A cutting-tool and lubricant solutions provider from the north has joined forces with a tech spin-out from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre to provide SME engineering firms across northern England with productivity-boosting data analytics that are affordable and easy-to-use. ACT Group, headquartered in Tyne and Wear, has announced its strategic partnership with Sheffield-based FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics, whose cloud-based app and clip-and-play MachineLink hardware provides immediate real-time access to machine utilisation data from across the shop floor.

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