Category: Manufacturing

Robotics specialist FANUC has supported robot integrator DForce Engineering with the design and installation of two complete automation cells for aluminium underbody components for a prestigious automotive manufacturer. Leicester-based DForce Engineering Ltd has a portfolio of blue-chip clients in the automotive, nuclear and aerospace industries. The Sertec Group, a worldwide business in the automotive industry, […]

Based just outside Dundee, Quest Precision Engineering Ltd has been on a trajectory of continuous growth. The Scottish manufacturer initially acquired two Nakamura-Tome turning centres through the pandemic and it has just added another two of the industry-leading turning centres to the plant list. Now with four Nakamura-Tome WT150II turning centres from Engineering Technology Group’s […]

Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik has opened a new production centre for micromechatronics at its headquarters in Ortenburg, Germany. Miniaturised mechatronic systems for semiconductor machine construction and aerospace applications are manufactured there. As a result, the growing demand for high-tech products from these key industries can continue to be met. On an area of 36 […]

Reliable lead times due to investment in raw material stock will be a big selling point as Alloy Wire International returns to SpringWorld 2022 (CASMI) in Illinois, USA this week (October 12-14th). The UK’s leading manufacturer of round, flat and profile wire will return four years since the last show and is looking forward to […]

Physik Instrumente Group launching Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Physik Instrumente Group has chosen to implement Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise. The manufacturer, which specializes in producing precision instruments, is thus advancing its growth strategy fueled by unified, standardized data management harnessing the potential of AI/ML in a multi-tenant […]

PLANNING permission has been granted on a new manufacturing facility in Scotland – producing HVDC cables for what will be the world’s longest subsea infrastructure for the Morocco – UK power project. The infrastructure forms part of an ambitious initiative that will power seven million UK homes by 2030. Leading independent property, construction and infrastructure […]

Partnership delivers the “holy grail” of job costing by automating true machine costs for each job run with clear targets for margin improvement ProShop ERP, the leading supplier of digital manufacturing management systems and Datanomix, the leader in Automated Production Intelligence™, announced a partnership to help manufacturers deliver more insights from their operational data. The […]

A Black Country manufacturer has shaken off the Brexit blues to post a major increase in European sales. Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies round, flat and profile wire, has seen orders soar to nearly a third of its predicted £13m annual turnover, with the firm’s commitment to short lead times and security of supply […]

GenerationJuice transforms sales process with support from Made Smarter’s North West Adoption programme A manufacturer of juice dispensers is using augmented reality to transform its sales process, drive productivity and create new jobs. GenerationJuice, based in Bromborough, Liverpool City Region, makes app-driven drink dispensers, or drink hubs, designed to serve natural juice drinks from concentrate […]

Frazer Watson, VP-Sales UK/Ireland at AMR designer and manufacturer iFollow, runs through the key questions customers need to ask when considering an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution. Interest in Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) is escalating at a rapid pace. The classic combination of camera and QR-code navigation robots is proliferating in logistics environments across the […]