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Digital Cutting Table Investment for Macfarlane Packaging
Macfarlane Packaging is the UK’s leading distributor of protective packaging and when the company invested £300,000 in a brand-new, state-of-the-art Innovation Laboratory at its Milton Keynes site, it was an exciting and interesting move. The 'Innovation Lab' was set up to meet the most demanding of packaging challenges. Working with the UK's leading retailers and third party logist ...
South Wales Subcontractor Has 'Steely Determination' to Succeed
Operating under the towering shadows of the chimneys at the much publicised Port Talbot Steel works, Formagrind is a subcontractor that is certainly playing its part in supporting the local manufacturing community. The company based in Neath has recently won a significant order that has led to the delivery of two Hurco machining centres and new tooling innovations from Mitsubishi Materials. Fo ...
Graphics Company Boxes Clever With DYSS
Thames Graphics is a business that has kept pace with the trends and developments of the large format print industry since the company was founded in 1984. At the start of the new millennium, the High Wycombe company was moving toward digital print. However, it was the acquisition of the business by husband and wife team Alex and Ivan that really drove the company through its most successful decad ...
Midland Aerospace Takes-Off With MAXX Machining from OPEN MIND
Just over 10 years ago, Midland Aerospace invested in a 5-axis DMG machining centre and OPEN MIND's hyperMILL CAM software to support the new investment. A decade later and the astounding growth at Midland has seen the arrival of an additional five 5-axis machine tools and an extra three seats of hyperMILL. In the last three years, the manufacturer of aero engine and wing structure componen ...
F1 Subcontractor Bucks The Trend By Manufacturing A Mountain Bike
As a fifth generation engineer, Stewart Palmer knew from a young age the path his career would take. As a child, Stewart was always more interested in dissecting his bike and finding out how it worked, rather than riding it. Now, as a highly skilled engineer, Stewart has spent the last 18 months designing and manufacturing his own downhill mountain bike. Stewart's engineering pedigree has ...
AG/CAD Delivers Savings to 'Mail' Printer
With eight facilities and almost 1400 staff in the UK, DST is one of the most prestigious print and packaging manufacturers in the British Isles. As with any industry leading manufacturer, DST invests in the latest technological advances to maintain its competitive instinct. This recently included the acquisition of a DYSS X5-1310T sample-making / digital cutter from AG/CAD. Putting DST into pe ...
Unilathe on the Rail-Road To Success With TaeguTec
The prolonged depression in the oil & gas sector is impacting business for subcontractors the length and breadth of the UK. However, Unilathe is a subcontract manufacturer that sees the downturn as a small 'bump in the road' credit to its diversification strategy and more importantly its £3 million machine tool investment over the last four years. The investment in two heavy duty mill/t ...
AG CAD Makes An Impression Upon Bolton Print Company
As a fledgling company operating in its seventh year, the pace of growth at Bolton based Impression Ltd has been remarkable. The large format display, PoS, event and signage company produces a range of graphics and digitally printed products from leaflets to store window displays, outdoor signage to exhibition stands. This diversity has delivered year on year growth in excess of 20%. To mainta ...
Blum Measures Up for Medical Instrument Manufacturer
The requirements placed on the production of medical devices are similar to those for products from other industries – automated, high-precision and efficient. Consequently, Stryker-Leibinger in Mühlheim-Stetten, Germany relies on production measurement technology from Blum-Novotest for its machining centres for medical instruments and implants. "The production of instruments uses several mill ...
Diesel Generator OEM Wins Global Success With Ellesco Surface Finishing
Manufacturing and assembling diesel generator systems for the global audience, Welland Power is truly a UK manufacturing success story with its products 100% exported. Often exposed to the elements, the power units are powder paint coated to ensure they remain in working order throughout their extensive warranty period. But when a redesign of its generator casings compromised the quality of its p ...
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