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Study Shows Manufacturing Worth Nearly One-Quarter of UK Economy

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
 
Manufacturing accounts for 23 percent of the United Kingdom’s GDP and 48 percent of UK exports, according to a study released by the London, England-based Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA). Read more.

The study also reports that for every $1.4 million manufacturing contributes to the UK’s GDP, it creates another $2.1 million elsewhere in the UK, and for every direct job within the sector, another 1.8 are supported elsewhere in the UK economy.

Tower MWF Transitions to New ISO Standard

Monday, April 23, 2018
 

Tower Metalworking Fluids, Chicago, IL, manufacturer of high-performance metal forming fluids and metal removal coolants, has completed certification audit to the new ISO 9001:2015 standards. Tower is among the fist in it’s industry to transition to the new standard.

For more, www.toweroil.com.

Bodycote Contracts with Rolls-Royce

Monday, April 23, 2018
 
Bodycote, provider of heattreatment and thermal processing, has signed a 15-year contract, worth more than $227 million in incremental revenues, with Rolls-Royce’s Civil Aerospace business. Bodycote will provide vacuum heattreatment and hot isostatic pressing (HIP), supporting Rolls-Royce’s turbine blade casting facilities in Derby and Rotherham, U.K. The agreement ensures the provision of thermal processing to support the growth of Rolls-Royce’s large civil engine programs.

For more, www.bodycote.com.

 

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