Manufacturing & Production Engineering Magazine

Ambitious goal revealed for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2021 Siemens is aiming for gender parity in its Early Careers recruitment to increase the number of women in engineering. Latest figures from its core businesses show 43% of those enrolled on Siemens’ graduate programmes and 36% on its apprenticeship schemes are female. The company […]

In 2021, the Hyster-Yale Group proudly celebrates 40 years of manufacturing lift trucks at its plant in Northern Ireland as it announces the expansion of its Craigavon site. The facility, which was officially opened on 7th April 1981, was built and equipped with the most up-to-date robot systems and equipment. Over the years the plant […]

Beckwood Press Company, a leading manufacturer of custom hydraulic and servo-electric presses, automation systems, and the Triform line of precision forming equipment, was recently awarded a contract by Metal Forming Industries to manufacture a 200-ton hydraulic forming press. Scheduled for delivery later this year, the press will be used to make copper components used in […]

A specialist automotive supplier has secured a string of new contracts to help it bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic. RDM Group, which provides electronic and software engineering, automotive wiring harnesses, CNC machining, carbon fibre and trim and upholstery, has seen sales rise past pre-lockdown levels after carmakers switched to sourcing more locally to reduce […]

Walter has now expanded its range of parting-off and grooving systems with the arrival of the new G4011-P tool holder and the DX18 grooving inserts. The new G4011-P monoblock shank tool is designed as a universal tool for all common grooving operations and the DX18 inserts provide a double-edged design with a second prism. With […]