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The ballots for MACH 2026 have concluded, and the floorplan is rapidly filling up.With strong onsite sales, MACH 2026 is already well over 50% occupied, and all stands are now available for booking. As the premier UK event for the manufacturing sector, MACH 2026 is the place to showcase cutting-edge technologies, connect with industry leaders, […]

 MACH 2024, the UK’s national event for inspiring, innovating, and connecting manufacturing, has once again been hailed as a triumph, with thousands of visitors filling the five halls at the NEC in Birmingham over the weeklong show in April. The 2024 edition of the exhibition saw a 6% increase in the number of visitors meaning […]

Manufacturing is having a far greater impact on the UK economy than first thought according to a major new report released today. ‘The True Impact of UK Manufacturing’, which will be unveiled at MACH 2024 in Birmingham later, shows industry is worth £518billion and supports 7.3million UK jobs directly and across the supply chains/communities it […]

Established in 1949, the Metalforming Machinery Makers Association (MMMA) is the only trade body solely dedicated to the sheet metalforming industry representing companies specialising in sheet metal, metalforming and fabrication. MMMA will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary at MACH 2024 which takes place between 15-19 April at the NEC Birmingham. MMMA is very excited to […]

New for MACH 2024, Lloyds Bank is hosting a Sustainability Solutions Hub at Stand 18-650 in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). For manufacturers looking to understand where to begin on their journey to Net Zero or what support is available, we are on hand to help. Here, David Atkinson, UK Head of Manufacturing […]

Reversing UK manufacturing’s poor record for adopting new technology will be tackled head on at MACH 2024 as The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) launches its new Knowledge Hubs initiative, showcasing how to adopt new technology to improve productivity and efficiency in manufacturing.

We’re looking forward to meeting manufacturers from across the country at MACH 2024, to hear about their strategies for the year ahead and discuss how we can support.
Here David Atkinson, UK Head of Manufacturing SME & Mid Corporates, Lloyds Bank, and James Selka, CEO of Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) discuss their ambitions for the sector in 2024.

The Education and Development (E&D) Zone at MACH 2024 is once again being sponsored by global metalcutting specialist, Sandvik Coromant. 

Reversing UK manufacturing’s poor record for adopting new technology will be tackled head on at MACH 2024. The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has made it its mission to spearhead growth by using its flagship event to launch its new Knowledge Hubs initiative. The programme showcases the latest technology to exhibitors, helping manufacturers learn more about […]

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) will use its flagship event, MACH 2024, to launch its new initiative to help UK manufacturers become more competitive while improving efficiency and sustainability. A series of Knowledge Hubs will feature at the exhibition, taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 15-19 April 2024, all designed to encourage UK engineering-based […]

Nikon Industrial Metrology presents an exciting new metrology system for manufacturers seeking to measure the geometry of medium-to-large parts – from a car door, casting or fabrication to a whole car chassis or airframe structure. APDIS Intelligent Quality (IQ) Stations offer a range of Laser Radar solutions as alternatives to traditional, slow, monolithic, inflexible panel […]

Nikon Americas Inc, the US subsidiary of Nikon Corporation (Nikon), has purchased the US company Avonix Imaging LLC* (Avonix), Maple Grove, Minnesota, which since 2015 has been a strategic X-ray CT (computed tomography) equipment manufacturing partner to Nikon Industrial Metrology Business Unit (IMBU). As a long-established imaging inspection services provider that uses systems from Nikon […]

or more than 30 years, manufacturers using Nikon’s NEXIV series of video measuring machines have harnessed the power of AutoMeasure software, a highly effective platform with which it is easy to create programs for performing precise dimensional measurements. Now the Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corporation (https://industry.nikon.com) has announced that the software’s operability has […]

The Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corporation has released the automatic wafer measurement system NEXIV VMZ-NWL 200 to solve the challenges of wafer metrology in the semiconductor back-end process, where more work is traditionally carried out manually than in front-end process control. The main target market for NEXIV VMZ-NWL 200 is therefore measurement centered […]

A pioneering X-ray computed laminography (CL) technique has been introduced by the Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corporation (https://industry.nikon.com) for non-destructively inspecting challenging components using the computed tomography (CT) systems it manufactures. Called Tilted CT, available now, the new method greatly improves voxel resolution when examining flat, high aspect ratio components. It also enhances […]

QCT have been in business for 31 years, starting as a service company for CMMs (coordinate measuring machine). We initially developed our own CMM operating software, and quickly realised we needed to develop our own CMM hardware interface for manual and CNC CMMs, which allowed us to retrofit or upgrade all makes of CMM. We […]

Start of training in the MAPAL Group At the beginning of September, 57 apprentices started their training in the MAPAL Group and can now look forward to an instructive and interesting time in the company. The junior staff have opted for traditional professions with excellent prospects for the future: 49 of the 57 newcomers will […]

You cannot change the laws of physics – but Excetek’s efficiency can take you further With the snowballing costs of energy currently affecting UK homes and businesses the high efficiency, and thereby reduced energy consumption, of manufacturing equipment has never been more important. For decades, EDM machine tool specialist Excetek has focused its innovation and […]

When the Schlote Group built a new factory in Harzgerode in 2017, it was designed to mass produce only a single part. MAPAL supplied all the cutting tools. By optimising the tools, the foundation has now been laid for a future with new products. Schlote’s story begins in 1969 as a small workshop in Harsum, […]

The Coimbatore branch has built ecologically and expanded its manufacturing capacities. MAPAL invests in India and expands its capacities. In Coimbatore, the headquarters of MAPAL India, the company recently opened a “Green Field Facility”. The new company premises set standards in the areas of production, technology and sustainability. Since 2015, the headquarters of MAPAL India […]