The catalyst behind Shirley-based Midland Precision Engineering’s investment in a Mikron HSM 600U ProdMod 5-axis machining centre from AgieCharmilles was the company’s successful tender to manufacture high precision, complex fuel system parts for a new and......

Founded in 1987 as a mouldmaker and subcontract machinist specialising in wire and spark erosion and manual milling, Leighton Buzzard-based RST Engineering, installed a Hurco Hawk 30 CNC mill in 1998 to speed electrode production and other prismatic machining jobs....

By changing to 5-axis machining technology, Glasgow-based Waukesha Bearings – believed to be the world’s largest supplier of fluid film bearings and a developer of advanced active magnetic bearing systems – has been able to slash lead times from 16......