Ainsworth Maguire

ABM Precast Solutions has completed a substantial investment in their Nottinghamshire casting plant enabling the production of a extended range of much larger, heavier U and W section beams.

Electrical accessories specialist, Chint, has achieved preferred supplier status with Electricbase, a national trade supplier with 82 outlets nationwide and part of the £1 billion turnover construction products distributor, the Grafton Group.

The new range of metal consumer units from Chint is not just amendment 3 compliant, but probably the most extensive available in the UK. The core range of enclosures meet requirements from 3-36 modules.

Super fine metal surface finishing experts to the aerospace, autosports and precision engineering industries, Finishing Techniques, are using Mach 2016 to launch their new web site and Fintek branding.

Forcam, suggest that track-and-trace has a significant immediate impact on quality and cost reduction in manufacturing.

The Wallwork Group return to MACH, at the NEC in April, celebrating the latest phase in a major expansion programme that sees them offering a significantly broader range of heat treatment, hard coating and development services.

At MACH 2016 Forcam will be showing Forcam Force, their software for the interconnection of machines to gather production information and provide real-time production performance data.

Jon Wilson and Steve Allen, former employees of the Shaws of Darwen terracotta and faience division which closed in May 2015, have set up Darwen Terracotta Limited, (DTL), re-employing 25 highly skilled technicians and craftspeople.

Forcam, the pioneers of shop floor connectivity and networking, has introduced ‘Smart Factory in a Box’. This enables companies to trial and prove the effectiveness of a cloud-based shop floor manufacturing execution system.

Metal improvement specialist, Wallwork Group, report that their Nadcap approval has now been extended to cover both their aluminium and magnesium heat treatment processes.