# Renold Gears installs 1.8-million-pound machining center in Rochdale

Renold Gears installed a 1.8-million-pound Burkhardt + Weber MCX 1400 machining center at its factory in Rochdale, UK, to increase production of gear cases. The machine was supplied by Geo Kingsbury and is now in production.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-07-24
- Where: Rochdale, United Kingdom
- Value: $2.34M (1.80M GBP)
- Starts operating: Jul 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: gear cases, gearboxes
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Renold Gears](https://endata.com/companies/17195.md)
- [Geo Kingsbury](https://endata.com/companies/17422.md) (supplier)
- [Burkhardt + Weber](https://endata.com/companies/17423.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [gearsolutions.com](https://gearsolutions.com/news/gearbox-manufacturer-ups-production-with-1-8-million-pound-machining-center/), 2017-07-24: "The new, high-precision machining center supplied by leading machine tool supplier Geo Kingsbury will speed up in-house production as a result of reduced set-up and run times."

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