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Trifast plans Mexican distribution investment alongside its scheduled Chennai opening. The two facilities serve engineered fastener customers seeking nearer stockholding, traceable components and more dependable industrial deliveries.
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Cornish Metals proposes £135m to advance South Crofty tin redevelopment. The funding would support underground and processing work, alongside a conditional Glencore investment and six-year concentrate offtake agreement.
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Cold Chain Technologies has redesigned packaging for biopharmaceutical temperature-controlled shipments. The solution uses paper-based insulation and a water-based refrigerant, replacing dry ice and EPS for a global customer while reducing packaging waste and simplifying disposal.
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Norwegian engineering company Techouse agrees to acquire British water specialist. The Stoke-on-Trent-based Eta Process Plant business supplies deaeration and water injection systems for energy projects; completion of the proposed transaction has not been confirmed.
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Hartlepool engineering company JJ Hardy celebrates 170 years of manufacturing. The family-run business welcomed MP Jonathan Brash to its Brenda Road factory on 16 October, marking its industrial heritage and current precision machining work.
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Yorkshire manufacturers are spreading digital training across more factory employees. Made Smarter reports one in four participating businesses have involved multiple people across its leadership and Digital Champions courses, with 147 participants completing or undertaking training since 2021.
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Arnold has outlined its flexible magnetic materials portfolio for industry. The existing Flexmag range covers sheets, tapes, extrusions, receptive media and engineered composites, including the anisotropic FM-60 grade rated up to 2.0 MGOe.
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SKF has opened an advanced ceramic materials laboratory in Houten. Its C-Pro facility brings powder preparation, compaction, sintering and finishing into one research programme focused on silicon nitride components for hybrid bearings.
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Automate UK aligns three established bodies under unified sector names. PPMA, BARA and UKIVA will become a processing and packaging committee, robotics council and vision committee, retaining their existing representational and technical support functions.
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IChemE continues gathering evidence on chemical engineering’s future industrial direction. Its presidential inquiry launched on 29 September, with written submissions open until 27 November and recommendations expected in May 2027.
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