METAL recycler CMA will buy UK company Meretec and its US subsidiary for $18.5m.
28/07/2008
STAUFF UK has replaced its old hydraulically-actuated bender with a new Breeze 16 tube bender, an all-electric bidirectional machine from Unison.
02/11/2009
UK based Professional Coatings Limited has purchased a Metallisation Arc 140/S350 system to add an metal spraying option to its array of paint and powder coating finishes.
07/12/2009
UK based Techserv Cutting Systems, a specialist CNC profile cutting systems manufacturer, recently delivered four HS 4000 hi-definition precision plasma cutters to UK’s Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA).
21/01/2010
UK-BASED BAE Systems Submarine Solutions is using an all-electric tube bender to enhance its flexibility when fabricating the complex metal parts needed for the UK’s Astute class nuclear submarines.
11/11/2008
WHEELABRATOR has supplied UK-based Robinson with a second wheel blast machine, allowing the structural steel fabricator to blast 600 tonnes of steel per week.
06/03/2008
TRUMPF has announced its intent to buy UK-based SPI LASERS, acquiring its fibre laser technology, engineering and manufacturing facilities to complement its own product lines.
19/09/2008
MANUFACTURERS who deal with molten metal are being warned that water contamination of molten metals can cause catastrophic explosions.
06/03/2009
UK-based Thompson Friction Welding announced Europe’s largest trailer manufacturer is using a Thompson friction welding machine.
30/01/2008
AUSTRALIA-based Dyesol has collaborated with the fifth largest steel producer in the world to open a multi-million dollar facility in Wales, UK.
05/11/2008
UK-BASED Microbial Solutions has successfully trialled a commercial scale bio-reactor which uses its Microcycle treatment to break down toxic coolants and lubricants used in the metal-working industry
23/02/2009
HUNTINGDON Fusion Techniques (HFT) says it was selected by a major UK food manufacturer to prevent a catastrophe from occurring.
09/11/2009
ALUMINIUM producer Alcoa has partnered with Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) to acquire a 12% stake in Rio Tinto.
04/02/2008
THE COMPOSITES Centre within the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing has chosen to use Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system for its machining operations.
06/01/2009
EUROPE’s second-largest steelmaker Corus is expected to cut up to 3500 jobs, with 2500 of these in Britain.
05/02/2009
RESEARCH firm TWI is trialling Reduced Pressure Electron Beam (RPEB) welding at its Low Carbon Energy Manufacturing Technology Centre in Middlesbrough, UK.
24/08/2009
UK-based tube bending company Unison says it has developed a special bending cell for tube and pipe manufacturer RathGibson to serve the growing demand for U-shaped heat exchanger components.
10/02/2010
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union (AWU) has announced the results from its participation in a global meeting on the steel industry and climate change.
14/11/2008
RIO TINTO Alcan, bowing to the global financial crisis, says it will be further reducing production of aluminium, slashing the global workforce, and closing smelters.
22/01/2009
QUEANBEYAN-based Dyesol says it is another step closer to the commercial production of Dye Solar Cells integrated onto strip steel in a coil coating line.
10/06/2009