In January, Highbank Precision Engineering LLP, Manchester, took delivery of a new Doosan S550LM CNC lathe with the latest Fanuc 21iTB control. Peter Saunders, one of the partners at Highbank, says that this completes an investment for 2005 of around £650,000 having commissioned in July a 3 + 2 axis Mecof CS50 travelling column machine. These investments are part of the Highbank vision to move toward streamlined CNC production of jigs and fixtures, as well as subcontract parts machining.