Zoro UK feature in Engineering Capacity.

Following the launch of the world’s first REACH compliant ketamine epoxy curing agent, we talk to Dominic Hopwood, Sales Manager at Bitrez Ltd, manufactures of specialist polymers and chemicals, to uncover how the company pushes chemical boundaries to provide the paints, coatings and adhesives industry with innovative solutions.

Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce has presented Leicestershire-based precision engineering business, JJ Churchill, with its ‘Trusted to Deliver Excellence’ award.

This marks the half-way point of a contract which ends in May 2021 and the company will continue to provide parts at a rate of around 120 per month.

Leader in technologies for economic honeycomb sandwich material production EconCore will be exhibiting at JEC Asia 2019 in Seoul, Korea, from 13-15 November.

The first low-cost commercially viable composite automotive wheel could soon be a reality after a consortium of specialist UK businesses won a match-funded grant of £135,000.

Base Materials will be exhibiting at the Composites in Motorsport event at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxford, UK on the 22-23 October 2019

Aerospace Manufacturing previews some of the exhibitors expected at this year’s upcoming Advanced Engineering 2019, being held on October 30 and 31 at the NEC Birmingham.

Zoro UK, a supplier of fasteners, fixings, tools and equipment, is celebrating the sale of its seven millionth fastener since it commenced sales in December 2017.

Composites and advanced materials precision slitting company Bindatex has seen a recent increase in orders from the National Composites Centre (NCC) based in Bristol over the last six months. Thanks to the Bolton-based company’s unique expertise and the ability to turn things around quickly, the whole team are now seeing the results of the hard work put in over the last five years, the company reports.

Making use of a technology that has been widely used in the textiles industry, Composites in Manufacturing hears how Airbond has developed expertise with patents and a soon-to-be-launched suite of new splicing products.

EconCore will be featuring its patented production technology that allows companies to produce performance to weight optimised products at K 2019.

Precision engineering firm, JJ Churchill today announced that it has increased six-fold the space for its Tool Room Division.

Convert Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of cable looms and harnesses, has secured an order to supply cable assemblies for two hundred slide scanners used to examine samples to help diagnose cancer.

Given the choice between two companies offering the same products and services at the same price, 82% of people said their decision would be affected by whether a company engaged with a charity.

Tools and MRO supplier Zoro UK announces the launch of an innovative automatic stock and supplies replenishing feature called “Order Subscription”.

Airbond, experts in the science of fiber splicing and its textile industry applications, are to launch two ground-breaking developments to be demonstrated at Floor Tek Expo 2019 in Dalton, Ga., in September.

The company will now go head to head with manufacturers across the country for the title of Britain’s top Leadership & Strategy business. Over 50 of Britain’s top manufacturing companies have made it through to the finals of the UK’s largest and most rigorous industry awards programme: The Manufacturer MX Awards (TMMX Awards).

AeroThermal manufactures and installs bespoke industrial autoclaves for the waste, aerospace, industry sectors, has announced that its first TPH vessel was onstream processing bio-waste for the first time for a renewables company in the UK.

Convert Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of cable looms and harnesses, has designed a rear light cable harness for a German automotive manufacturer’s new all-electric sports car.

Looking after business starts with protecting the workforce. The right Personal Protection Equipment for the job is vital for safeguarding employees and the bottom line, says Christian Matenaers, marketing director for online industrial consumables and equipment vendor, Zoro.

Bitrez, the UK’s leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, attended the Queen’s Award reception at Buckingham Palace last week to celebrate winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Foundrax, the world’s leading specialists in Brinell hardness testing, has just shipped a second bespoke system for the intricate inspection of automotive suspension components to a full-service supplier of aluminium and plastic automotive solutions in Mexico.

Bindatex is celebrating 10 years of partnership and delivering 50 tonnes of multiaxial fabrics to a global composites reinforcement manufacturer. The specialist slitting service enables the manufacturer to supply its customers with material in a wide variety of widths.

Rotary measurement specialist, RPI UK, has installed the first of two integrated rotor measurement and assembly platforms (iMAPs) at a major US aero engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility.

Bitrez Ltd announced the appointment of Georgia-Pacific Chemicals as exclusive distributor for its Curaphen specialty phenolics across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The appointment extends to all but a small group of existing Bitrez customers.

Airbond, the experts in the science of fibre splicing and its applications, is celebrating securing the Queen’s Award for Innovation.

Bitrez, the UK’s leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, has been named as winners of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

HAECO Cabin Solutions (Greensboro, N.C., U.S.) has announced that Rockwood Composites (Devon, U.K.) will do the tooling on its new Eclipse cabin platform for seat shells and console work.

Bitrez Ltd, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of specialist polymers and chemicals, has been awarded the title of Manufacturing Company of the Year 2019 at the Chemicals Northwest awards.

Foundrax, a specialist in Brinell hardness testing, will be launching its next generation Robus machine at Control 2019 in Stuttgart (7-10 May), and will exclusively preview its newly developed low-force Brinell range of machines.

Epoxy Technology announces an expanded range of ISO-10993 medically approved adhesives now totalling 23 products.

Bath based provider of precision positioning devices for high accuracy rotary and angular inspection systems, RPI UK, will be launching the QuadProfile at Control 2019 in Stuttgart (7th-10th May), whilst also exclusively previewing its RotoScan system

Kent business supplies cable assemblies to power engines on life support vessels.

RPI UK, the world’s leading specialist in precision positioning devices for high accuracy rotary and angular inspection systems, will be exhibiting at MRO Americas for the first time this year.

AeroThermal, specialists in the design, maintenance and manufacture of bespoke autoclaves and ovens, has doubled the life of one of its autoclaves for a leading aerospace company.

Family-owned precision engineering firm JJ Churchill has secured more than £100 million in contracts, increased its headcount by 35% and its export forward order book from under £1m to more than £37m after five years on the Sharing in Growth productivity and competitiveness programme.

Wanner International has just had a very successful demonstration of its seal-less pumps for applications such as salt water injection, crude transfer, polymer injection, condensate transfer and a seal-less artificial lift solution at this year’s Petrotech show in New Delhi

The three volumetric types of the dispensers being launched are from TAEHA, NSW Corporation and Poly Dispensing Systems and can all be used with Robots.