CMB Engineering apprentice takes gold at The Skills Show

Dominic Trees, a third-year apprentice at CMB Engineering (www.CMBEcanmaking.com), won a gold medal in the Mechanical Turning competition at The Skills Show (14-15 November; Birmingham, UK), the nation’s largest skills and careers event.

U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption up 13.1% in October

October U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $176 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

TOMRA wins $3.5 million order from agricultural company

The company will supply sensor-based sorters for seed corn

More convenience through intelligent macros

hyperMILL? has enhanced the implementation of technology macros from only containing static processing steps to now including intelligent macros.

Renishaw to co-chair India-UK group meeting

Rhydian Pountney, Renishaw's General Manager – ROW Sales Division, will co-chair the Advanced Manufacturing Group of the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) which takes place in New Delhi on 9th December.

On the fast track to special tools

Increasing customer requirements for special tools in terms of delivery time, costs and flexibility have prompted the KOMET GROUP to optimise the process chain – from the customer order to CAD and CAM through to production.

DuPont probiotics reduce antibiotic side effects

Study documenting the dose-dependent effect of HOWARU Restore is published in Vaccine Journal.

Avon to cut jobs for cost saving

Avon plans to cut 650 jobs as part of its plan to trim $400 million in costs, and it will go into effect in 2014.

New ‘ideas contest’ to be held in-cosmetics 2014

in-cosmetics 2014 has partnered with Beiersdorf to identify the most forward-thinking ideas and concepts in a unique contest – the Beiersdorf Innovation Pitch.

Essentra Plc on strategic expansion in India

A new facility opens in India to accommodate manufacturing, warehousing and the appropriate commercial infrastructure for all the Essentra’s business activities.

PPG Aerospace expands operations in Japan

Relocated center includes warehouse, increased production capacity, new services

First skincare brand uses human stem cells

Stemology is said to be the first and only product line to be formulated with both plant and human adult stem cells, along with a stem cell communicator that greatly enhances the benefit of stem cell "signaling" growth factors.