Base metal prices traded lower last week driven down, according to ForexPros, by continued uncertainty over the Euro Zone debt crisis, while crude oil prices increased due to the tensions with Iran. Copper declined around ...
Published : 19 Feb 2012 3:24pm by Tim Brown
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Sheffield Forgemasters has presented its technical developments into civil nuclear manufacture, including forging processes which have not been achieved anywhere else in the world, to industry leaders at a national conference. The engineering specialist was ...
Published : 30 Jan 2012 12:33pm by Roberto Priolo
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UK steel output in 2011 ended the year just 0.8% higher than in 2010 as the eurozone crisis and economic uncertainty badly affected demand as customers ran down stocks. However, steel demand is forecast to ...
Published : 30 Jan 2012 12:32pm by Roberto Priolo
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Alucast, which employs over 100 people at its Wednesbury base in the West Midlands, has been chosen by Coventry-based Premier Group to manufacture the top and bottom caps for the London 2012 Olympic torch. The company ...
Published : 26 Jan 2012 1:03pm by Tom Moore
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Sheffield Forgemasters has signed a £2.5m order to supply crucial castings for one of the world’s largest counter-blow hammer presses. The contract, with American forging company ATI Ladish Forging, is the fourth order placed with ...
Published : 23 Jan 2012 8:44am by Roberto Priolo
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Roberto Priolo talks to Metal Spinners, a North East-based company that manufactures components and sub-assemblies through unique and rather unknown processes. Some believe that metal spinning, shear forming and flow forming are the preserve of ...
Published : 4 Jan 2012 5:16pm by George Archer
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Alasdair Mercer, Project Manager, Product Development, Surgical Innovations. There is a lot of talk about the challenge of attracting talented young people into manufacturing and articles like these can have a tendency to focus on ...
Published : 4 Jan 2012 2:04pm by George Archer
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Sheffield Forgemasters is upgrading its American Society of Mechanical Engineers civil nuclear accreditation. The company, which already holds American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) accreditation for the manufacture of components for civil nuclear power, has ...
Published : 15 Dec 2011 5:42pm by Tom Moore
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Following David Cameron’s use of the veto to block the EU Treaty last Friday (9th December), leading figures in UK industry have expressed their concern over Britain’s leadership position. Ian Rodgers, director of the trade ...
Published : 14 Dec 2011 10:51am by Tom Moore
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Malvern-based Tricorn have seen revenue increase 23% to £12.4 million, in the six months to September 30. The improvement has also pushed up profits, with pre-tax profits rising from £449,000 in the first half of ...
Published : 12 Dec 2011 5:48pm by Tim Brown
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