Production control software specialist Tricorn is launching a second UK office at this year’s Northern Manufacturing exhibition in Manchester on 2-3 October.

Tricorn, which provides production control software for manufacturing SMEs, will be exhibiting at the show for the first time. The new office will be based at Daresbury Innovation Park, in Cheshire, and include a team equipped to service new clients, including sales, marketing and support staff. Tricorn will be promoting the launch on Stand D32.
For further information https://www.tricorn.tech/

Scottish Government funding of £3.4m has been awarded to help build the world’s most powerful floating tidal turbine.

Scottish engineering company Orbital Marine Power has been awarded the money as the first recipient of the Scottish Government’s £10m Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund. The funding will be used to deliver the next-generation O2 2 MW floating tidal energy turbine, which will be capable of powering more than 1700 homes a year. Of particular note, the O2 project will demonstrate how this emerging industrial sector has the ability to deliver new jobs, while pioneering solutions for a zero carbon future.
For further information https://orbitalmarine.com/

Flexiform, a UK designer and manufacturer of office furniture is increasing its production capacity by 40% and will improve productivity by a quarter with the help of experts from the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).

As a result, the company, which has been manufacturing office furniture in the UK for more than 40 years, will be able to satisfy its fast-growing order book without the need for a significant and costly expansion to its manufacturing facility.
An SME team from the MTC’s Manufacturing Support Services operations, based in Coventry and Liverpool, worked with managers and operators from Flexiform, helping them develop a plan which increases capacity by 40%, with an additional surge capacity of 20%, without increasing site footprint. Furthermore, the multi-million pound investment, together with changes in working practices, will help increase productivity by 25%, with a significant reduction in operational lead time.
For further information www.the-mtc.org

A 159-year-old Telford-based manufacturer has invested £105,000 into making sure its customers receive products when they need them most.

Boosted by a recent £300,000 contract haul, Corbetts the Galvanizers has purchased two MAN TGX articulated lorries to take its fleet of vehicles to 10 artics, three rigids and 25 trailers – all complete with the firm’s new corporate identity. This means the company, which specialises in hot-dip galvanised parts, now collects and delivers 95% of material through its own trucks.
For further information https://wcorbett.co.uk/

At a special anniversary open house held on 13 September, Filtermist International showcased just how much the company has changed since it was established in 1969.

The event, which attracted over 75 local dignitaries and delegates from across the manufacturing sector, not only marked the firm’s 50th birthday, but doubled-up as the official opening of its Telford Distribution Centre, located just a few minutes’
walk from Filtermist’s purpose-built HQ on the T54 Business Park. At the open house, live demonstrations were performed by the company’s skilled spinners.
For further information www.filtermist.co.uk