A specialist Yorkshire producer of profile (shaped) wire is celebrating a big birthday in style by targeting expansion and making the most of a £1m investment drive by its parent company. Precision Shaped Wire (PSW), which employs 4 people at its factory in Batley, is celebrating 15 years of manufacturing in 2021 and has plans […]
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As part of its corporate, social and environmental responsibilities, the Engineering Technology Group (ETG) has now signed up to the Betterworld.Solutions initiative. The Betterworld.Solutions initiative is the brainchild of Chris Rea, the Founder and CEO of global manufacturer AESSEAL plc. Betterworld.Solutions aims to encourage and support not only its supply chain, but the wider manufacturing […]
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Regionalisation and reshoring are key trends in manufacturing supply chains The beginning of 2020 revealed the pain points of global supply chains. The problems posed by a lack of visibility across different nodes and overreliance on a single region were evident when the supply of mission-critical items started to dwindle. In light of that, how […]
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The UK’s leading manufacturer of high-quality windows, doors, home extensions and conservatory products has kick-started a major digital transformation project with the appointment of a new Group Head of IT. Conservatory Outlet Group, which employs over 400 people across it 60,000 sq ft factory in Wakefield and retail businesses Clearview and Pennine Home Improvements, has […]
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At the forthcoming EMO exhibition, the principal partners of Dugard Machine Tools will be introducing a host of new machine tools that will be available from Dugard this autumn. The new arrivals include highly productive sliding head turning centres from Hanwha, robust turning centres from SMEC and multi-axis high-end machining centres from Kitamura. For manufacturers […]
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A Black Country manufacturer that puts the finish on boutique hotels, nuclear reactors and life-saving medical equipment has just completed its latest investment drive. Professional Polishing Services (PPS), which has increased its workforce by 25% since lockdown eased, has just installed a new dull polishing line to help it boost capacity and achieve its target […]
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Anglesey-based Mona Lifting has completed a raft of complex jobs over the past 12 months, most recently the design, manufacture and installation of an 18-metre maintenance footbridge at Maentwrog hydro-electric power station in partnership with Magnox Ltd. Since launching 16 years ago, the business has grown from directors Steve Jones, Robin Evans and Anita Davies […]
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Lifting and moving by hand is the main cause of reportable accidents in the ‘freight by road’ industry* and the logistics sector has a rate of musculoskeletal disorders 50% higher than the national average**. To tackle this issue, RTITB has launched a new eLearning course focusing on the sector specific manual handling risks: ‘Manual Handling […]
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Protolabs is looking to boost supply chain capacity in the UK and help customers manage costs with the launch of a new CNC Flexible Lead Time option. The service will give clients in the aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical and prototyping markets the opportunity to choose a manufacturing solution for the shipping of parts from 6 […]
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Carlsberg, which employs more than 40,000 people across the globe, has tapped into Farnborough-based PTC®’s Digital Manufacturing Solution Suite to boost the performance of 28 of its breweries in Europe and Asia. Built on Microsoft Azure, the suite is comprised of the award-winning ThingWorx® Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Platform to accelerate time-to-value and enable […]
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