Case Studies
Programme of investment in XYZ Machines pays dividends
Matthew Boyt, Managing Director of CR Engineering in Wotton Underwood near Aylesbury bought the company from his previous employer in 2020 and since then has had a programme of investment in XYZ Machine Tools to keep up with demand.
Originally formed in 1947, CR Engineering started off with watchmaking but now makes precision components for a ...
EKC Group plans for the future with major investment in engineering skills
With support from Central Government funds, EKC group is investing significant funds to develop engineering centres of excellence across three of its six community colleges. This investment includes 25 machines valued at around £500 000 from XYZ Machine Tools covering CNC machining and turning centres as well as an array of manual machines, ...
Early adopter sees immediate benefits from XYZ sub-spindle turning centre
Sutton in Ashfield-based precision engineering company Quickits has developed a market-leading position in the manufacture and supply of valve mounting kits and fabricated brackets for customers across the valve and actuator industry. Its capabilities cover all aspects of manufacturing from laser profiling, press brakes, fabrication, welding, ...
MACH prize win leads to further investment at HepcoMotion
HepcoMotion is a world-leader in linear motion technology, with its linear guide systems featuring V guide technology being used by machine designers across a wide range of industry sectors, including food processing and packaging, automotive (particularly EVs), renewable energy systems and medical. Continued product development and increased ...
Export growth leads to Queen’s Award and relocation for CSS Group
Paignton-based CSS Group (Casting Support Systems) is having a year to remember with a visit to Buckingham Palace to collect a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its export achievements and relocation to a brand-new, purpose-built, 60,000 ft2 factory.James Head (left) with XYZ Machine Tools’ Managing Director Nigel Atherton at the front of ‘XYZ ...
Time critical deliveries enhanced with XYZ ProtoTRAK mill
Seal Team Systems creates bespoke leak repair systems works for customers such as food manufacturers, energy generators, water suppliers and hospitals, to provide on-site leak sealing technology to minimise any disruption or downtime, which can be expensive or life threatening. The leaks that they rectify can be anything from 150 psi steam in ...
It’s all about the music as Rega Research invests in XYZ Machining centre
For almost 50 years Southend-based Rega Research has, to the point of ‘obsession’, used engineering as the basis for the design and manufacture of its extensive range of home audio systems. Employing engineering to produce the best music for its customers, while maintaining a high level of reliability and affordability and wherever possible a ...
Machine shop expansion leads to greater efficiency for DYN-Metal
Starting out from fairly humble beginnings under the railway arches in Camden Town, London in 1937, DYN-Metal has grown into one of the largest suppliers of continuous and centrifugal cast products, specialising standard bronzes and its own DYN Processed Bronzes. All of which are cast in-house at its north Acton foundry, where it relocated to ...
Landmark cancer centre benefits from gains made with XYZ vertical machining centre
The National Centre for Eye Proton Therapy, part of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust’s Wirral campus, is a world leader for the treatment of rare eye cancers and is unique within the UK. The advantage of proton treatment is that the penetration depth of the 60 MeV proton beam can be controlled and only has a maximum range ...
Reach for the stars with an engineering career
The image of Cornwall being all beaches and pasties couldn’t be further from the truth as the county boasts a burgeoning high-tech manufacturing sector, with aerospace, medical marine and satellite communications sectors leading the way. This means there is a growing demand for skilled engineers and, the South West Institute of Technology ...
Machine tool investment at centre of Meddings Group growth strategy
Meddings Group can trace its roots back to the late 1930’s when the current Chairman’s grandfather started the business and, it was in 1941 that the first Meddings Pillar drill was developed, a product, although greatly updated, remains central to the Group’s activities, with customers around the world. With drill production growing the ...
Machining progression with XYZ pays dividends for Holt Broadcast Services
The recent installation of what is Holt Broadcast Services third machine, a XYZ 500 LR vertical machining centre from XYZ Machine Tools, is already paying dividends, with improved cycle times, reduced post-machining operations and greater versatility.Founded in 1994, Holt Broadcast Services is a specialist manufacturer of sheet metal ...
