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A black cab manufacturer that was “on its knees” five years ago is officially opening a new £300m plant, creating more than 1,000 jobs.
The London Taxi Company’s (LTC) Ansty Park site in Coventry is the home of its new electric taxi, the TX5. It has been described as one of the great comeback stories in UK manufacturing history.
Force measurement is an essential part of product manufacturing across a vast array of industries.
However, relying on large and expensive force measurement machines is not always feasible — or even necessary — in all manufacturing applications. Here, John Cove, marketing manager of measurement and metrology expert, Starrett, explains the advantages of using handheld devices for quality inspection and force measurement testing.
Ortho Baltic is the first manufacturer of patient-specific, temporomandibular joint endoprostheses in the Baltic states and one of only three in Europe.
The implants replace loss or lack of functionality of jaw movement. To underpin their production, the firm invested in 2012 in additive manufacturing (AM) technology and recently acquired CT inspection equipment from Nikon Metrology for quality control.
The remarkable sales success of Aberlink’s recently launched Xtreme Coordinate Measuring Machine has justified the company’s contention that industry needed a cost-effective, robust CMM that could provide accurate measurements at the point of manufacture.
