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

Phil Roberts has been appointed by horizontal machining centre manufacturer Heller Machine Tools as area sales manager for the south of England.

A time-served mechanical engineer from BAE Systems with an HND in Engineering from what is now the University of Hertfordshire, Roberts’ background is highly relevant to his new role. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the machine-tool industry, both in the sale of capital plant and cutting tools, and in the specification, purchase and use of machines and manufacturing systems.
For further information www.heller.biz

Edwards Engineering, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm based in Perth, is celebrating its first 50 years by setting out an ambitious growth strategy for its second half-century.

The 60-employee firm has expanded sales at an annualised 20% since being bought from its founding family in August 2016. Edwards Engineering expects to boost turnover from the current £7.5m, to £20m within the next three years, largely by focusing on its existing customers and expanding delivery capacity, while aggressively seeking new skills and capacity via strategic acquisitions.
For further information https://edwardsengineering.co.uk/

The Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, has joined forces with a consortium of six other companies to pave the way for low-cost remanufacture within the tool and die industry.

DigiTool, as the two-year project is known, is part-funded by Innovate UK and worth £1.2m – one of the biggest investments of its kind within the sector for over
40 years. The project partners aim to provide organisations of all sizes with the capability to remanufacture worn or damaged dies by helping
them embrace additive manufacturing, adaptive machining and industry 4.0.
For further information https://is.gd/ezuhan