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Excalibur screwbolts secures concrete deal

The largest concrete pumping company in the UK, Camfaud, now specifies the use of Excalibur Screw Bolts for securing the brackets on high pressure concrete pumping lines in order to minimise movement of the line and maximise productivity. Camfaud has written the use of Excalibur Screw BOLTs into its method statements and has been securing […]

SPOTLIGHT: A Perry on acquisitions & expanding manufacturing capacity

West Midlands firm A Perry acquired D.F. Smith & Co last year. The move represents a shift towards own manufactured products over overseas imports… Continuing its positive approach to future growth and expansion, A Perry Limited has recently purchased the machinery, stock and assets of D.F. Smith & Co, the Black Country-based manufacturer of U Bolts, Eyebolts and […]

Black Country wire specialist hits record high

Alloy Wire International (AWI) has recorded its best year ever, in 72 years of business. The West Midlands company secured sales of £11m over 2018, with uplifts in business across the aerospace, automotive, nuclear and oil and gas sectors. The rise represents a 28% improvement on 2017. “All of our customers are very busy and […]

British Steel invests £50 million in wire rod business in Scunthorpe

British Steel has made the biggest single investment in its manufacturing operations in a decade with a £50 million (€56 million) scheme to upgrade its wire rod business. The quality and range of wire rod produced at company headquarters at Scunthorpe will be significantly improved in quality and range, enabling British Steel to grow in […]

FUCHS Lubricants invests £10 million-plus in UK plants

The latest stage in FUCHS Lubricants’ multi-million pound UK investment has seen it put cash into all areas of the plant including manufacturing, R&D, technical processes and logistics. FUCHS LUBRICANTS UK will house a new raw materials warehouse and benefit from a range of innovative manufacturing plant machinery as part of a cash injection of […]

Rapierstar growth sees deliveries up 12% in last 12 months

Window and door fastener specialist Rapierstar has recorded a strong 2017 in the UK and Irish market with the number of its customer deliveries increasing by 12% during the year, which resulted in year-on-year sales growth of 10%. According to the firm, nearly four out of five fabricators in the door and window market choose […]

Optimas now offering express service thanks to UK manufacturing arm, Barton

Optimas Solutions is offering its customers a new method to receive small volume parts with greater expediency than normally possible. This service has been enabled by the installation of a Takamaz XY120 Plus CNC lathe, which can quickly mill a range of parts in quantities up to 5,000 pieces. This rapid component delivery service will […]

Wearwell gears up for growth and appoints new Chairman

British workwear manufacturer Wearwell has appointed Simon Hughes as its new chairman following its acquisition by CEO Richard Wright last summer. Hughes has a long history in the workwear sector, having founded and then sold Dimensions and currently holds a number of private equity investments. His private equity venture had early talks with Wright ahead […]

Tamworth MP tours Wearwell’s workwear factory as firm plots growth

British workwear manufacturer Wearwell welcomed the MP for Tamworth, Christopher Pincher to its factory as part of a move to promote the British manufacturing industry. Mr Pincher, who is also the Deputy Chief Whip, spent two hours touring the Staffordshire site and met with new Wearwell CEO, Richard Wright. Founded in 1939, Wearwell is one […]

Manufacturing Technologies Association gets behind Year of Engineering

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has thrown its support behind The Year of Engineering, a Government campaign celebrating UK engineering in 2018. The Year of Engineering is a year-long campaign to tackle the engineering skills gap and widen the pool of young people who join the profession. The MTA is the UK’s trade association for […]