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New tooling guide to help manufacturers get better tools at better prices

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  Dawson Shanahan explores tooling for manufacture and its associated costs in a comprehensive new guide available for free from its website. The leading precision engineering specialist has published a comprehensive new guide on tooling for manufacture. It discusses the … Continue reading

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The UK’s first Sheet Metal Forum

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  7th & 8th March 2017, Swindon Thanks to the collaboration between several technology leaders in the field of sheet metalworking, the UK’s first Sheet Metal Forum is being held in March 2017. This is an educational event dedicated to … Continue reading

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Addison Saws appointed official UK distributor for Simonds bandsaw blades

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  Addison Saws, the West Midlands-based cutting and sawing technologies specialist, has been appointed as the sole UK distributor for Simonds International’s bandsaw blades. “Having sold Simonds’ woodworking and metalworking blades for more than thirty years, we are delighted to … Continue reading

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Xaar expands its 3D business with new Xaar 3D centre and team

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    Xaar plc, a world leader in industrial inkjet technology, has announced its new Xaar 3D Centre in Nottingham, UK. This new facility, which opens in January 2017, will deliver 3D printing services and equipment to OEMs, material suppliers … Continue reading

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EMO Hannover 2017 heading for a record

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World’s premier trade fair reports substantial increases as registration deadline approaches Some nine months before the fair begins, the figures for official registration at the EMO Hannover 2017 exhibition are looking rather impressive. More than 1,700 firms from 40 different … Continue reading

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GF Machining Solutions acquires Microlution Inc

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GF Machining Solutions has announced an agreement to purchase 100 percent of the shares of Microlution Inc, a Chicago-based developer of micro-machining solutions incorporating milling and laser technologies. The acquisition of Microlution complements GF Machining Solutions’ strategy to enlarge its … Continue reading

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123 Insight sees continued manufacturer interest in ERP implementation

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123 Insight Ltd has scheduled 13 MRP/ERP Evaluation Workshop events for Q1 2017 as a result of increasing interest in the second half of 2016 These free-to-attend events not only show users effective methods of evaluating and implementing any ERP/MRP … Continue reading

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New Exclusive Partnership in UK: CNC Machine Tools Ltd and KNUTH Machine Tools

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KNUTH Machine Tools is building a strong sales and service structure in UK by establishing a new cooperation with an experienced partner located in the UK “We are happy to announce this new partnership with CNC Machine Tools Ltd in order … Continue reading

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Mitsui Seiki reflects on major investment

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Ultra-high accuracy solution to machining mirrors for James Webb telescope In November, the primary mirror for use in the James Webb infrared optimised space telescope passed its test for the ‘Centre of Curvature’ at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in … Continue reading

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Advanced manufacturing facility expands

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3T RPD has just opened a new metals Additive Manufacturing (AM) production site near its current facility on the former Greenham Common Airbase in Berkshire. This expansion builds on recent new AM machine acquisitions and represents the company’s latest investment … Continue reading

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