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MKW & OPEN MIND Helps Bluebird to Sail again
Many people will remember the 4th January 1967 as the landmark date that Donald Campbell took his Bluebird K7 to the water for the last time on Lake Coniston. Laying in a watery grave for over 30 years, it was song about Donald Campbell, 'Out of this world' by rock group Marillion that inspired the family's search for his body. Closure for the family finally came in May 2001 when D ...
Bolton Manufacturer Produces SuperDry Shop Signage with Cutters from ITC
When Bolton Sign won a prestigious contract to manufacture the signage for the Superdry brand of clothing, the company had to acquire new cutting tools to ensure its surface finishes were up to the remarkably high standard demanded by point-of-sale and shop window display units. As one of the UK's leading signmaking manufacturers, Bolton Sign always invests in the latest technology. This has r ...
Maintenance Partnership Recovers 4000 Hours of Lost Production Capacity for Automotive Manufacturer
As the UK's leading remanufacturer of automotive engines, Autocraft Drivetrain Solutions is under continual efficiency, productivity and cost reduction pressures that any Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry will appreciate. In an industry where margins are closely scrutinised, the pro-active management team at Autocraft is continually implementing new initiatives to improve efficiency a ...
Subcontractor Buys Hi-Spec Tornos Based on YouTube Footage
Starting a machine shop at the age of 24, in the run up to a recession undoubtedly shows the desire of Hi-Spec Engineering Ltd's Director Mr Darren Grainger to run his own business. However, renting a unit, buying his first three manual machine tools for a total of £3,500 and building the business whilst working a full time post at another company shows the maturity and determination to succee ...
Quality: Just-in-Time Support From Tornos For Start-Up Company
What should you do when your former employer declares bankruptcy during the crisis and when you receive only rejections to all your job applications based on market conditions? Lose hope or really get started? Horst Martin and his wife Sabine decided for the latter in mid 2010 and established their own turning shop 'Martin Präzisionstechnik' in Pforzheim with the support of Tornos and its ...
Leader CNC Re-Engineers Success at Aerospace Subcontractor
As a specialist subcontract manufacturer of medium to large parts and sub-assemblies for prestigious customers in the oil & gas, aerospace, sub-sea, defence and nuclear industries, machine tool investments at CTL Engineering Ltd are rarely below £500,000. With a mixture of new and older machine tools and when the company's capacity levels recently became stretched, CTL decided to refurbish two ...
Screw Shaft Manufacturer Takes Flight with Kerf
When Pressed Flights started business as a two man company producing garden gates, railings and bespoke designs for general industry and local councils almost 25 years ago, the company had little realisation that it would one day become a market leader and international supplier of screw flights, screw shafts, bucket elevators, screw conveyors and feeders. Wind forward quarter of a century and ...
Vollmer Leads the Way with First PCD Tool Production Event
The recent PCD Days event at Vollmer's headquarters in Biberach, Germany proved a resounding success for the company and an extremely informative trip for the 30 UK customers who attended. The PCD event was aimed at giving customers a full insight into the technology and products available from companies with a wealth of experience in the production of PCD cutting tools. The three day event c ...
Procut Cuts a Clean Profile with Surtech
As a manufacturer of steel profiles for manufacturing and general subcontract industries, Procut (www.procutltd.co.uk) is an essential link in the supply chain of components, fitting into the chain between the steel mill and the subcontract machine shop. When Thatcham based Procut found a bottleneck in its production process that delayed the cut steel blanks from being delivered to customers, it a ...
IMC President Launches TaeguTec's New 'Gold Rush' Series in UK
On 21st June 2012 TaeguTec UK launched its new Gold Rush series of cutting tools. Presented at the Birmingham ICC to over 200 customers and distributors by IMC Group President and CEO Mr Jacob Harpaz, the prestigious event proved a huge success. From the offset Mr Harpaz eluded to the phenomenal success the IMC Group and in particular TaeguTec has achieved, not only prior to, but also since the ...
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