News & Events
William Hughes boosts component cleaning
business with acquisition of AC Services
World-leading spring, wire form and assembly specialist,
William Hughes Ltd, has purchased AC Services (South
West) Ltd of Yeovil, to enhance the component cleaning
side of its business. This strategic market move, which
will see AC Services’ Managing Director, Albert Curtis,
take an integral role in the new business, will be a real
boon to manufacturers in sectors such as aerospace,
defence, nuclear, oil and gas, medical and electronics
that are seeking precision cleaning processes for parts
and assemblies. William Hughes is nearing the completion of a new ISO Class 7
cleanroom at its 87,000 ft² headquarters in Stalbridge, Dorset, which will house the
cleaning equipment.
Steel stockholder and service provider
Franklin Steel invests in ESAB plasma
cutting machine to improve profitability
and expand business
AC Services has over 30 years’ experience in ultrasonic cleaning, kitting, degreasing and
hose cleaning services. The business has established an industry-wide reputation for
excellence in the cleaning of parts and assemblies for use in many critical applications,
with all processes performed in a high specification cleanroom. The cleaning operation
of AC Services will now transfer the short distance east to the Stalbridge site of William
Hughes.
Franklin Steel plc, an established steel
stockholder that has steadily diversified into
related products and services, recently invested
in an ESAB SGX plasma cutting machine so it
could undertake profiling in-house. Previously the
company had outsourced profiling, whether that
was for steelwork it was fabricating, or to fulfil
orders from customers who did not want to use a
separate supplier for profiles. By investing in a plasma cutting machine, Franklin
Steel has reduced the lead time for customers ordering profiles, increased profit
margins on those orders and, most importantly, opened up a new revenue
stream in the form of a profile cutting service.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0800 389 3152
www.wmhughes.co.uk
Considerable savings
for Flowplant thanks to
Invend™
The UK’s leading distributor of industrial
maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products
and services, Brammer, has helped Flowplant
save 60 per cent on its consumable spend through
industrial vending solution, Invend™.
Flowplant’s operators required a system that provided them with a clear
understanding of where stock is and how it can be retrieved. Following
research into an internal solution, Flowplant contacted Brammer after reading
its whitepaper on industrial vending which highlighted the potential savings
of between 25 and 40 per cent on consumables. Brammer’s Invend™ allowed
Flowplant to benefit from an industrial vending machine service without the
upfront cost of having to purchase the machine. Brammer installed the Invend™
machine into Flowplant’s factory, giving site managers a complete oversight of
what is being used, by who and how often.
Email: [email protected]
PPMA Show –
UPM Stand D36
UPM report a record year for 2014/2015 resulting in
further expansion of their manufacturing base in Langley,
Berkshire together with additional personnel to cater for
the 20% increase in orders achieved for applications in
all aspects of food processing and packaging plus product
handling in Plastics Injection Moulding particularly for
the automotive sector and for the PPMA show UPM exhibited typical models of belt
conveyors ranging from:- Gravity Rollers • High care easy access belt cleaning conveyor
• Radius plus incline/decline conveyors • Solid PU belt conveyors with full wash down
specification • Plastic link belt conveyors in a swan neck configuration • Heavy duty
abattoir belt conveyor • Accumulation systems • Rotary tables-lazy Susan • 90 degree
carousel.
All produced as a combination of stainless steel construction and High Mo lecular Weight
Polyethylene (HMWPE) allowing visitors the opportunity to explore varied solutions
for their applications in conjunction with a free advisory service with UPM accepting
full responsibility for turnkey projects operating to the agreed specification and to the
customers satisfaction which is the result of a Performance Guarantee allowing peace
of mind.
For further information, visit www.brammer.co.uk/invend
www.upmconveyors.co.uk
Oerlikon continues to streamline its portfolio
and signed an agreement to sell its Vacuum
Segment to Atlas Copco
ACE and Fabreeka
Come Together
Oerlikon announced that it has signed
an agreement to sell its Leybold Vacuum
business to Atlas Copco. The transaction
is based on an enterprise value of CHF
525 million and is expected to close by
middle of the year 2016.
Oerlikon advances its strategic agenda
and continues to focus on streamlining
its portfolio with the objective of further developing the company’s Best-inClass businesses. The divestment of its Vacuum Segment to Atlas Copco
marks the thirteenth strategic transaction for the Group since 2010. It will
allow the Group to further allocate resources and management attention
to its strategic growth areas.
Tel: +41 58 360 96 96
www.oerlikon.com
Quantum Controls wins
prestigious 2015 ‘ABB
Drives & Motors Supplier
of the Year’ Award
A poll of over 350,000 people from UK Industry
have voted Quantum Controls Ltd the ‘ABB
Motor and Drives Supplier of the Year 2015’.
UK Corporate Excellence presented Kevin Brown, Managing Director with
the Award in November 2015.
Established in 1989, Quantum have been the largest supplier of ABB
variable Speed Drives and Motors in the since 1994 with over 100 drive
maintenance contacts throughout the UK Quantum offer a full turnkey
solution from the specification, supply, installation, commissioning and
after sales maintenance and repair on all ABB Drives and Motors.
Email: [email protected]
www.quantum-controls.co.uk
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PECM Issue 18
SKF’s Kaydon Group is pleased to announce
that two of its well established companies in
the UK – leading shock absorber and gas spring
manufacturer ACE and producer of vibration
isolation products Fabreeka – have come
together and will now operate as ACE Fabreeka UK from the ACE offices in Haydock.
Both brands will be available from one highly experienced team focused on the
UK motion and vibration control market, offering high performance products, solid
technical solutions and a top class customer service.
Operating in the UK since 1972, the ACE product range has developed to include
industrial shock absorbers, safety shock absorbers, TUBUS profile dampers, SLAB
damping plates, rotary dampers, hydraulic dampers/feed controls and industrial gas
springs.
With a UK office opening in 1965, the Fabreeka product range of isolation pads,
foundation isolation, pneumatic isolation, isolation mounts and mounting hardware
provides ongoing solutions to help eliminate vibration and control shocks.
www.ace-controls.co.uk and www.fabreeka.co.uk
Metrix NDT is a UK based supplier and
designer of x-ray inspection components,
sub-systems, and services. In addition to
their range of high performance and cost
effective x-ray detectors and monobloc
generators, Metrix can also offer dedicated
NDT and research tools such as their
Osprey 160®, a fully integrated turnkey digital imaging system and EZ
Access® a versatile x-ray cabinet for low volume inspection and prototype
development. Metrix NDT also supplies design and consultancy services
to OEM manufacturers operating in or wishing to enter the NDT, industrial
and security x-ray markets.
Email: [email protected]
www.metrixndt.com