Manufacturing orders, contracts, financial reports latest news on Manufacturingtalk
Manufacturing orders, contracts, financial reports latest news on Manufacturingtalk

• Plastics moulding equipment supplier is buoyant
  A leading plastics manufacturing equipment supplier - including plastics injection moulding machines - has reported a profitable 2007 in the UK, and 2008 looks promising
• Credit crunch affects UK machine tool orders
  In the third quarter of 2007, a seasonal effect on orders, coupled with extreme negative publicity about the effects of the 'credit-crunch' on the UK economy, showed a machine tool orders reduction
• UK machine tool plant's output hits record
  Following on from EMO 2007 and an ongoing buoyant market, a UK machine tool producer exceeded expected monthly output during October by almost 11%
• UK demand for CNC sliding head autos rises
  UK supplier of Citizen CNC sliding head automatic lathes said that its sales had 'set an all-time record' and 80% of the machines sold had been delivered to subcontractors
• China advances rolling mill automation usage
  Industrial Automation Services reports a Chinese order for a Level 1 control system for hydraulic gap control, automatic gauge control, roll eccentricity control, and shape control
• UK CNC machine tools supplier celebrates
  UK supplier of conventional and CNC machine tools said two regional Open Days attracted over 200 visitors from 98 companies, who placed orders for 40 machine tools worth over GBP 1 million
• Italian firm supplies 1000th CNC laser cutter
  CNC laser cutting machine builder has produced its 1000th 2D flat bed laser cutting machine, growing its sales share to more than 10% of the European and North American markets
• UK machine tool event brings GBP 1.3m in orders
  UK machine tool supplier, C Dugard, has reported an order intake of over GBP 1.3 million during the recent opening of a new showroom
• Swiss CNC lathe builder is optimistic
  Builder of CNC single- and multi-spindle automatic lathes has confirmed excellent results for 2007 Q3 - having acquired SFr 60.8 million in orders, compared with SFr 51 million in 2006 Q3
• UK machine tool builder records EMO orders
  Colchester-Harrison reports that it sold over EUR 1 million worth of machine tools during the first days of EMO 2007, with 60% of orders originating in Germany
• Materials testing succeeds at German plastics show
  Materials testing machine builder, Lloyds Instruments, recorded 30% increase in sales leads at K-2007 plastics exhibition in Germany, compared with 2004
• Friction welding orders roll in
  ETA Technology has received orders for supplying two single-end 1250kN friction welding machines from RSB Transmissions, Jamshedpur, India, for welding of rear axle housings of trucks
• EMO generated EUR 150m orders for machine tools
  One international machine tool builder, the MAG Group, reported over EUR 150 million of orders generated at the EMO 2007 machine tool exhibition, with more to follow
• Tool and work holding equipment sales up 27%
  Tool and work holding equipment manufacturer, Schunk Intec, has reported invoiced sales up by 27% by Q3 2007, and is exapnding operations in the UK
• CNC boring/milling machine interest doubled
  Builder of medium to heavy duty CNC milling/boring machines, Unisign, reported more than double the number of enquiries from EMO 2007, when compared with th 2006 show