The 2018 edition of MACH proved to be the most successful event that Tamworth-based Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) (www.itc-ltd.co.uk) has participated in so far, generating more enquiries than at any of its previous MACH appearances and with high levels of interest across the Widia, BIG Kaiser and ITC product ranges.

Commenting on the high levels of interest, ITC’s marketing and internal sales manager, Georgia Stewart-Jones, said: “While the Suter MMX500 racing motorcycle pulled crowds to the stand, as soon as visitors had a glimpse of the high-precision ‘Bluetooth’ boring technology from BIG Kaiser that was next to the bike, general interest suddenly turned to serious discussions with our technical engineers.

“We had numerous enquiries from manufacturers who didn’t realise that BIG Kaiser products were available in the UK, while some visitors didn’t realise that ITC was a UK manufacturer — or that we do specials.

"The fact that ITC is a UK manufacturer of standard and special tooling lines with fast-turnround times has already won us business following MACH.

“We received significant leads from every corner of the UK and from a variety of industry sectors, including automotive, oil and gas and aerospace, as well as small sub-contract job-shops.

“We took a large order for BIG Kaiser BBT30 collet chucks from a customer that needed high-precision BBT collet chucks for its recently purchased Fanuc Robodrill.

“In fact, we are finding increasing numbers of customers specifying BBT face-and-taper spindle technology.”