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Outsourcing a thing of the past with new tube laser from Trumpf

The arrival of a new Trumpf TruLaser Tube 3000 fiber at Salisbury-based Lasercell has allowed the company to eliminate the cost of previously outsourcing its tube laser cutting requirements.

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Hastening product development through machining

In this article Staffan Lundström, product manager and application specialist for turning at cutting tool specialist Sandvik Coromant, explains how innovative Y-axis turning can overcome delays and support faster production.

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Kerf steps up to the plate for West Midlands manufacturer

The West Midlands manufacturer claims to have the world’s largest reciprocating grinder and also the world’s largest Lumsden grinder.

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Lathe longevity prompts repeat purchases

Repro Engineering is leveraging versatile and durable turning centres from Citizen Machinery to produce a wide array of components, benefiting industries like motorsport and defence while keeping costs competitive.

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Making light work of Müller parts

In Eltville am Rhein, Germany, Jean Müller develops and produces around 40,000 components for distributing, controlling, securing and measuring electrical energy in low-voltage networks.

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M&M Turned Parts: from one generation to the next

Family-run businesses seem to thrive in the subcontracting world. It’s a well-proven formula: Mum and/or Dad start and establish the business and lay the foundations; kids gradually get involved later, take the reins and drive the business forward.

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Making light work of medical grinding

Coventry-based Advanced Grinding Solutions (AGS) has announced the sale of several additional grinding machines and Comat filtration systems to Smithstown Light Engineering in Ireland.

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Penta Patterns accelerates workflow with Stratasys 3D printer

Penta Patterns, a leading manufacturer of patterns and moulds for a diverse range of sectors, such as motorsport, automotive, and art, has achieved significant strides by transitioning from conventional CNC machining to state-of-the-art Stratasys 3D printing technology for certain operations.

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Subcon 2023: Suring up the supply chain

Subcon is back with a bang for 2023, bringing together the full manufacturing ecosystem for companies to source, subcontract, benchmark and learn all under one roof.

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Delivering quality without compromise!

A leading precision subcontract specialist has invested in a second multi-tasking mill-turn machine from Mills CNC specifically to help it fulfil a new, three-year contract to machine complex, high-precision metal components for a product collaboration between two global brand leaders.

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