DCA Group companies Allison Hydraulics and Hydrastore have merged and will now trade under the Hydrastore banner. Allison Hydraulics’ stores in Birmingham and Washington Tyne and Wear will be re-branded Hydrastore, while Hydrastore’s head office will remain on the Sandtoft Industrial Estate in Belton, near Doncaster.
Following the acquisition of Ideal Hose with locations in Northampton & Rugby, Hydraquip Hose & Hydraulics has opened its first totally new branch of 2017 in Kettering.
Gruppo Bianchi, parent company of Antifriction Components Ltd., is making a significant investment in Ehrco, an independent supplier of hydraulic hose and fitting products in the UK distribution market.
Superior, a Dorset manufacturer of high integrity O-rings and seals, was a winner at the South West National Apprenticeship Awards 2016, winning the ‘Employer of the Year’ category.
Filtration Group, a subsidiary of Madison Industries, has taken over the Industrial Filtration division of Mahle. Last autumn, Mahle announced that it wanted to withdraw from the industrial filtration business. The division employs around 900 people worldwide.
Occo Coolers (Telford), the UK provider of bespoke cooling solutions, says it will meet the challenge of Brexit head on with plans to advance even further into the global market.
The National Fluid Power Centre (NFPC) will be holding its Industry Open Day on Wednesday 15 February 2017.
Precision engineering company, Dawson Shanahan, has opened a dedicated apprentice training school at its Welshpool-based engineering facility.
Professor John Colligon has been conferred an emeritus professor on his retirement from the University. Professor Colligon received a First Class Bachelor of Engineering degree at the University of Liverpool in 1958 and went on to complete a Degree of Doctor in Philosophy within the Faculty of Engineering at the same university in 1962.
IMI Precision Engineering is championing the inventiveness, imagination and innovation of the engineering world with the launch of a new campaign. The Man’s Most Marvellous Machine’s campaign sets out to celebrate everything that is amazing about machinery and automation.
Distag QCS (UK) Ltd. has opened its new branch at J14 Business Park, Dungannon, Northern Ireland. Based in the heart of the Crushing & Screening manufacturing sites, the new trade counter can cater for customers’ urgent needs, backed up by Distag QCS’s high-volume assembly base in Lisburn.
Nottingham-based manufacturer Micro-Mesh Filtration has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan that it says will keep it competitive in these uncertain times.
As part of the recently held Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) assembled a team of engineers to investigate the superpowers of the world’s favourite superheroes; including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, and how advances in engineering and technology could make them a reality in the future.
Phoenix Hydraulics has launched its brand new website (phoenixhydraulics.co.uk). Phoenix Hydraulics comments that its goal is to provide visitors with an easier way to learn about the company and the customised solutions it offers clients.
Boge Compressors, the supplier of industrial compressed air systems, has appointed Aroplus (UK) Ltd. as its official distributor for its entire product range throughout the Birmingham area, incorporating all addresses with a ‘B’ postcode.
