Muller Holdings, through its Redditch site, purchased a Nakamura NTY3-150 CNC machine from Engineering Technology Group, bringing its total CNC investment to over £1 million. The machine will help meet increased automotive work and new contracts.
Bowmill Group has installed a Chiron FZ12 FX Magnum Vario machining centre at its new £3.5 million facility in Tewkesbury, UK. The facility is producing 1500 units per month and has created 17 jobs.
Chamberlin & Hill Castings Ltd invested £1.8 million in a custom-built finish machining facility at its Walsall factory, installing three Chiron Scherer Feinbau automated mill/turn centres to become the UK's only fully integrated supplier of grey iron bearing housings for engine turbochargers.
Bowmill Engineering Ltd launched a new bespoke factory in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, to manufacture Airbus landing gear kits, and purchased 8 new machining centres from Engineering Technology Group.
North Bucks Machining invested in a second Quaser MF 630U 5-axis machining centre, supplied by Engineering Technology Group, to increase capacity for high-precision component work including Formula E suspension components.