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Manufacturing recruitment struggle: how to outsource manufacturing effectively

Uncover the intricacies of outsourcing manufacturing, navigate the potential risks associated with this business strategy, and discover invaluable tools designed to empower expanding manufacturers in maintaining optimal control over their production processes. The are a number of reasons why you should consider outsourced manufacturing. Some of the most valuable can be found below: Resource Redistribution: […]

Five key ways businesses can save time, money and space with specialist pallet fulfilment

Technology-driven advances allow businesses to offer their customers greater service levels than ever before, but it can also mean there are also new obstacles and challenges to overcome. This is particularly true in the fast-paced world of palletised freight, where getting the right goods delivered to the right place at the right time can be […]

Devon based PTG Precision Engineers continues to invest in both new machines and people

Following another solid trading year, Plymton based PTG Precision Engineers have continued to invest in both new machinery and people. In the last few weeks PTG selected, purchased and have already installed a brand new compact sized wire EDM for ultra-precise machining in their factory workshop. “We’ve been looking to buy a new precision wire […]

Floyd Introduces PCD Turning Tools

The Applitec TOP-Line 700 Series is without doubt, the tool of choice for precision turning, parting, grooving and profiling on small turning centres and sliding head machine tools. Now, the Swiss manufacturer has expanded its impressive range with the introduction of an entire line of Polycrystalline Diamond tipped inserts that are all now available in […]

Greek post office makes further commitment to LiBiao Robotics’ parcel sortation technology

Some two years after introducing LiBiao robotic parcel sortation technology at its sorting centre in Athens, Hellenic Post (ELTA), the state-owned provider of postal services in Greece, has introduced additional robots, chutes and induction stations at the site. The investment means throughput capacity at the Athens facility has been significantly increased and allows ELTA to […]

Manufacturing Assembly Network calls on reshoring drive after members seal international trade wins

A group of manufacturers committed to promoting UK industry is urging the Government to throw its weight behind a growing reshoring trend that has the potential to deliver £millions of new opportunities. Bosses at the Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN), a collective of seven sub-contract manufacturers and an engineering design agency, believe the country has a […]

Rising engineering star bangs the drum for more ‘girl power’ in industry

Attracting more females into engineering is the mission for a Black Country electrical engineer that has won a clutch of awards in the early part of her career. Sophie Young, who works for PP Control & Automation in the West Midlands, is hoping that her own personal journey can act as an inspiration for hundreds […]

XYZ UMC-5X takes to the skies.

The Rolls-Royce Precision Machining Facility in Derby manufactures fixtures for intermediate pressure turbine blades. Previously, it subcontracted the machining but wanted to bring this in-house so evaluated a number of 5-axis CNC machining centres to suit its requirements. Thomas McAllister, Toolroom Manager says, “We chose the XYZ Machine Tools UMC-5X for its price performance metrics. […]

AWI extends Employee Ownership Scheme as sales rocket towards £18m

All staff at a leading manufacturer of round, flat and profile wire are now shareholders thanks to a recently completed Management Buy-out (MBO). Alloy Wire International (AWI), which has two sites in the West Midlands and Yorkshire, was purchased by Directors Tom Mander, Andrew Du Plessis and Adam Shaw in January, with the new management […]

Aquaterra Energy secures multi-million UAE decommissioning contract

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, today announces a multi-million-pound contract with a major Abu Dhabi based operator, working in partnership with TPMC, to provide offshore riser equipment and services for the decommissioning of eight wells, in 80m water depth offshore Abu Dhabi by 2028. Aquaterra Energy secured the tender through its […]

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Manufacturing recruitment struggle: how to outsource manufacturing effectively

Five key ways businesses can save time, money and space with specialist pallet fulfilment

Devon based PTG Precision Engineers continues to invest in both new machines and people

Floyd Introduces PCD Turning Tools

Greek post office makes further commitment to LiBiao Robotics’ parcel sortation technology

Manufacturing Assembly Network calls on reshoring drive after members seal international trade wins

Rising engineering star bangs the drum for more ‘girl power’ in industry

XYZ UMC-5X takes to the skies.

AWI extends Employee Ownership Scheme as sales rocket towards £18m

Aquaterra Energy secures multi-million UAE decommissioning contract

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