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CAM Software Makes the Impossible Possible for Compressor Manufacturer
After five years of painstaking research followed by the last three years evolving his fledgling business, Olly Dmitriev has taken Vert Rotors and his patented range of compressors to market, launching the latest product at the recent IMTS Show in Chicago. The Edinburgh company that was founded by the award-winning entrepreneur has created a series of ultra compact, low vibration and extremely ...
Effective Toolholding - The BIG DAISHOWA Advantage
When it comes to machine and toolholder selection, many engineers either specify spindles to suit existing toolholders or they rely on suppliers to provide guidance. After all, do we really have time to work out whether it's best to select a CAT, Capto, HSK, BT, BMT, VDI or BBT system? The rise of toolholders marketed as 'face and taper' contact systems, has led Industrial Tooling Corp ...
Subcontractor Buys Kerf Waterjet Machine for Gear Cutting
Ten years ago, Hopwood Gear Ltd invested in an Oxy-Propane gas cutting machine from Kerf Developments. Owning a machine that run like a dream with exemplary service support for over a decade was two of the key reasons why the Oldham based subcontractor went back to Kerf for its latest machine, a twin-head waterjet machine. Founded in 1974, Hopwood Gear immediately set its stall out as a subcont ...
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 ...
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