productJaguar Land Rover has launched the first significant campaign to recruit 1,400 employees at its new state-of-the-art Engine Manufacturing Centre based at the i54 South Staffordshire business park near Wolverhampton.
productThe BSIF has appointed Alan Murray as its new Chief Executive Officer to succeed David Lummis who will retire in March 2014.
productMaterials technology group, Ceram is changing its name to Lucideon from February 1. The firm has acquired new businesses over the years and the move is designed to bring them together under one banner.
productIn front of almost 200 staff at Niftylift’s Milton Keynes headquarters, and with local dignitaries in attendance, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher (Lord Lieutenant of Buckingham) presented Roger Bowden (chairman) and John Keely (MD) with the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in ‘Innovation’ and in ‘International Trade’.
newsIn 2014, UK based mechanical engineering firms could be about to enjoy their best year since 2008, according to the Engineering and Machinery Alliance (EAMA). Its Business Monitor shows that despite some rather gloomy predictions from many observers in the first half of the year, business was generally healthy in 2013.
productTechnical Account Manager Melvin Greenfield has joined the independent metering specialist to help MWA meet ambitious growth targets in 2015 and will play an instrumental role in fulfilling the requirements of distributors, contractors, OEMs and energy monitoring professionals.
productGas detection specialist Crowcon has celebrated the official ground breaking for its new 40,000ft2 facility at Milton Park in Didcot.
productCastell Safety International has hosted a forum during which its channel partners received training in the principles of trapped key interlocking, undertook a manufacturing facility tour and attended presentations focused on Castell’s new product development, vertical market strategy and emerging applications.
productMagnetrol International Incorporated, a manufacturer of level and flow process control instrumentation, has completed construction of a new United Arab Emirates (MIUAE) production facility in Jebel Ali, UAE.
productTo cope with increased demand for its packaging films, TCL Packaging has contracted to a new manufacturing facility in Telford and will move in during the first half of 2014.
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