Latest news about Midlands aerospace

Pentaxia creates jobs after securing funding. Twelve new jobs are to be created after it gained support from the Derby Enterprise Growth Fund. Pentaxia in Ascot Business Park has secured a £168,000 grant from the £20 million DEGF towards its £673,000 expansion and investment programme.

Hexagon Metrology and inos, a member of the Grenzebach group, announce that they will cooperate in forming and commercialising solutions for dimensional process control and automated 3D metrology for the global automotive industry.

MEP Ltd were awarded the Silver SC21 Award for the third year in a row at the SC21 TaskForce conference held at the Manchester Conference Centre on the 24th April 2014 adding to the two Bronze Awards originally awarded in 2010 and 2011. 

FUCHS have received the prestigious ADS SC21 Silver Award.  FUCHS is the only lubricants company to have achieved this award and it is testament to our team's hard work and commitment to delivering high standards of performance to their customers.

The 2014 R3 release of Delcam’s FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system includes a range of enhancements to make the software even easier to use, so allowing customers to produce programs for all types of machine tool more quickly and, therefore, to deliver high-quality parts in shorter lead times.

Invotec Group is delighted to announce that it has now gained approval for sequential flex rigid boards. Since acquiring its rigid products approval in January, Invotec has engaged with 25 new customers across nine countries. 

A Dudley based manufacturer has invested in new machinery as they seek to take their business to new heights. Alloy Heat Treatment (AHT) have installed a drop bottom solution treating oven designed for intensive use up to 550 degrees centigrade.

SL Engineering is continuing its investment in advanced automation with the acquisition of a second all-electric CNC tube bending machine from Unison. The new machine enhances SL Engineering's manufacturing capabilities, especially its ability to produce more complex tubular shapes.