News

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 […]

FEBRUARY 26, 2024 | READING TIME: 15 MIN It can’t be done? Oh yes it can! Five times more efficiently and with eighty percent lower electricity consumption Right now, everyone is talking about using heat pumps for heating buildings. A heat exchanger is not only a integral part of a heat pump but it is […]

Experts in their field, Thame Workholding have been providing clients with workholding, chuck jaw design and manufacture for over 75 years. Working closely with their partners at VersaBuilt robotics, they also provide solutions for integrated UR cobot machine tending. Their solutions are designed to improve the cost, and productivity of your mill and lathe applications. […]

The MMMA invite visitors to come and engage with Members and also, hear more about the MMMA as we Celebrate our 75th Anniversary at MACH 2024.   We are very excited to announce that there will be over 500 square metres within the Metalworking Village for MACH 2024. Featuring over 20 member companies, visitors please […]

SigmaTEK 26 Suite Supports High-Level Fabrication Cincinnati, OH – October 28, 2025 – SigmaNEST, a leading provider of advanced CAD/CAM nesting software, is proud to announce the release of SigmaTEK 26 Suite. This latest version delivers significant enhancements in speed, automation, integration, and usability, empowering production managers, programmers, operators, and executives to work faster, smarter, […]

The MMMA will be celebrating their 75th Anniversary at MACH 2024, are very excited to announce that there will be over 500 square metres within the Metalworking Village for MACH 2024. Featuring over 20 member companies, we encourage visitors to make their way to Hall 6 entrance to spend time with members. Visitors to the […]

High international participation indicates the relevance of the trade fair / International trade associations fully supporting CastForge CastForge is not just an important purchasing platform, it has also become well-established as a meeting point for the casting and forging industry. Increase in the number of exhibitors from abroad Ever since it was first held, the […]

GrindingHub is set to open its doors for the second time to grinding experts from all over the world from 14 to 17 May 2024. Over 460 exhibitors from 31 countries will be presenting their latest grinding technology solutions in Stuttgart – now in four exhibitions halls for the first time The event will be […]

Hall planning for 2024 has been completed The heart of metal working will beat in Stuttgart in 2024 when the who’s who in the industry will meet at AMB from 10 to 14 September 2024. After the end of the registration phase in October 2023, the project team is now starting to plan the layout […]

Established in 1975, Concept Metal Products Ltd. is a forward-thinking company comprising experienced metalworkers. They use a variety of shearing, bending, punching, and laser cutting equipment to fabricate sheet metal into custom shapes that meet the specific needs of their customers. Although the Concept Metal team was well-versed in CAD, they had virtually no experience […]

Following activation of their Automatic Fire Suppression System after a fire on the lathe of their CNC machine, Senior Development Engineer of Armeg Limited contacted Firetrace Limited to resolve as soon as possible.   THE SOLUTION AND OUTCOME “After experiencing our sliding head lathe rapidly become engulfed with flames, I can only imagine the damage […]