Five years after setting up their mould tool making business Dave Bowyer and Steve Riddle took delivery of their first CNC machine tool. A ProtoTrak turret mill was the first of several CNC/manual mills and lathes to be supplied by XYZ Machine Tools. However,......

It’s perhaps not that surprising that every machine tool user puts aftersales service high on the agenda when considering a new machine investment. Indeed, when precision manufacturers are narrowing down their choice of potential suppliers it becomes a critical......

Snowy weather did nothing to dampen spirits at the recent DMG Open House held in Pfronten, Germany. Despite a difficult year in 2009, 2010 has kicked off positively for the global machine tool manufacturer with an order intake value of €58.5 million and 282......

When Martin Campbell started his own business by designing, developing and testing fire prevention equipment, he had little idea of the success it would become. Twenty years later his company, Reeling Systems, is now a primary fire prevention equipment supplier to......

According to Viaturn’s managing director, James Kearney, there’s more to building a large capacity machine tool than simply using oversized components.  Viaturn is the exclusive UK supply partner for Taiwanese manufacturer of heavy-duty lathes,......

Rekindling a partnership that ended in the early 1990s, Dorman Machine Tools has announced that it is once again representing IMT Intermato, the specialist Italian manufacturer of high quality vertical lathes. ...

To meet the needs of its aerospace customers, DMG is focusing on innovative technologies, and on a Centre of Excellence as the first port of call for the national and international aviation industry.  Although the aviation industry is affected by the global......

A new cell based on a robotically fed Makino machining centre configured for VIPER (Very Impressive Performance Extreme Removal) grinding has been installed at one of the Crewe production facilities of Trac Group. It follows the award of a long term contract to produce......

For more than half a century, Italian company Chiappa Firearms has manufactured replica, sports and blank firing handguns and rifles that are sought the world over by historic weapon enthusiasts, collectors, re-enactment societies and film production......

According to managing director, Ron Daly, Queensferry-based RD Precision is continuing to fly in clear blue skies as it navigates a steady course forward into additional aerospace contracts. The 100 strong privately owned aerospace subcontractor was formed 23 years......