On leaving university Sam Hignett had no difficulty deciding what to do next. In fact, he was already well on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur and businessman. A decade later he is co-owner of the Jota Group along with Simon Dolan and Sam Hancock, and team......

PR2 Engineering says it distinguishes itself from its competitors by offering exceptional quality and reliability. From its factory in Kirkcaldy the company supplies low volume, high quality, difficult to manufacture turned parts to blue chip customers in the oil and......

A turnkey solution proposed by Mills CNC that included an investment in a new Doosan TT 1800SY (twin turret/twin spindle) turning centre, has delivered excellent productivity and performance benefits to a leading precision manufacturer....

In December 2010, John Thornton and Tim Buckley took full control of Kirkstall Precision, a subcontract machining facility in Leeds, following a management buyout three years earlier....

North Warwickshire & Hinckley College (NWHC) has recently invested in a number of new machine tools and hi-tech ancillary equipment from Coventry-based GF AgieCharmilles. ...

When Restormel Machine was faced with the predicament of insufficient capacity and lack of financing options from the banks during the height of the recession, it appeared that the company had very few available avenues. However, a visit to the Tornos UK stand at MACH......

With a busy order book and work in the pipeline, the last thing that Havant-based EMP Tooling wanted was a problem with a machine tool – in fact it suffered double the problem when two of its existing machines developed serious issues. Fortunately, the team at......

A visit to Kern’s two facilities near Munich is always going to be dominated by one word – ‘precision’, but while that is unlikely to change any time soon, the micro machining specialist has been broadening its customer base with new machinery......

Two Hurco VMX30t vertical machining centres have been added to the subcontract machine shop of Schivo Group in Waterford on the south coast of Ireland. Compared with a VMX42 installed in 2004, the latest machines are said to be 50% more productive, due entirely to the......

What a difference a couple of years can make. During the tough times of 2009, subcontract engineering companies often found their machine tools underutilised as work became scarcer and the whole marketplace much more competitive. ...