Altus continues to expand its portfolio of capital equipment for the electronics’ sector and has most recently added Essemtec’s range of SMT solutions to its growing selection of technology from the world’s leading names in the industry. Essemtec are well-known for their adaptive and highly flexible SMT pick-and-place equipment, dispensing solutions and intelligent production material […]
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RTITB has launched a new eLearning course for those ‘Managing and Supervising’ Material Handling Equipment Operations’, highlighting that it’s not only lift truck operators at fault when an incident occurs and that many who are currently managing, or supervising lift truck operations are unaware of what their role entails, and that legislation requires them to […]
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Beckwood Press Company, a leading manufacturer of custom hydraulic and servo-electric presses, automation systems, and the Triform line of precision forming equipment, recently delivered a 500-ton hydraulic 4-post press and a 50-ton servo-electric press to a manufacturer of solid state batteries in the United States. Solid state batteries are quickly becoming the preferred power source […]
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Alloy Wire International has achieved a major environmental milestone this week to mark its 75th anniversary. The specialist producer of ‘High Performance’ nickel alloys has now been confirmed as Carbon Neutral after it committed to several internationally approved initiatives designed to offset the emissions it directly creates at its two factories and in supplying over […]
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Against a backdrop of global supply problems, this quarter’s Manufacturing Barometer is focusing on industry’s recruitment and supply chain challenges in a bid to find out how SMEs are addressing staffing issues whilst meeting current and future demand. The survey, organised by SWMAS (the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service) and supported by the Manufacturing […]
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Beckwood Press Company, a leading manufacturer of custom hydraulic and servo-electric presses, automation systems, and the Triform line of precision forming equipment, is proud to announce Structural & Hydraulic Engineers Seth Buhman and Ken Cebrian recently became certified as Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialists (CFPHS). The CFPHS certification is administered by the International Fluid Power Society […]
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The UK Food and Beverage industry, which had a turnover of more than £104.4bn in 2020 and represents almost 20% of total UK manufacturing1, is ripe for adoption of cutting-edge solutions that will boost productivity and improve energy efficiency to help combat climate change. Siemens, which has been at the forefront of empowering the Food […]
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SME manufacturers adopting robotics and automation, with the support of Made Smarter, are creating hundreds of new and upskilled jobs. Since 2019 the North West Adoption Programme, a collaboration between UK government and industry designed to support the increased use of digital technologies, has supported 41 businesses with 45 technology projects focused on robotics and […]
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One of Coventry’s leading manufacturers will showcase its latest autonomous technology at the Global Investment Summit taking place in London tomorrow. Aurrigo, which employs 70 people at its Advanced Engineering Centre in the City, is part of a ‘green dozen’ that have been selected due to their ability to drive the UK’s sustainable future. The […]
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Yorkshire manufacturer presented award by Lord Lieutenant Andrew Coombe The Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, Andrew Coombe, visited the Sheffield based factory of leading manufacturer OSL Cutting Technologies to present the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category which was awarded to the firm earlier this year. The Lord Lieutenant was given a tour of the manufacturing facilities by Head of Manufacturing Operations Chris […]
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