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Cutting out second ops
St Helens based subcontract profiler PP Profiles has invested in a £350,000 Koike plasma system that can cut complex shapes and bevels up to 45 degrees on plate up to 10m by 3m by 40mm thick. 31 Jan 2012
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Luxury yacht components turned
A newly installed CNC lathe at Poole-based Rovic Engineering is already up and running producing high tensile components for Ocean Yacht systems in Christchurch. 25 Jan 2012
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Searching the outer limits of space
The team working on the world’s largest radio telescope – The Square Kilometre Array – have called upon the skills of a County Durham firm to design and test components for the £1.26bn project. 25 Jan 2012
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Nuclear supply chain opportunity
Companies are gearing up to join the supply chain for the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power development by registering on a suppliers portal website. 18 Jan 2012
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QR – the code to connect
You might have noticed a number of strange black and white patterns appearing everywhere you go – on posters, products, shop windows and adverts – well now they have come to Engineering Capacity. 18 Jan 2012
Hear why apprenticeships matter
To kick off Apprenticeship Week – which runs from 6 to 10 February – manufacturing and engineering employers are invited to a launch event at the BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London on 6 February from 9.00 to 12.30. 31 Jan 2012
Injection investment boosts capacity
Dudley-based Petford Tools, a specialist toolmaker for plastic injection, compression and composite moulds, has taken delivery of a £560,000 KraussMaffei 1600 tonnes injection press. 31 Jan 2012
Bigger capacity makes a difference
A 2,200 by 1,700 by 750 mm capacity vertical machining centre, the only one of its type in Scotland, is winning new business for Ayrshire Precision in the nuclear, mining and oil & gas sectors. 31 Jan 2012
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Injection investment boosts capacity
Dudley-based Petford Tools, a specialist toolmaker for plastic injection, compression and composite moulds, has taken delivery of a £560,000 KraussMaffei 1600 tonnes injection press. 31 Jan 2012
Cutting out second ops
St Helens based subcontract profiler PP Profiles has invested in a £350,000 Koike plasma system that can cut complex shapes and bevels up to 45 degrees on plate up to 10m by 3m by 40mm thick. 31 Jan 2012
Bigger capacity makes a difference
A 2,200 by 1,700 by 750 mm capacity vertical machining centre, the only one of its type in Scotland, is winning new business for Ayrshire Precision in the nuclear, mining and oil & gas sectors. 31 Jan 2012
Luxury yacht components turned
A newly installed CNC lathe at Poole-based Rovic Engineering is already up and running producing high tensile components for Ocean Yacht systems in Christchurch. 25 Jan 2012
