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Surface finishing experts, Fintek, have in invested in a new Bruker Alicona EdgeMaster. The automatic metrology system for cutting tools is supplied and supported by Optimax Imaging Inspection & Measurement Ltd in the UK.

With a £10 million investment, Wallwork Group is establishing a state-of-the-art Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) centre at their Bury, North Manchester site.

The company is joining other champions of UK industry, on the Midlands Aerospace Alliance stand in the UK Pavilion, stand F172 Pod 1.

Expanding their plasma nitriding facilities, Wallwork are nearing the completion of a programme of increasing capacity with a sixth unit.

A new electrochemical plasma process that reduces the surface roughness of 3D printed metal parts is to be added to Fintek's subcontract services and machine sales in an exclusive agreement with Wallwork Heat Treatment.

The Wallwork heat treatment facility in Manchester, UK, has again passed its Nadcap audit with Merit, making it the largest scope for a single site in the UK, covering nine check sheets. This creates a one-stop aerospace heat treatment facility.

As the engineering and manufacturing supply chains emerge from the pandemic, plasma nitriding is again in significant demand for the heat treatment of new and replacement components in aerospace, automotive, motorsport and more.

In a year where the pandemic has been forefront of news and posing severe challenges for component manufacturers, surface finishing specialist Fintek step into their 40th year of trading on a high note.

To meet demand driven by a growing customer base of motor racing engine and transmission component suppliers, working across all Formulas including F1, Wallwork Heat Treatment have invested in a new advanced vacuum carburise furnace.

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