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…
Sales soar at Citizen open house Citizen Machinery UK’s (CMUK) highly successful three-day open house held during October immediately added a further 15 machines worth over £2.7 million to its existing order book of record sales…
True 5-axis simultaneous machining at Citizen's open house At Citizen Machinery UK’s open house held recently, the turning machine specialist featured its latest Cincom D25 turn-mill centre with an advanced Mitsubishi 800 control. Production Engineering Solutions hears how…
LFV takes centre stage at Citizen open house event Low Frequency Vibration (LFV) machining technology will be an important theme to customers at Citizen Machinery UK’s annual three day open house event being staged at the UK headquarters in…
Million parts a month manufacturer ups the ante Unicut Precision invested over £1.5 million in seven machine installations during late 2017 of which six were by Citizen Machinery UK. This latest shopping spree brings Unicut’s tally of machines…
Engineering firm installs latest machines as part of £1 million investment Dawson Precision Components (DPC) has installed advanced new machines at its Greater Manchester engineering base – including one machine that is one of the first of its type in the…
Citizen Machinery UK appoints post-sales manager A new key management role has been set-up at Citizen Machinery UK (CMUK) for customer support and aftersales communications. Joe Brannigan has been appointed as post-sales manager at the company.
Guiding light The ability to change its recently installed Citizen Cincom A20-VII sliding head turn-mill centre into a non-guide bush variant for applications on plastic components and shorter length parts while retaining…
Neil Vine brings tooling expertise to Citizen Machinery’s North East sales With history in the tooling sector as a key account manager, Neil Vine has been appointed by Citizen Machinery UK (CMUK) to cover the central Midlands area east of Sheffield…
PES One Minute Challenge: MACH 2018 Video content has played a key role at MACH this year, alongside the use of all social media platforms considerably increasing in the two years since the last exhibition.
