How do engineering companies view the use of metalworking coolants? It's fair to say that in some cases these fluids are treated as the poor relation in the machining process, and at best are seen as a necessary evil.
Environmental Technologies has announced a partnership with Switzerland's Motorex. The agreement will see the creation of a new sales and support service for manufacturing companies.
MTL Advanced, one of the UK’s largest metal fabrication and contract manufacturing companies and part of the WEC Group, has introduced a brand-new LVD Taurus 12kW XXL format fibre laser to its large profiling line-up, following a substantial £1m investment.
The latest Contract Manufacturing Index shows that the UK market for subcontract manufacturing continued to grow in the first quarter. The index was up 4.5% in the first three months of 2024, building on the strong upswing at the end of 2023.
Sentiment within the UK manufacturing industry improved in April and output expectations were the strongest for six months, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Industrial Trends Survey.