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Castings Foundry Wins 'Best of British' Award
01 Jan 2005
MRT Castings of Andover exemplifies what is best in the UK foundry industry, according to judges of the Cast Metals Federation's (CMF) 2004 Company Achievement Award. "MRT won the 'Best of British' award due to its positive approach to business, its investment programme in people and equipment and its successful focus on short run and smaller project work, " said John Parker, chief executive of the CMF, which represents the UK cast metal industry.
Modern Foundry Invests £100k to Add More Value
01 Jan 2005
Investment casting specialist, Polycast Ltd has recently invested £100,000 in new shelling equipment and robotic drying systems that will improve quality and throughput at its long established foundry based at Warsash, near Southampton. The Foundry merges modern casting technology with rapid-prototype expertise, machining, heattreatments, electro-polishing, anodising, hand-polishing and assembly. The company also successfully offers long-term 'cost out' added value services to its blue chip clients using associate foundries in China.
Investment Casting Firm is at Two Shows at Once
01 Jan 2005
On 16 and 17th February 2005, PI Castings, along with its sister company MIM (Metal Injection Mouldings) will be exhibiting at two separate, coinciding exhibitions:
Gear Supplier Grows By Moving into Castings
01 Jan 2005
Three times voted the UK's most innovative gear company, Mini Gears is continually developing its UK manufacturing base for medium volume requirements of gears and racks, and has recently built a UK warehouse to stock higher volumes of price sensitive, cast and forged parts sourced in China that can then be called off in smaller batches.
