Historically, a majority of subcontractor Reginson Engineering’s turnover came from the aerospace sector, with oil and gas generating most of the remainder.
Manufacturers wishing to learn more about the latest sliding-head and fixed-head turning centres from Citizen Machinery UK, but who perhaps are unable to attend the EMO 2023 machine tool trade fair in Hannover, may be interested that shortly afterwards, from 3-5 October, the company will hold an open house at its Turning Centre of Excellence in Brierley Hill.
With 25 years' experience working in the machine tool sector, Eric Tollett has been appointed by Citizen Machinery UK as area sales engineer for territories in north-east England, where he will be responsible for sales of the company's Cincom sliding-head and Miyano fixed-head lathes and related automation solutions.
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.
Headquartered in Bushey, Hertfordshire, Citizen Machinery UK has long been responsible for the Japanese watch group's CNC bar-fed lathe sales in Britain and Ireland, while also being a distribution hub for sales of machines in France, Spain, Portugal, the Nordic Countries, the Middle East and Africa.
Sourcing rare specification Whitworth nuts and bolts led to DWS Engineering’s owner David Swaffield manufacturing his own and creating a successful business as a result.
In early October 2022, Citizen Machinery held a three-day open house at its Brierley Hill facility, which was visited by 176 people, up 28% compared with the previous year's event. They represented 63 companies, 23% more than were hosted last time.
Birmingham-based brass lampholder manufacturer S Lilley & Son has found the ability to remove the guide bush when machining on its latest Citizen sliding head lathes has made them the natural successor to its ageing single-spindle cam auto machines. PES reports.