filtration specialist Filtermist International, part of the Swedish Absolent Group, has acquired dust-removal expert Dustcheck Ltd in a deal worth £2.3m. Dustcheck manufactures industrial dust collectors and industrial air-filtration systems at its premises in Stoke. The acquisition by Filtermist is designed to strengthen the company’s service offering in the UK’s dust-extraction market as part of growth plans.

Filtermist’s managing director James Stansfield says: “Filtermist is the UK market leader for oil-mist extraction and began expanding its service proposition to include dust, fume and smoke when it became part of the Absolent Group in 2010. The company’s capabilities increased again with the acquisition of Filtertech Ltd and Multi Fan Systems last year; the deal with Dustcheck will further strengthen our dust extraction offering – particularly in large, centralised extraction systems.”
For further information www.filtermist.co.uk
www.dustcheck.com

The University of Sheffield’s AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) is currently looking for apprentices as part of its March 2018 intake. With this in mind, the organisation is staging an open event on 7 November (16:30-18:00, last entry 17:30) at its £20m training centre in Rotherham.

Anyone can attend who is interested in an engineering career and wants to consider an apprenticeship or degree apprenticeship as the route into industry. The AMRC Training Centre works with over 300 employers offering apprenticeship opportunities to young people on a local-to-national level.
For further information www.amrctraining.co.uk