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A Birmingham-based metal pressings and stamping specialist has secured funding to help it develop a solution for easing global shortages of PPE. Brandauer is one of the first companies in the country to be awarded Innovate UK-backing through its Covid-19 Business-Led Innovation in Response to Global Disruption competition and is now setting its sights on […]

The company behind driverless pods and an autonomous luggage dolly for the aviation sector has pivoted operations to support the UK’s search for additional PPE. RDM Meditec, a division of the RDM Group in Coventry, has sourced a significant stockholding of face protection, sanitisation wipes and disposable nitrile gloves and is now supplying to medical […]

World-leading aerospace innovators, Kaman UK, has delivered its 80,000th rear fuselage packer to BAE Systems for its F-35 manufacturing programme. Kaman UK has been supplying these parts since 2003. The rear fuselage packers, and 1,000 plenum ducts, have been used in the manufacture of over 500 aircraft. This is part of a long-term partnership between […]

Since the emergence of COVID-19 and the UK’s public health countermeasures, many industry suppliers have seen demand for some products rocket. Online retailer, Zoro, supplies businesses across all industries with the tools and equipment they need to get on with the job, over 310,000 products. In recent weeks the company has seen a huge surge […]

‘Social distancing’ – a term that is now heavily engrained in our daily lexicon. But what does it really mean? Basically, it is staying a safe distance from others, so we don’t risk spreading the COVID-19 virus. How do we know what is a safe distance?   One thing we have surely all noticed is markings […]

Antibacterial ‘bags for life’ are being sent to the frontline to help healthcare workers and NHS staff stay safe. Stafford-based Addmaster is working in partnership with The Steve Bull Foundation to deliver more than 300 of its antimicrobial products to hospitals across the region, including County Hospital in Stafford and New Cross in Wolverhampton. The […]

With the sudden ramp-up of the ‘Ventilator Challenge UK’ project to battle the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Dugard Machine Tools has witnessed an unprecedented surge in enquiries and sales with its Hanwha range of sliding head turning centres. As manufacturers up and down the country switch production output to machining small turned components for the Ventilator […]

Extending the furlough scheme and giving companies more flexibility could save thousands of manufacturing jobs it was revealed today. The Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) made the plea to Government after a survey of its 200-strong membership base raised concerns about the time taken for the economy to recover from COVID-19 and the need to […]

A 20-year-old CNC machining apprentice is playing a key role in manufacturing over 150,000 critical parts for the NHS. Jacob Benton, who is studying towards his HNC Level 4 with In-Comm Training, is working around the clock with the manufacturing team at Cannock-based Key Precision to produce up to nine different components for use in […]

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has donated 1,500 face masks, which sent to the UK by one of our senior Fellows in Hong Kong, to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge to help protect NHS staff in the corona virus pandemic. The face masks were part of a consignment of 2,000 masks given to the […]