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Comments & Analysis

  • Firms Embrace Mobility as Competitive Tool

    07 Jun 2007

    Business mobility has emerged as a top competitive initiative among leading organizations. The multi-faceted nature of global competition means that no longer do only quality, distribution and price define leading firms.   

  • International emerging markets: Brazil

    07 Jun 2007

    Brazil is not an easy place to do business. Import duties are high which, with such a price-sensitive market, means the only real way forward is to manufacture in Brazil through a joint venture or some-such arrangement says Dr John L Collins, business development manager, The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA). 

  • Stark warning from Sir Digby Jones at start of Work Wise Week

    11 May 2007

    Sir Digby Jones, UK skills envoy and former director general of the CBI, said at the Work Wise UK Summit at the QEII Conference Centre, marking the start of Work Wise Week.  

  • Manufacturers encouraged on journey of self-examination

    06 May 2007

    In the wake of the current political shake-up and the expected review of Government strategy, Arthur Richardson, director South West MAS, reminds manufacturers that an occasional journey of self-examination is a valuable 'lean' principle. 

Fabrication

Industry News

  • USA recognises UK welding products

    01 Jun 2007

    The American Welding Journal, the world’s leading publication dedicated to welding, has published a technical paper dealing with weld purging. The report illustrates cost savings obtained using tape products compared with gas purging on a circumferential weld in a 3m diameter tank 5m long.  

  • REACHReady launches a free online tool to help you to decide

    31 May 2007

    REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals legislation) requires a thorough and comprehensive review of the health, safety and environmental impact of chemicals in everything on the EU market – from shampoo to pens to computers to cars.  

  • Major chemical legislation comes into force

    31 May 2007

    1 June 2007 marked the entry into force of REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals legislation).  

  • ACAL PJT sets up applications laboratory for Precision Joining Technologies

    31 May 2007

    ACAL TC’s Precision Joining Technologies Division has completed a £250,000 refurbishment of its Leicester headquarters to establish a fully-equipped applications laboratory.  

  • Morgan visit marks the next stage of a European ‘auto force’

    29 May 2007

    A group of European automotive industry experts were given a ‘taste’ of innovative manufacturing and traditional English style this week thanks to a special visit hosted by supply chain initiative Accelerate.  

  • Chemical Industries Association welcomes Waste Strategy

    25 May 2007

    The Government published its Waste Strategy for England 2007 to tackle the UK’s mounting waste problem.  

  • Furnace Rebuild Improves Productivity

    23 May 2007

    A Walking Beam furnace rebuild, incorporating a Stein Heurtey designed and patented Digital Furnace solution with a control system implemented by Eurotherm, has increased throughput and delivered improved energy efficiency while reducing emissions for Corus in their Port Talbot plant.  

  • New features announced for RWM 07: Talking climate change and RWM 07 conference

    22 May 2007

    Taking place at the Birmingham NEC from 11 to 13 September, RWM 07 will feature a number of new visitor attractions including a two-day conference running alongside the show and a new exhibition and workshop area dedicated to climate change, an issue that has risen to the top of the agenda for business and local government alike.  

  • TCT 2007 Visitor Registration Now Open

    22 May 2007

    The organisers of TCT 2007, Rapid News Publications plc, is delighted to announce that exhibition visitor registration for the event being held 26th–27th September 2007 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry is now open.  

  • New home marks a great first year for Recycled UK

    22 May 2007

    Two best friends are celebrating their company’s first anniversary in style after a string of orders paved the way for a new factory in Coseley.  

  • Home in sight for Energy Technologies Institute

    16 May 2007

    Bids from five outstanding university organisations have been short-listed to host the UK's new Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The new energy and environment research institute will bring together public and private sector R&D in the UK to provide the UK with a world-class means for delivering applied energy technology research to underpin eventual deployment of 'clean' energy.  

  • REACH in a nutshell: New guide for the engineering industries

    16 May 2007

    The European Engineering Federation Orgalime and its members associations have produced a new guide following  the EU’s new chemical law for the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) which came into force on 1 June 2007. 

  • Work Wise UK quality mark launched

    16 May 2007

    "Those organisations which achieve the Work Wise UK Quality Mark will be well placed to attract the very best staff", said Sir Digby Jones, UK Skills Envoy and former director general of the CBI,at the launch of the new Work Wise UK Quality Mark during the Work Wise UK Summit at the QEII Conference Centre in London on May 16. 

  • ECUK calls on engineering academics to seek CEng registration

    11 May 2007

    The Engineering Council UK (ECUK) has become increasingly concerned about the relatively low numbers of engineering teachers and researchers that are seeking registration as Chartered Engineers (CEng).  

  • Friday 18 May is national work from home day

    11 May 2007

    Technology is enabling people to work virtually anywhere, Friday 18 May is National Work from Home Day.  

  • EMO Hannover 2007 celebrates 30th anniversary in 2007

    09 May 2007

    EMO Hannover takes place 17th 22th September 2007. The leading trade fair of the metalworking sector, presents an unparalleled width and depth of products and services throughout all production areas, from the nucleus machine tool, to precision tools, to linking devices and industrial electronics. 

  • Nine-to-five is dead, long live five-to-nine

    04 May 2007

    A survey, published by First Direct, revealed that more than a third of British workers now work outside traditional working hours has been heralded by Work Wise UK as yet another demonstration that the nature of work across the world is changing fundamentally.   

  • Manufacturers missing out through ignorance

    03 May 2007

    Too many manufacturers are making expensive mistakes by overlooking basic signs of inefficiency and loss when they assess the value of potential investments, according to a due diligence expert.  

  • New routes to innovation for South Yorkshire companies

    03 May 2007

    A new £500,000 funding scheme will allow south Yorkshire companies to access world leading materials and engineering expertise to develop market leading products, boost productivity and create new jobs.  

  • Fastener Fair Stuttgart promises two very busy and productive days

    02 May 2007

    “We’re looking forward to a very busy and productive Fastener Fair Stuttgart on the 19th and 20th of September 2007,” says exhibition organiser Jerry Ramsdale.  

  • 'Running the Gauntlet' launches twice the size for 2007

    02 May 2007

    ‘Running the gauntlet’, the East of England Development Agency’s (EEDA) investment competition and business education programme launches 2 May 2007 with up to £2m on offer for entrepreneurs with invest-able businesses in the East of England.  

  • Another Ridat High-Speed Automatic Machine

    01 May 2007

    Daventry Thermoforming Ltd, has commissioned the companys latest Ridat 3035ATF High-Speed Automatic thermoforming machine. 

Precision Engineering

Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing

  • TCT is the Only UK Event for Accelerating Products to Market

    01 May 2007

    With the world’s leading RP and RM Machine manufacturers all under one roof, headline sponsorship from Huntsman Advanced Materials and EOS, and free of charge seminar sessions on-site, the TCT 2007 Exhibition proves once again that it is an unmissable event for forward-thinking engineers.  

  • Metallised Resin Injection Moulding Provides Solution

    01 May 2007

    When a London-based FilmLight Ltd, a specialist supplier of digital film technology to post-production houses the world over, wanted to develop a high quality hardware control surface for its colour grading and mixing equipment, the company asked Midas Pattern Company, Bedford, to help. 

  • Sales Promotion Offers Reduced Rate PCM Machined Prototypes

    01 May 2007

    Until the end of June 2007, as part of a promotional offer for spring 2007.  

  • Ridat ‘Just in Time” Forming Machine for Circle Plastics

    30 Mar 2007

    A new machine from RIDAT, the South Wales based manufacturer of thermoforming machines, will incorporate the specific requirements of leading ‘just in time’ vacuum forming specialists, Circle Plastics Ltd, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.  

  • Polymer Cluster welcomes new expertise

    28 Mar 2007

    The UK’s leading change agent for local plastics and rubber industry development, the Polymer Cluster, has welcomed the appointment of engineer Shuyan Ji to the Innovative Product Development Centre (IPDC), part of the University of Wolverhampton.  

Surface Treatments & Finishing

  • Thermal Deburring Gets Surface Treatment Trial

    01 May 2007

    Deburring Centre Ltd, the thermal deburring specialists, is presently undertaking a number of trials with surface finishers.  

  • A380 Engine Parts are First with Full Machine Readable Traceability

    01 May 2007

    Sheffield based Pryor Marking Technology and the Isle of Man’s Ronaldsway Aircraft Company, part of the RLC Engineering Group, have come together to apply the latest techniques and processes in direct part marking and machine readable vision technologies for some of the components used in the Trent engines being fitted on the new Airbus 380 aircraft.   

  • Keronite Technology Spreads Worldwide

    01 May 2007

    Established in 2000 with headquarters in Cambridge, UK, Keronite International Ltd works hand in hand with a growing network of experienced partners to apply Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) surface treatment technology to light metals. In the last few month, Keronites network of facilities has grown worldwide. 

  • Largest UK hard anodising specialist celebrates 60 years

    01 May 2007

    Brita Finish Ltd trading as Aluminium Surface Engineering (ASE) based in Coventry, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. ASE has the largest hard anodising capacity in the UK, and was the first company in England to carry out the hard anodising process in 1949. 

  • Hardide nets expro as first new customer for houston coating plant

    19 Feb 2007

    Hardide Coatings, the provider of unique ultra-hard surface engineering technology, has secured orders from the Expro Group as its first new customer for its US$5 million coatings facility in Houston, Texas.   

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