Category: Company News

Leading injection-moulding manufacturer, Heyside Group, is set to increase its production capacity after investing £500k in a major shift from traditional manual processes to a fully modernised, automated factory. Heyside Group, a family-run firm which produces high-volume PVC injection-moulded products for the traffic management, utilities and infrastructure sectors from its Oldham manufacturing site, has secured […]

42 Technology, the Cambridge-based product development and manufacturing innovation consultancy, has been acquired by British Engines Group, an independent engineering group founded in 1922 and today with 1,600 people worldwide.  42 Technology (42T) is now one of nine businesses within the group. Under the new ownership, 42T will continue to operate as an independent consultancy, […]

Staffordshire-based PJD Mechanical Engineering, part of engineering group and parent company, Ropsley Ltd, proudly announces the acquisition of the business and assets of Unit Engineers and Constructors Limited (UEC) from UnitBirwelco Limited. This strategic move takes the group’s turnover to beyond £50m, its direct employee headcount to more than 300, and will extend its offering into […]

Lantek, a leading international company specialising in software solutions for the sheet metal industry, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Machitech, a Canadian manufacturer specialising in high-performance laser, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting systems, to integrate Lantek software solutions into Machitech machines.   The partnership represents a further step in Lantek’s international growth strategy and […]

Pioneer Pump in Hadleigh, Suffolk, part of the Franklin Electric Group, has welcomed the acquisition of Geoquip Water Solutions and Hydrodif Products, completed on 17 December 2025, marking an important step in the Group’s continued growth strategy in the UK water and groundwater markets. The acquisition brings together Franklin Electric’s global scale, engineering capability and […]

Global expansion is on the agenda for one of the UK’s leading manufacturing outsourcing specialists after it announced a major acquisition drive.   PP Control & Automation, which works with over 20 of the world’s leading machinery builders, is heading towards a record £40m sales in 2026, with the longer-term aim of hitting £100m within […]

The ability to deliver engineered solutions for real world moulds and tooling is helping an Exeter-based technology specialist record another year of growth.   Rapid Fusion, which is based in a £750,000 state-of-the-art demo facility on Sky Park, has seen demand for its large format additive manufacturing solutions increase again, with domestic and international sales […]

STIEBEL ELTRON UK has marked 50 years of heat pump manufacturing with the expansion of its current product range to cater to a growing demand for sustainable heating solutions. As part of the milestone anniversary, MCS approved renewable heating products which increase choice and accessibility for consumers will be added to STIEBEL ELTRON’s portfolio. The move […]