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The Manufacturing Technologies Association, the owner and organiser of the MACH 2024 exhibition, is advising potential exhibitors to sign up for the event now, following unprecedented demand for exhibition space at the show. Despite the doors of MACH 2024 not opening for another eighteen months, the exhibition has already received strong support from MTA members […]

MACH 2022, the largest display of new machinery and manufacturing technologies under one roof in the UK for four years, lived up to its billing as a major catalyst for investment with scores of exhibitors reporting strong sales and positive interest in their products during the five-day event at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre. And in […]

The core strengths of the UK’s metalworking industry are proudly on display in what is, one of the largest themed zones at MACH 2022. The Metalforming Machinery Makers’ Association’s (MMMA) Metalworking Village, which occupies 650m² of floorspace, showcases the skills and expertise of more than 20 association members. On display across the zone is an […]

Innovative companies developing the emerging technologies that will help to shape the future of the UK’s manufacturing industry are getting their own showcase at MACH 2022. The AI Innovation Zone, supported by Made Smarter Innovation, showcases the work of 12 start up and scale ups utilising the power of data analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and […]

MACH is the longest-running manufacturing and engineering exhibition in the UK and its distinctive ability to showcase the largest variety of manufacturing technology solutions in the country makes it unique in the industry and therefore, of critical importance to the sector. This year’s show will focus on the best of the manufacturing technologies sector – […]

The ability of Additive Manufacturing (AM) to be a significant disruptive technology for UK manufacturers will receive a special event at MACH 2022. Spearheading the initiative will be the only trade association dedicated to the Additive Manufacturing sector, AM-UK. AM-UK is specifically designed for companies who work with Additive and 3D printing technology – such […]

MACH 2022, which opens its doors at the NEC in Birmingham on Monday, is set to be the most significant gathering of manufacturers in the UK post-pandemic. Against a backdrop of growing cost pressures on manufacturers, the arrival of the event could not be timelier offering as it does, the largest display of new machinery […]

Visitors to MACH 2022 are being offered the unique opportunity to have their tooling challenges resolved free-of-charge by a team of expert – and independent – tooling specialists.

The strong focus on the future of manufacturing technologies will be highlighted at MACH 2022 by the return of the popular High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult Trail. The HMV Catapult is the go-to place for manufacturing technologies in the UK, supporting organisations of all sizes in their success. The Catapult Trail, consisting of four stands […]

The ability of Additive Manufacturing to be a significant disruptive technology for UK manufacturers will receive a special focus at MACH 2022. The focus will be underpinned by the relaunch of the only UK trade association dedicated to the sector, AM-UK. AM-UK is designed for companies who work with Additive and 3D printing technology – […]

Haas Automation to Showcase Latest CNC Technology at MACH 2024 Haas Automation, the leading provider of CNC machine tools, is pleased to announce its participation in MACH 2024, the premier manufacturing technologies event, held at the NEC in Birmingham. The exhibition will take place from 15-19 April 2024 and will provide a platform for Haas […]

Building on the recent successful launch by Nikon Metrology of the APDIS Laser Radar, which is helping to drive a paradigm shift in automotive bodyshop measurement and quality control, the company announces the launch of its APDIS Gap & Flush System. It introduces a unique, innovative, fully automated method to measure gap and flush on […]

The first of an innovative range of high-performance X-ray CT (computed tomography) systems offering enhanced levels of precision, resolution and scan speed has been introduced and is ready to order from the Industrial Metrology Business Unit (IMBU) of Nikon Corporation (https://industry.nikon.com). The large-volume VOXLS 40 C 450 is able to inspect items of diverse size […]

For more than a decade, the LC15Dx laser scanner manufactured by the Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corporation (https://industry.nikon.com) has been a global benchmark for efficient measurement and inspection of manufactured components, especially those having complex freeform geometry such as turbine blades, orthopaedic implants and intricate plastic parts. Compatible for use with all industry-leading […]

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 […]