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F1 Subcontractor Bucks The Trend By Manufacturing A Mountain Bike
As a fifth generation engineer, Stewart Palmer knew from a young age the path his career would take. As a child, Stewart was always more interested in dissecting his bike and finding out how it worked, rather than riding it. Now, as a highly skilled engineer, Stewart has spent the last 18 months designing and manufacturing his own downhill mountain bike. Stewart's engineering pedigree has ...
AG/CAD Delivers Savings to 'Mail' Printer
With eight facilities and almost 1400 staff in the UK, DST is one of the most prestigious print and packaging manufacturers in the British Isles. As with any industry leading manufacturer, DST invests in the latest technological advances to maintain its competitive instinct. This recently included the acquisition of a DYSS X5-1310T sample-making / digital cutter from AG/CAD. Putting DST into pe ...
Unilathe on the Rail-Road To Success With TaeguTec
The prolonged depression in the oil & gas sector is impacting business for subcontractors the length and breadth of the UK. However, Unilathe is a subcontract manufacturer that sees the downturn as a small 'bump in the road' credit to its diversification strategy and more importantly its £3 million machine tool investment over the last four years. The investment in two heavy duty mill/t ...
AG CAD Makes An Impression Upon Bolton Print Company
As a fledgling company operating in its seventh year, the pace of growth at Bolton based Impression Ltd has been remarkable. The large format display, PoS, event and signage company produces a range of graphics and digitally printed products from leaflets to store window displays, outdoor signage to exhibition stands. This diversity has delivered year on year growth in excess of 20%. To mainta ...
Blum Measures Up for Medical Instrument Manufacturer
The requirements placed on the production of medical devices are similar to those for products from other industries – automated, high-precision and efficient. Consequently, Stryker-Leibinger in Mühlheim-Stetten, Germany relies on production measurement technology from Blum-Novotest for its machining centres for medical instruments and implants. "The production of instruments uses several mill ...
Diesel Generator OEM Wins Global Success With Ellesco Surface Finishing
Manufacturing and assembling diesel generator systems for the global audience, Welland Power is truly a UK manufacturing success story with its products 100% exported. Often exposed to the elements, the power units are powder paint coated to ensure they remain in working order throughout their extensive warranty period. But when a redesign of its generator casings compromised the quality of its p ...
Kerf Cuts Conveyor Components for Irish OEM
If you've ever driven past a construction or heavy industrial site, whether its on the motorway, a quarry, mining or even recycling plant, the likelihood is that you have at some point see an Ezystak conveyor system in action. With over 20 products in its range, the County Tyrone company has recently invested in new plant and equipment to keep abreast of its remarkable growth levels. The f ...
Cumberland Boxes its Way to Success With AG/CAD in its Corner
As one of the UK’s top five independent sheet plants, Cumberland Packaging has now invested in a superfast DYSS X7 Sample Cutting Machine from AG/CAD to reduce its lead times and increase its design capabilities. The Essex manufacturer of corrugated cartons and boxes has used KASEMAKE CAD software and equipment from AG/CAD for more than 20 years, so when it came to updating its plant list the c ...
Innovative measuring systems for precision instruments
When manufacturing very small parts, even a very minor temperature-related fluctuation in the machining centres can mean rejection. This is why Günter Stoffel Medizintechnik GmbH has turned to production metrology from Blum-Novotest for temperature compensation as well as other measuring tasks. The company has turned to Blum because the smallest workpieces produced are less than one millimetre wi ...
CNC International Supplies 5th New EDM Machine to MultiSpark
Founding a business relationship based on exceptional service levels has paid dividends for CNC International with the recent supply of its fifth new machine tool to wire and die sink EDM subcontractors Multispark. The delivery of two new Accutex AL600 wire EDM machines in December 2014 is just the latest chapter in this longstanding relationship.. Poole based Multispark is one of the UK's ...
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