Starrag China’s Shanghai centre set to serve growing customer base Starrag China has opened a technical centre in Shanghai to serve the Swiss-based machine tool solutions provider’s growing customer base throughout China. As well as housing a number of Starrag…
HP and Rösler sign AM cooperation agreement AM Solutions, Rösler Group’s brand name for all activities around additive manufacturing, and HP have announced a contractually fixed cooperation agreement covering the development of new equipment solutions in the…
LK Metrology launches new range of portable measuring arms LK Metrology says it has, for the first time, diversified into the supply of 3D articulating arm metrology systems, otherwise known as portable arms, with the launch of a range…
Mitutoyo celebrates 40th anniversary in the UK In 1980 the UK subsidiary of the Mitutoyo Group was founded in Andover, Hampshire, with the ambition of building a business on the importation of high-quality metrology products from the…
David Bailey joins Composites UK as CEO Composites UK has announced that Dr David Bailey is to join the Association as its new CEO. Bailey (above) brings with him a wealth of experience of advanced engineering, manufacturing,…
Apprentice interviews Mazak’s managing director UK & Ireland sales Yamazaki Mazak is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week by allowing the company’s current crop of young engineering talent to turn the tables on the senior management and interview them on their…
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Airbus wins order for 50 A220 aircraft from Green Africa Airways Green Africa Airways, Nigeria’s Lagos-based airline, has made an order for 50 A220-300 aircraft, one of the major orders to be placed globally for the A220 programme. Airbus chief commercial…
Future Combat Air System takes major step forward France and Germany have awarded Dassault Aviation, Airbus, together with their partners Safran, MTU Aero Engines, MBDA and Thales, the contract that launches the demonstrator phase for the Future Combat…
Vice provides compact solution When rough machining first operations, it is good to have a known datum and WNT’s ZSG4 Centric vice system provides an ideal solution with its compact yet powerful performance. When…
Additive in ascendance In a Q&A session, Aerospace Manufacturing hears the latest news from Ascent Aerospace on the company’s large-scale additive manufacturing capabilities and HyVarC tooling solutions. Ascent Aerospace, a provider of layup…
Symbiotic supply chains David Pippa, director, global supply chain, and Kevin Young, vice-president, corporate development, Web Industries Inc., explain why aerospace manufacturers and tiered suppliers need an optimised total fulfilment model. A total…
Good things going on! In a Q&A session, Aerospace Manufacturing catches up on the latest news and views from investment casting specialist, Tritech Group’s business development & marketing manager, Kimberley Coldwell. Founded in 1982…
A counterfeit hitlist TEC Transnational’s managing director, Dr David Scrimshire looks at the threat of counterfeit parts and their potential impact on manufacturing supply chains. Dr David Scrimshire is an enthusiastic communicator, trainer,…
Setting the standards According to Trevor Douce, international aerospace business director at Bureau Veritas, the new revision to AS9104 could help to provide aerospace industry organisations with a competitive advantage. The aerospace sector…
A celebration of automation Employed by some of the world’s leading aero-engine manufacturers, AV&R has recently celebrated 25 years of robotic visual inspection. James Careless reports. In 1994, a small robotics systems company that…
It’s a material whirl! Alvant’s engineering manager, James Larcher talks about his experiences of material selection in a career spanning over 20 years and why, despite a push for lighter structures, the future might…
Collins Aerospace to invest in US landing systems facility expansions Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp has announced plans to open a new Landing Systems facility in Fort Worth, Texas, and to expand its carbon brake manufacturing…
Airbus reveals its blended wing aircraft demonstrator Airbus has revealed MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) - its ‘blended wing body’ scale model technological demonstrator. At 2m long and 3.2m wide, with…
