Black Country news and blogs Tuesday 23 August 2016
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The power of 3CX – Reducing costs and increasing productivity! 
Made in the Midlands 22 Aug 16
We get it – you want to cut your phone costs but don’t
want to lose out on a quality service? Luckily, you’re in safe hands with
Minster! We recognise that it’s hard managing your costs whilst
maintaining the best service available, but that…
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Forum on Scanning & Automated Metrology at the Nuclear AMRC
Made in the Midlands 22 Aug 16
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence are delighted to invite you to attend an exclusive eventbeing held on Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th September 2016 at the Nuclear AMRC in Rotherham which includes guest speakers from Red Bull Racing and…
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Bank Holiday Opening & Closing Times
Made in the Midlands 22 Aug 16
Due to August bank holiday, our company will be closed on Monday 29th August 2016.
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Manufacturing Knowledge Cluster (Food and Drink) Recruitment
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
This is an exciting new venture being led by the West Midlands Manufacturing Club, Academics and Business Development Professionals from the University of Wolverhampton and Enterprise Telford, with endorsement and participation by other regional…
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Important notice regarding mandatory changes to electricity metering and charging
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
In a working arrangement with our clients, we aim to keep utility costs to a minimum and offer advice on legislative changes which have an impact on expenditure.
Business
adi Group Shortlisted In The Manufacturer MX Awards 2016
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
A leading engineering solutions firm has been shortlisted for an award in The Manufacturer’s prestigious annual TMMX Awards which celebrates excellence in manufacturing and engineering.
Business
LEAN Awareness Workshop for Manufacturers
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
West Midlands Manufacturing Club has teamed up with Lean Education and Development Ltd to bring you this informative workshop, come along and get to grips with Lean.
Business
LEAN Awareness Workshop for Manufacturers
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
West Midlands Manufacturing Club has teamed up with Lean Education and Development Ltd to bring you this informative workshop, come along and get to grips with Lean.
Business
Funding for Manufacturing Made Easy
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
The West Midlands Manufacturing Club in association with regional expert funding professionals will help you to understand what funding is out there and howyou can access it.
Business
Warwickshire CCC Agrees New Legal Partnership With FBC Manby Bowdler
Made in the Midlands 19 Aug 16
Warwickshire County Cricket Club has secured a new legal partnership after signing a two-year agreement with West Midlands based FBC Manby Bowdler Solicitors.
Business
Recruitment boost as Jonathan Lee joins the Manufacturing Hub
Made in the Midlands 18 Aug 16
One of the UK’s leading
recruitment consultancies has been announced as the latest member of a new
support collective designed to help manufacturers grow.
Business
Multislide Metal Pressings, UK manufacture!
Made in the Midlands 18 Aug 16
The continuing growth of the UK manufacturing sector has now
created an interesting upturn in a very specific area of manufacturing, which Multiforms,
based in Cradley Heath, a division of the Rical Group is ideally positioned to
support.
Business
Guest blog: Supply chain issues within tooling addressed
Made in the Midlands 18 Aug 16
I continually hear the words “skills shortage / skills Crisis” in manufacturing on the internet and magazine articles.
Business
Passing on a wealth of experience to the future
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
With a wealth of experience throughout the business, during a review in 2015 we identified that the time was right to bring on an Apprentice.
Business
Foam Techniques achieves ISO14001 Accreditation
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
In 2014 Foam Techniques became a zero to landfill business, sending none of its waste to landfill and working with its partners to ensure best practice to minimise all waste.
Business
Pipe Coupling Company joins RAPRA
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
Since
1961, Teekay Couplings have earned a reputation for affordable quality and
innovative technology in pipe joining.
Business
Flight Case Furniture for Formula 1 Team
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
This project was to design and build some Flight Case furniture for the Formula 1 team Williams.
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Advanced Chemical Etching are exhibiting at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event, 14th-15th September
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
Advanced Chemical Etching (ACE) will be exhibiting at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2016, which takes place on the 14th -15th September at Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedford.
Business
The best kept secret in funding and innovation
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
If there was a way to reclaim money back into your business…..
Business
Introducing the Knowledge Exchange for Innovation (KEI) Fund
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
What is The KEI Fund? The KEI Fund is designed to encourage collaboration between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the University of Derby.
Business
Spaciotempo announces exhibition first for IMHX
Made in the Midlands 17 Aug 16
This year’s IMHX show will be marked by an exhibition-first as temporary building specialist Spaciotempo installs its own temporary building as its stand, from which it will reveal its latest product developments for premier structures.
Business
Lot, Batch & Serial Number Traceability
Made in the Midlands 16 Aug 16
In the age we live in, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of physics with thetechnologies and inventions we create.
Business
Essex council serves up tennis drive
Made in the Midlands 16 Aug 16
An Essex council is looking to piggy back on Olympic tennis fever on the back of Andy Murray’s Olympic gold medal defence in Rio and Johanna Konta’s inexorable rise up the world rankings.
Business
PIA Awards finalists in 3 categories
Made in the Midlands 15 Aug 16
Andel Plastics are pleased to announce, that in their second year of entries, they have achieved the finalist position in three categories of the Plastic Industry Awards 2016.
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SMB Pressings – Made In The Midlands Visit
Made in the Midlands 15 Aug 16
One of the best things above it being a Patron of Made In The Midlands is the networking events.
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Engineering firm goes carbon neutral
Made in the Midlands 15 Aug 16
Birmingham-based engineering solutions firm adi Group has partnered with BP to become the first business in the UK to offset its fleet’s carbon emissions through the BP Plus Fuel Card.
Business
The Wolf Run for SSS Jon Rowley 4/9/16
Made in the Midlands 12 Aug 16
SSS’s Jon Rowley will be competing in “The Wolf Run” on Sunday 4th September 2016 and raising money for Action Heart.
Business
Reflection-optimised powder coatings for the lighting industry
Made in the Midlands 11 Aug 16
Light is an effective tool: it gives buildings a distinctive image, emphasises architecture and affects peoplessense of well-being and performance.
Business
LEMA Black Country Launch Event
Made in the Midlands 11 Aug 16
We are delighted to be hosting a
launch evening to celebrate the opening of our Black Country academy! The move
to the new facility became a necessity this year due to the high demand from
both young people looking to join our apprenticeship…
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Macmillan Coffee Morning
Made in the Midlands 10 Aug 16
Help support a fantastic charity and promote UK Manufacturing!!!YOU can help Macmillan Cancer Support break a world record by attending Frank Dudley Limited’s Coffee morning.
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FDL Open Morning in support of Macmillan Cancer Trust
Made in the Midlands 10 Aug 16
YOU can help Macmillan Cancer Support break a world record by attending Frank Dudley Limited’s Coffee morning.
Business
Funding available right now?
Made in the Midlands 10 Aug 16
The world of grant funding is frequently changing.
Business
Filtermist oil mist collector is first specification for DKW Precision Engineering
Made in the Midlands 9 Aug 16
Long-standing
Filtermist UK customer DKW Precision Engineering recently told MTD
CNC why a Filtermist
oil mist collector is the first thing it specifies when buying a new machine
tool.
Business
A tailored managed service solution for SMEs
Made in the Midlands 9 Aug 16
Attracting high-calibre skilled workers can be challenging for any business, but for growing automation specialist SME Mechatronic Solutions, in late 2014 the issue became critical.
Business
Railings provide edge to Norwich Assembly House transformation
Made in the Midlands 9 Aug 16
The trust running an historic venue in Norwich has transformedThe Assembly Housewith half a million pounds funding from Santander.
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Manufacturing Technology Centre to host our next Breakfast event
Made in the Midlands 9 Aug 16
Made in the Midlands upcoming Breakfast morning event will be taking place on 18th August from 9:30 to 11:30 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Antsy Park, Coventry, Warwickshire.
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adi Group to drive Carbon Neutral in UK first with BP
Made in the Midlands 8 Aug 16
Leading
multi-disciplined engineering solutions company, adi Group, has partnered with BP become the first business in
the UK to offset its fleet’s carbon emissions through the BP Plus Fuel Card.
Business
MIM Patron MHA MacIntyre Hudson among the UK’s best firms for new recruits and has been reaccredited for by Investors in People.
Made in the Midlands 8 Aug 16
Top 20 Accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson, whose Birmingham office is located in the Colmore Business District, has scored highly as one the UK’s best places to work for people leaving school or college.
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Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence raise money for Midland Freewheelers
Made in the Midlands 8 Aug 16
Every year Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligencehold a Christmas raffle
in aid of charity, where employees, customers and outside businesses help and
donate prizes for a nominated charity.
Business
Rosti Mckechnie
Made in the Midlands 8 Aug 16
We are busy preparing a step feeder for installation at Rosti Mckechnie in Pickering.
Business
Robotic Servicing
Made in the Midlands 8 Aug 16
AJ Robotics are now offering affordable robotic servicing packages.
Business
Hexagon acquires AICON 3D Systems, a leading provider of optical 3D metrology
Made in the Midlands 8 Aug 16
Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the acquisition of AICON 3D Systems, a leading provider of optical…
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MINSTER P2H – 100 POWER PRESS
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
We here at baker and Finnemore are proud to announce the purchase of our brand new minster power press! This will give us the capability to expand both our standard and bespoke ranges to include exclusive sizes only found at Baker and Finnemore…
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MINSTER 200 P2H- 100 PRESS
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
We here at baker and Finnemore are proud to announce the purchase of our brand new minster power press! This will give us the capability to expand both our standard and bespoke ranges to include exclusive sizes only found at Baker and Finnemore…
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Manufacturing Technology Centre
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
Looking forward to the Breakfast Morning at the MTC in Coventry…
Business
Cloughie’s young man praises new Burton pitch
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough was full of praise when he attended the
opening of a new 3G artificial grass pitch (AGP) ahead of The Brewers’ debut in
the Sky Bet Championship.
Business
Scratching Below The Surface
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
We’re told that SOLIDWORKS is a Solid Modelling package, well I guess the name is a bit of a giveaway as to that; however those familiar with SOLIDWORKS will know it’s much more than a one trick pony and covers many areas of functionality…
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Lord Whitby tells Midlands manufacturers ‘world is our oyster’ after Brexit
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
Former Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has taken on a new high profile role to champion Midlands manufacturing – and help the UK attract 2 million more engineers in the next 10 years.
Business
Merger reflects changing skills needs
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
The recently announced merger between the Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Institute of Operations
Management (IOM) reflects rapid changes to roles in the supply chain,
especially post-Brexit, according to recruitment…
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Farnborough Airshow 2016
Made in the Midlands 4 Aug 16
Paragon Engineering visited the Farnborough Airshow and viewed a lot of the airframes that they have worked on in New product Introduction and are currently continuing theproduction ofmanufactured parts as the ramp ups into production continue…