Rockford, Illinois-based The Caldwell Group Inc. has secured the strategic hire of Melissa Searle, sales engineer. She brings a wealth of manufacturing and industry experience from Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company LLC. Searle has spent a distinguished career in a variety of engineering, product management, and operations leadership roles. In her new position, she will work…

Deliver High-Performance EMI/RFI Suppression for Critical Power Applications Global EMC solutions provider EMIS  introduces the SMF911 and TMF911 series of Single Phase and Three Phase Common Mode Facility Power Line Filters, engineered to provide exceptional electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) suppression for industrial, commercial, defence and misasion-critical power installations. Designed to ensure…

Danfoss signs definitive agreement to acquire Alfagomma, bringing together two highly complementary businesses to strengthen customer partnerships and creating a leading global player in Fluid Conveyance. Today Danfoss announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alfagomma, a global manufacturer of hoses and fittings headquartered in Vimercate, Italy. The acquisition supports the strategic…

The Government has signed off a major new plan that will support businesses in the West Midlands with the skills they need to boost economic growth in the region. The West Midlands Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) has been written on the back of months of consultation with more than 1,000 employers, educators and regional…

Enginuity has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), marking the beginning of a strategic partnership to strengthen SME manufacturing skills, workforce development and employer engagement. The agreement brings together the charity’s expertise in addressing industrial skills challenges with CBM’s 200-strong network of metalforming businesses. Together, the organisations will…

For more than six decades, Kemet International Ltd has been a trusted name in the mould and tool industry, best known for its range of diamond pastes and other polishing consumables and equipment. Now the company is bringing another valuable capability to the sector: a cleaning process that restores used mould tools to a near-new state, clearing…

Six manufacturing specialists are among the latest organisations to be admitted into the Bostin’ Black Country Business ‘Hall of Fame’. A&M EDM, Alucast, Mercia Lifting Gear, Sherwood Stainless Steel, T.C. Morris and Zaun are representing the industrial heritage of the region as part of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce’s campaign designed to change perceptions…

There is no shortage of discussion about the pressures facing UK engineering and manufacturing. Skills shortages remain stubborn. Supply chains are being rethought in response to geopolitical instability and changing trade relationships. AI is moving from possibility to application. New materials are creating fresh opportunities, while net zero continues to influence decisions across design, production…

Rhizo PTX, a UK technology start-up, has developed a modular electrolysis stack that can manufacture clean ammonia from just water, air and renewable energy. The effectivity of the technology has been proven with continuous measurements by an advanced ammonia analyser from Signal Group. Background Ammonia has traditionally been viewed primarily as an industrial feedstock. However,…