Machinery

Sternfenster has invested £800,000 in a new Schirmer cutting and machining centre as part of its PVC-U fabrication line. Sales director Nathan Court said: “Our key strategy in recent years has been all about putting...

Bohle has unveiled the new Liftmaster Quadro automatic vacuum lifting system developed to safely handle weights of up to 800kg. The product of Bohle’s in-house research and development programme, the German-engineered automatic lifting system for...

Bohle has launched VetroLevel, a suction mounted device said to allows installers to align glass more accurately and efficiently, and with improved safety by combining the company’s Veribor lever-activated suction lifters with three independent...

Haffner has announced it has become the strategic machinery partner for FOM Industrie in the UK. CEO Dave Thomas said: “We have been working with FOM since 2019 and we are now the UK’s largest...

Jade Engineering has provided secondary glazing manufacturer Selectaglaze with two bespoke punch tools to process the company’s heavier-duty profiles. Previous commissions by Selectaglaze included an initial single punch tool, followed by an end miller that...

Coventry-based Jade Engineering says demand for new tooling has grown four-fold in the wake of the closure of Duraflex PVCu extrusion, as fabricators hurried to equip themselves for new systems. “We don’t like to see...

British composite doorset and fire doorset manufacturer Unity Group says it has doubled its capacity with the commissioning of a ZX5 sawing and machining centre from Stuga. The ZX5 separates the machining and sawing functions,...

Durham-based aluminium bi-fold hardware supplier AT Precision has invested £110K in new machinery including a CNC vertical machining centre, an 8-head tapping machine and three new saws. Sales director Michael Hewitt said: “We’ve seen an...

Roseview Windows has taken delivery of a second SBA-4 VS PVC-U Profile Machining Centre from Haffner. Sales & marketing director Mike Bygrave said: “Roseview has witnessed a sharp upturn in demand in the past 18...

Prefix Systems (UK) Ltd has invested in a FOM Industrie FMC 470 CNC Machining Centre from Haffner at its aluminium manufacturing centre in Blackburn, Lancashire. Director Chris Baron said: “We are constantly looking for ways...