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GPE Invests in ETG Machines to build Post-Pandemic growth

GPE Invests in ETG Machines to build Post-Pandemic growth

The last 18 months of Covid induced business stagnation has been a challenging period for most manufacturers, but one thing it has taught us is that companies willing to invest will always weather the storm better than those that do not. One company that has not only weathered the storm but flourished is Milton Keynes subcontractor Goodman Precision Engineering Ltd (GPE). The subcontract compa ...

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ETG EDM Machine Slashes Lead-Times for Irish Subcontractor

ETG EDM Machine Slashes Lead-Times for Irish Subcontractor

With up to 30% of its machined components manufactured from hard metals, Longford based N&E Precision Ltd acknowledged a requirement for EDM technology to complement its extensive CNC machine shop facilities. In September 2019, the subcontract manufacturer invested in its first Mitsubishi wire EDM machine and it proved such a success, the company purchased a second Mitsubishi machine from the Engi ...

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JEB Takes-off with Nakamura Turning Centre

JEB Takes-off with Nakamura Turning Centre

When JEB Precision Ltd won an order to manufacture a complex component for an aerospace air handling system, the Northwich subcontract manufacturer recognised that its existing production method needed to be upgraded to improve productivity. The solution was a Nakamura-Tome AS200LMYS turning centre from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG). In 2019, the Cheshire manufacturer that primarily pr ...

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Subcontractor Blossoms with Nakamura Turning Centre

Subcontractor Blossoms with Nakamura Turning Centre

After winning a prestigious power generation project to turn critical stainless-steel components, subcontract manufacturer Fairbrother & Grimshaw (Engineering) Ltd recognised that it needed to reconsider its machining strategy to improve cycle times and shop floor throughput. The answer was a Nakamura-Tome AS200LMYSF turning centre from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG). Based in Cherry Tr ...

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Metalite Moulds An Automated Future With ETG

Metalite Moulds An Automated Future With ETG

As injection mould tool specialists, Swindon based Metalite Engineering Co Ltd has recently added to its plant list with the arrival of a Quaser 5-axis UX500C machining centre and a 10-pallet Erowa Robot Easy 250 pallet loading system. Supplied and integrated by the Engineering Technology Group (ETG), the new investment is adding significant capacity capabilities with unmanned machining. The l ...

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Specialist Thread roller finds good form with ETG

Specialist Thread roller finds good form with ETG

Founded over a hundred years ago, Blackburn based Dobson & Beaumont is a subcontractor with a distinct niche. The longstanding company are experts in thread rolling, a process that cold forms threads to work harden the thread, strengthen the grain flow and improve overall thread strength by more than 25% when compared to typical thread cutting operations. Before thread rolling, Dobson & Beaumont h ...

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ETG Provides Flexibility for HPC

ETG Provides Flexibility for HPC

When HPC Services Ltd was founded in 1997, the company started with a single sliding head-turning centre. Since that point almost 25 years ago, the Ilkeston company has invested heavily in sliding head-turning technology for small part turning – but for almost everything outside the dimensional realms of sliding head machines, the Derbyshire subcontractor has put its faith in turning centres from ...

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Nakamura Is ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ For Offshore Subcontractor

Nakamura Is ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ For Offshore Subcontractor

Founded in 1955, Kirkham Engineering Co. Ltd has established a reputation as specialists in the production of repetition turned parts on CNC fixed head and sliding head machines. With decades of experience and a machine inventory supplied by a host of manufacturers down the generations, the latest machine to be installed was a Nakamura Tome AS-200L turning centre from the Engineering Technology Gr ...

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Guitar Heroes Invest in 10-Pallet Kitamura

Now in its 17th year of business, Hi-Spec Precision Engineering Ltd has evolved from a small start-up business to an established subcontract manufacturer that has fully embraced the latest CNC technology and more recently automation technology to drive growth and productivity. The Market Overton company has evolved over the last decade to encompass everything from conventional and CNC machinin ...

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Sump Load of Savings Are Perfect for A&M EDM

Sump Load of Savings Are Perfect for A&M EDM

As an engineering solutions company, A&M EDM Ltd is always striving to enhance its operations and capabilities to maximise its service to clients in the aerospace, motorsport, automotive, marine, medical, rail, defence and general subcontract sectors. To achieve this, the West Midlands company has invested in technology from 3, 4 and 5-axis machine tools, EDM wire and spark erosion and laser weldi ...

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Press Releases

‘Clearcut’ Winner For Tackling ACM Delamination Challenges

As the UK’s leading manufacturer of precision cutting tools, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has launched its new Clearcut ra ...

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