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Cnc Machining

  • 25 Years Of Precision Success Celebrated

    01 Mar 2003

    Knaresborough-based Claro Precision Engineering, which is celebrating 25 years of success, is looking to the future with renewed vigour and confidence and is predicting it will top the £5 million turnover mark by 2008, thanks to its on-going investment in equipment and high-quality staff. 

  • Subcontract CNC Engineering Services Relaunched

    01 Mar 2003

    Following significant investment in new plant and machinery, Cross+Morse has re-launched its range of subcontract turning, machining and gear cutting services. 

  • It's All In The Name

    01 Mar 2003

    Precision manufacturers Cutting Edge Components Ltd have just taken delivery of two new Citizen sliding head lathes. In keeping with the Cutting Edge name, both machines are fitted with the latest remote diagnostic tools, 13 machining axes and ultra highpressure coolant delivery. 

  • New Sliding Heads Bring Body Jewellery Business

    01 Mar 2003

    Until only six years ago ACP Engineering, West Sussex, was operating successfully with 30 and 40 year old cam autos. The company resisted upgrading its facilities to CNC until it found the right sliding head machines that could compete with the capabilities of its old machines. The past six years had seen ACP acquiring on average one new Deco sliding head machine a year, each capable of lights out operation. 

Corrosion & Wear Resistance

  • Reflecting on Electroless Nickel

    01 Mar 2003

    There are many different ways of achieving corrosion protection by applying surface coatings, whether by sacrificial protection or simply ensuring that there is total coverage and protection of the substrate. 

Energy And Green Engineering

  • Waste Cuts Profits: Managing Waste Effectively is a Win-Win Option

    01 Mar 2003

    Waste is an operational fact that businesses cannot ignore. Savings, whether in water consumption, raw materials, energy or labour costs go straight to the bottom line. Figures from Envirowise - the Government programme that provides free practical environmental advice to UK businesses, and an active partner in the Fit For the Future national best practice campaign - show that waste costs UK industry about £15 billion each year, or about 4.5% of total turnover. 

  • Environmental Industry Technology On Show

    01 Mar 2003

     

  • Wind Turbines Get Bigger

    01 Mar 2003

    The European market for wind power technology has grown by an average 35% per year over the past five years, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). 

  • Toolbox for Industry Boosted by Funding

    01 Mar 2003

    A major new research initiative at Queen's University, Belfast, which will help companies to solve environmental problems, has been given a £4.1 million funding boost. 

Industry News

  • Manufacturers Advised How To Survive Worldwide Competition

    01 Mar 2003

    British manufacturers can compete on the world stage and survive increased worldwide competition, not just from China, but countries such as India, Brazil, Poland and Turkey who are all adopting lean manufacturing techniques, delegates to the Manufacturing Networking 2003 conference hosted by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) were advised recently. 

  • 'Going Green' Helps Bottom Line Profits

    01 Mar 2003

    Green engineering used to be thought of as not applicable to commercial organisations, that is until people realised that effective implementation can make a substantial difference to bottom line profits, says Mark Eaton, Head of the MAS (South East). 

  • Engineers Most Likely to Stay Sober, Says Survey

    01 Mar 2003

    British Engineers rate themselves lowest when it comes to networking skills, according to a survey into the art of business lunching commissioned across five business sectors last month by PizzaExpress. 

  • SME Perspective Sought in ISO 9001:2000 Survey

    01 Mar 2003

    The value that the ISO 9001:2000 standard creates for SME's is the subject of a 10 minute survey being conducted by TUV Management & IT Consulting for the Small Business Service. 

  • Universities Deliver As Spin-Offs Grow by 22%

    01 Mar 2003

    The second annual Higher Education Business Interaction Survey reveals that during 2000-01 the number of spin-off companies from the UK's higher education institutions (HEIs) rose by 22%. The number of patents filed by higher education institutions has grown by 26% and the number of intellectual property licences by 25%. 

Stevens Rowsell is a specialist precision sheet metal engineering company in East Sussex