http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/The latest news from Machinery Marketen-ukCopyright MM Media Ltd.Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT20http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1423Business optimism among the UK's small and medium-size manufacturers has risen for the first time since mid-2011, while orders and production are expected to grow solidly over the next three ...Thu, 17 May 2012 19:52:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1423http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1421Amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, Intermach 2012 was officially opened today at BITEC in Bangkok and Machinery Market is busy distributing special show issues of the magazine from stand V31 in ...Thu, 17 May 2012 15:24:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1421http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1420Thousands of jobs have been saved and hundreds more created as Vauxhall today confirmed that the next-generation Astra compact car will be built at its plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The ...Thu, 17 May 2012 12:35:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1420http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1418A privately owned company in County Tyrone has won orders of almost £1 million in Saudi Arabia. Coote Engineering, based near Dungannon, has been designing and manufacturing moulds and machinery ...Thu, 17 May 2012 11:06:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1418http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1417Global engineering technologies company Renishaw plc (www.renishaw.com) has received a Queen's Award for Enterprise 2012 in the Innovations category. This Queen's Award, Renishaw's 15th since its ...Thu, 17 May 2012 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1417http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1416Former workers of MG Rover are set to receive compensation of £3 each, despite a seven-year campaign to retrieve funds from the collapsed car maker. Members of the employee trust fund and local ...Thu, 17 May 2012 08:45:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1416http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1415US-based Dong Energy says it has received the go-ahead to test two offshore wind turbines at Gunfleet Sands, which is 8.5km south-east of Clacton on Sea. According to the company, this is the ...Wed, 16 May 2012 15:02:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1415http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1411Boeing's unmanned space plane has been in orbit for more than five months longer than originally expected and is earning praise from the Air Force. As reported by Fox News, General William ...Wed, 16 May 2012 09:44:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1411http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1410Sixteen apprentices from global engineering company Renishaw attended the MACH 2012 show last month to help encourage more young people to consider a career in engineering. They were supporting ...Tue, 15 May 2012 18:38:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1410http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1409Demag Cranes AG, Düsseldorf (www.demagcranes.com), has reinforced its position as a supplier to the automotive sector with the receipt of a major order from BMW. It is to supply a total of 28 ...Tue, 15 May 2012 15:28:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1409http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1408The Metaltech show in Kuala Lumpur opened on a high today with a very busy first day. Visitor were up on numbers up on previous years, and mirrors the flourishing Malaysian economy, as evidenced ...Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1408http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1407Classic bike company Raleigh was sold to Dutch rival Accell at the end of last month in a deal valuing the 125-year-old company at £62.2 million. The firm, which was founded in Nottingham, will ...Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1407http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1406A total of 18 competitors, the highest number of entries since the inaugural race in June 2009, have confirmed their participation in this summer's 2012 SES TT Zero Challenge on the Isle of Man. ...Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1406http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1405The recent Open House at Kumi Solutions' premises in Nuneaton (www.kumi-solutions. com) attracted an international audience keen to find out more about component cleaning in the aerospace supply ...Sat, 12 May 2012 09:41:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1405http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1404Team Valley-based Responsive Engineering (www.responsive-engineering.com) has completed a £1.7 million investment in its specialist welding division, doubling its capacity and creating an ...Sat, 12 May 2012 08:56:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1404http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1403Banks Renewables has agreed a £21.9 million deal with the Co-operative Bank to fund the construction of a 20.4MW wind farm at Penny Hill, near Rotherham, that will create 30 jobs. Meanwhile, ...Fri, 11 May 2012 17:57:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1403http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1402Birmingham-based Delcam UK (www.delcam. com) is to sponsor the Young Inventor competition — launched by Black Country University Technical College in partnership with Made in the Midlands. This ...Thu, 10 May 2012 16:56:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1402http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1401Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) of Culham in Oxfordshire has begun tests on a new engine technology designed to put a space-plane into orbit. The proposed Skylon vehicle is intended to operate like an ...Thu, 10 May 2012 14:57:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1401http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1400Confidence is high in the West Midlands manufacturing sector, an analyst has said. David Martin, Price Waterhouse Coo­per's manufacturing-sector expert in the Midlands, said: "The UK economy has ...Thu, 10 May 2012 13:17:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1400http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1399Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) could re-open the former Ethel Austin HQ site in Knowsley in a possible expansion of its Halewood manufacturing operations. The car maker is recruiting 1,000 extra staff to ...Thu, 10 May 2012 12:49:00 GMThttp://www.machinery-market.co.uk/?UAN=1399