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MANTHORPE GROUP COMBINES HIGH-TECH MACHINE TOOLS WITH PEOPLE POWER TO MAINTAIN WORLD-CLASS STATUS
When Paul Pochciol talks about product quality, service and price as the keys to success, he is not dissimilar to many other heads of manufacturing companies. But when he explains that the continued success of the Manthorpe Group is based as much on the organisation’s investment in its employees at it is on high-technology machine tools and production equipment, then it is clear that here is a man with a passion for what he does and for the industries and customers he serves.... Click here for full story!

LARGE CAPACITY UNION CNC FLOOR BORER PRODUCES MASSIVE SAVINGS FOR POWER INDUSTRY SPECIALIST
The £1.4 million investment by ‘RWE N-Power’ International, TSG Ferrybridge in what is probably one of the largest and most sophisticated ram type horizontal boring and milling machine in Europe, a 16 m X-Axis capacity Union PCR 150 ram-type machine with live spindle and head changing supplied by ‘Ward CNC’ of Sheffield, is generating equally massive benefits at the West Yorkshire site - in one case, the single-hit machining from solid of a large gearbox coupling, lead times have been slashed from seven weeks down to an amazing seven days!....Click here for full story!

WARD CNC HANKOOK LATHE HELPS OIL INDUSTRY SUB-CONTRACTOR STRIKE GOLD

As part of the Oiltools International group, which operates from 53 locations in 28 countries, Oiltools (Europe), based in Aberdeen, has a huge corporate responsibility to both its owners and its high-profile oil industry customers. Hence, when the company required extra turning capacity to meet buoyant market demand, only one machine met its rigorous standards at an attractive price: a Hankook Protec 9NC two-axis horizontal lathe from Ward CNC of Sheffield.... Click here for full story!

TOSHULIN 'POWERTURN 1600' REPLACES 1980's FMS

When the news broke in the mid-'80s that Wartsila formerly known as 'Deep Sea Seals' had invested nearly GBP £750,000 in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS), the Havant-based company was heralded as a ground-breaker - not only because it was probably the first UK company to install an FMS, but also because it had been courageous enough to adopt such a radical approach to the manufacture of marine sealing systems.... Click here for full story!

WARD CNC'S USED TOSHULIN VTL CUTS SECOND OPERATIONS AT SUMMERFIELD ENGINEERING

When the three directors of sub-contract machinists ‘Summerfield Engineering’ saw a used Toshulin SKIQ12 vertical boring and turning machine demonstrated at the Sheffield showrooms of ‘Ward CNC’, they were so impressed they moved quickly to clinch the deal. Now the machine is installed at Summerfield Engineering's premises at Alfreton (Derbyshire) they are pleased that they purchased the machine since the biggest saving the machine affords is the elimination of second operation work, such as milling and drilling....Click here for full story!