Bystronic UK will hold a series of Spring seminars and product launches at its Coventry showroom and headquarters (Junction 3, M6 motorway, North Coventry).

Hardinge Machine Tools/Bridgeport and Jones and Shipman are to consolidate their technical, distribution and administrative facilities.

Water Jet Sweden (WJS) is about to build and supply what is believed to be the world’s largest water jet profiler to a ThyssenKrupp Group shipyard in Sweden.

Laidler Associates, a specialist in machinery safety, is running a series of short machinery safety seminars that are free for delegates to attend.

Vision Engineering says its recently set up manufacturing services division can provide the expertise to turn a good technical idea into a commercially successful product.

Hexagon Metrology has entered into a commercial co-operation with GE Measurement & Control Solutions. The collaboration will see the first computed tomography system introduced into Hexagon Metrology’s key industry segments within the next few months.

An advantage of using CNC sliding headstock lathes rather than cam-type automatics is a big reduction in the consumption of energy and consumables, according to Phil Smith, a director of Merseyside turned parts subcontractor Wealdpark.

Leuze electronic, the safety expert, is running some free workshops.

The UK manufacturing sector continued its strong start to the year in February, according to the latest CIPS/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

Fuchs Lubricants has gained approval for its Ecocool S761B metalworking coolant to be used by any Rolls-Royce facility or subcontractor as a heavy duty coolant and as a creep feed grinding fluid, under CSS 129 and CSS 131 specifications.