Latest news about Midlands aerospace

Hexagon Metrology announces the launch of Leitz SIRIO Xi, the new standard for the shop floor. Its designers concentrated on six key customer requirements and a forward-looking technological configuration as part of Germany’s “Industry 4.0” concept. 

KMF (Precision Sheet Metals) commitment to continuous development of its systems and processes has seen it implement a hand-held system to capture and distribute process information from individual elements of the business. 

Nasmyth Group is delighted to announce that it has been ranked as a Sunday Times Profit Track 100 company. This highly respected league table ranks British companies with the fastest-growing profits and is compiled by Fast Track. 

An innovative miniature surveillance helicopter is benefiting from the high precision manufacturing capabilities of Precision Micro, Europe’s leading photo chemical etching specialist. 

The miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), features an array of small, lightweight and extremely precise components manufactured by the Midlands company, a division of global engineering group, Meggitt PLC.

UTC Aerospace Systems is to take a ten year lease for new office space in Solihull. The lease is for the whole of the building FORE 1. The move consolidates more than 150 staff from three local offices. UTC will use the FORE 1 building for a combination of research and technology activities, finance services and to house corporate staff.

Coventry-headquartered Expert Tooling & Automation is eyeing an expansion in the North East after lodging plans to Sunderland City Council to build a base on a 1.5-acre site at Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate.

MAA appear in Who's who in Aerospace, Birmingham Post supplement. 

Delcam GmbH has opened a new office in Eislingen in Baden-Württemberg to further increase its sales in the southern part of Germany.  Delcam’s German subsidiary achieved record sales of software and maintenance in 2013 and, with the opening of the new office, is looking forward to even better growth this year.