Citizen sets up dedicated solution centre Citizen Machinery UK, which supplies Cincom sliding-head and Miyano fixed-head turn-mill centres into the British and Irish markets, has been providing manufacturing solutions to OEMs and subcontractors in their supply…
A turn for the better for Merseyside subcontractor In August 2020, precision subcontractor Bryken took delivery of its sixth Miyano BNE-51MSY turn-mill centre, having bought its first as recently as June 2018. Collectively, Bryken’s fixed head machine investments…
Tripling up large bar capacity The largest bar capacity CNC lathe in the Citizen Machinery product portfolio is the new 12-axis Miyano ABX-80THY, a fixed-head model with twin-opposed C-axis spindles and three turrets moving over…
20 year old sliding head lathe still does the business Despite starting out more than 25 years ago, Dudley-based TWP Manufacturing opened its CNC machine shop as recently as the beginning of 2019 to produce most of the components needed…
Advanced chipbreaking technology helps ventilator challenge Like most turned parts subcontractors, Sub CNC Precision uses its 14 twin-spindle, multi-axis bar autos, in this case all from Citizen Machinery UK, to turn-mill parts in one hit from…
Citizen Cincom L32-XII walk around With a legacy as one of the best-selling Cincom machines, the next-generation L32 is launched with 4 models in modular design.
The power of collaboration in the fight against Covid-19 In the opinion of Citizen Machinery UK's managing director Edward James, the Covid-19 pandemic has united the whole of the manufacturing sector to an extent never seen before in terms…
Pump manufacturer installs first sliding head lathe One of the UK's largest pump manufacturers shipping more than 200,000 units per year, Charles Austen Pumps has invested in its first sliding-headstock bar auto, a Cincom L20-X from Citizen…
Latest Citizen tech used to aid ventilator production Reginson Engineering based in Nuneaton has invested in the latest Citizen manufacturing technology to make critical components to fight coronavirus.
Turning to twins for rising productivity gains Welwyn Garden City-based subcontractor Unicut Precision has a long history of investing in Citizen twin-spindle, twin-turret turning technology, which has enabled it to expand it markets, particularly in the hydraulics…
Second-hand lathe purchase prompts machine shop transformation When a customer of Salisbury-based subcontractor Apsley Precision Engineering stopped manufacturing components in-house, one of its redundant machine tools – a Miyano fixed-head, twin-spindle, single-turret lathe – was purchased by…
Versatile bar auto is highly productive A new, twin-spindle, 10-axis CNC turn-mill centre, the Miyano BNA-42GTY LFV, has been introduced by Citizen for manufacturing complex components in one hit from bar stock up to 42mm diameter.
Citizen Machinery recruits nine more staff in the UK Citizen Machinery UK has employed nine more staff since the beginning of the year, bringing the total number of employees to 58.
August cover story: Turning on a centre of excellence The official opening of Citizen Machinery UK’s new Centre of Excellence in the West Midlands took place recently to an audience of invited guests, senior Japanese management, European distributors and…
M&M takes lights-out machining to a new level Redditch-based M&M Turned Parts – which will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year – is looking to the future with its latest purchase from Citizen Machinery UK.
Turning to a centre of excellence Citizen Machinery UK has opened a new Centre of Excellence in Brierley Hill, West Midlands to showcase its latest turning centre technology. Production Engineering Solutions attended the official opening.
Turning centre gets the LFV treatment Significantly enhancing its production flexibility and efficiency, especially when turning difficult-to-chip materials that traditionally produce long, stringy swarf, Citizen Machinery has incorporated its LFV (low frequency vibration) chipbreaking technology into…
Record attendance at Citizen's first open house in Midlands Nine orders to the value of £2 million were placed at Citizen Machinery UK's first open house at its new Midlands turning centre of excellence in Brierley Hill.
Dawson Shanahan bags a brace of new Citizen machines Precision engineering and cold forming specialist, Dawson Shanahan is continuing to expand its UK production facilities with the installation of a further two Citizen machines.
Citizen Machinery opens £3m turning centre of excellence in the Midlands The British and Irish subsidiary of Japanese CNC lathe manufacturer, Citizen, has opened a new centre of excellence on a 1.1 acre site at Hurst Business Park in Brierley Hill,…
Citizen Machinery appoints new European sales manager Owen Gibbons has been appointed by Citizen Machinery UK to take over the role of European sales manager, with effect from the middle of February 2019.
Don’t miss out on MACH 2020, says MTA at official launch presentation The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) officially launched its lead-up to MACH 2020 at the end of November. Ed Hill reports.
Citizen's LFV technology underpins European market penetration Across Europe, the influence of Low Frequency Vibration (LFV) technology on Citizen’s machine development programme has taken the Japanese-owned company to market leading position for its Cincom sliding head turn-mill…
LFV technology goes large With the launch of its L32-VlllLFV sliding head turn-mill centre, Citizen Machinery UK brings its patented Low Frequency Vibration (LFV) machining technology to aid production of larger size components on…
