While MACH 2018 was a marked success for the Birmingham cutting-tool company Guhring Ltd (www.guhring.co.uk), with lead generations and new business contacts surpassing all previous shows, it was also the swansong exhibition for managing director Mike Dinsdale, who has spent the last 39 years serving Guhring and the wider industry.

On the penultimate day of the show, the MTA recognised this achievement by presenting Mr Dinsdale with a cake (on the Guhring stand) that said ‘With congratulations and thanks from the industry’.

Commenting on the show, Guhring national sales manager Dave Hudson said: “The show was excellent for us. We generated well over 500 sales leads and our range of micro tools from 0.5mm to 3mm attracted a high level of interest, as did our new 104- and 106-series tools for grooving, boring, broaching and threading, and the 305 system for external and internal machining.”