One of the UK’s leading providers of advanced manufacturing solutions has hailed its best ever MACH after securing nearly £1 million of new orders.
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Carfulan Group saw deals signed across many of its major brands, including Metrios, OGP, Vicivision and Zoller.
The firm’s technical experts worked with new and existing clients to address challenges around measurement speed and flexibility, tool control and consistency and large-scale component inspection, not to mention unlocking new capabilities with additive manufacturing.
In total 1,810 enquiries were taken during the five days of the show, with many of these now progressing into on-site visits at customer sites or demonstrations at its Advanced Innovation Centre in Derbyshire.
“We went to MACH with our biggest ever showcase of technologies that help manufacturers reduce set-up times, achieve greater accuracy and support new products to get to market quicker,” explained Chris Fulton, managing director of Carfulan Group.
“There was three UK firsts and two show debuts and this saw us attract the biggest footfall in our history. The appetite for embracing new technology to boost productivity was evident and, despite a challenging political and economic environment, firms are still keen to invest if they can achieve efficiency gains.”
He continued: “With the leads we’re progressing, I’m confident we’ll secure over £3m of new business as a result of attending the UK’s largest industrial show and we are already planning to be at MACH 2028.
“For companies who couldn’t visit, we’re offering an open invite to visit our Advanced Innovation Centre and get a live demonstration of any of our latest solutions. In some instances, we can even test our technology on existing products that are causing them issues.”
Carfulan Group placed the new M-Series from OGP UK at the centre of its appearance, representing the next generation of multi-senor metrology.
The flagship M50 system, powered by the Intellicentric-M optimal system, has been designed for customers who need high accuracy across complex, multi-feature components.
This technology was joined by the rapid shopfloor measurement expertise of the Metrios 332 and Vicivision’s Techno 918 turned part inspection system.
Visitors were able to see the 918 configured with a combined conical laser and scanning probe solution - a pairing that unlocks a new level of flexibility for turned part measurement.
Mr Fulton added: “We also gave MACH debuts to two Zoller systems – the Tool Balancer and ToolStation, each designed to bring greater control and consistency to tooling processes.
“Additive manufacturing continues to expand its boundaries, and, as a result, we received over 250 enquiries for SYS Systems, with a large proportion being to explore the power of The Origin Two and Fortus 450 Gen 3.”
He concluded: “Visitors were really interested in how these solutions can provide flexible, durable end-use parts and a variety of jigs and fixtures that can be manufactured in low to medium volumes. Interest came from companies involved in advanced manufacturing, automotive, medical and construction.”