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Probably the last thing anyone would think of doing at the moment is start up an engineering
company but last October, that’s exactly what a brother and sister team decided to do. I visited
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J8 Precision at its Sutton Coldfield factory and could only admire Jack and Kate Edwards’ drive
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and enthusiasm. Sure they know things are tough and are likely to remain so for the
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foreseeable future but there’s a steely determination there that I’m sure will see them through
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these difficult times.
Gone with the wind
Associate Editor Perhaps the most surprising thing about J8 however is the respective ages of Jack and Kate. At 24 and
Simon Lott
32, Jack wasn’t even born when I finished my apprenticeship but my headline ‘Wise heads on young
shoulders’ couldn’t be more accurate here. Both recognised the fact that it’s imperative to get young
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blood into engineering which is why the company will be embarking on an apprenticeship scheme in the
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near future. I sincerely wish them all the best.
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Also definitely worthy of mention this month was the Southern Manufacturing Show that took place at 10
Machining
Farnborough. Southern is always an attractive mix of companies and this year was
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Not to be mist
no different. Visitors could see everything from machine tools and subcontract
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companies through to electronic connector manufacturers and CMM suppliers. Early
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reports from the show – including some that I’ve read on social networking sites –
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are very promising, especially when compared to last year. In general, people
seemed much more upbeat and looking forward to a more prosperous 2010.
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And so onto the build up for Mach 2010. It seems strange talking about the event
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in February when the show isn’t until June, but we start previewing the show from the
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next issue of Solutions so roll up and get your editorial submissions in fast!
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Precision in motion
Financial Controller
Valerie Prentice
Company Finder
Sales Director
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All from the same range of precision heads.
Sign of the times
More details and local distributors: email:
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Phone: 01634 830566 Brunswick Tooling Ltd: 01484 719900 Advanced Cutting Tools Ltd: 0191 487 4010
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On the pulse
Manager
Speed demon
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Editorial
Phone: 020 86909856
ACS 10 Horn 30 Northern Metrology 25
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Aero Engineering 8 J8 Precision 27 OGP UK 26
Taiwan, China and
ATI Stellram 19 Kaltenbach 20 Q8 22
Bielomatik 24 Kasto 21 Rainford Precision 6
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Birkett Cutmaster 20
Leader CNC 14
Sandvik Coromant 5 & Coolants
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Schunk 18 Fluid evolution
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Bowers Metrology 25 Mapra 26 Sponmech 8 Keep it central
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Composites Engineering 8 Macinnes Tooling 22 Studer 16
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Dawson Precision Components
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Sub-CNC Precision 29
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Floyd Automatic Tooling 8 Mills CNC 14
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