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• First of Jones & Shipman’s next generation CNC cylindrical grinders goes to leading French precision component manufacturer

  The first order for a new UltraGrind CNC cylindrical grinding machine from Jones & Shipman has been despatched to its new owner, a leading precision component manufacturer based in France. The machine features a brand new modular wheelhead design and multiple wheel spindles, allowing the high precision mould and mechanical component manufacturer to perform both internal and external grinding operations to extremely fine tolerances, in one grinding cycle. Overall, the UltraGrind will provide huge reductions in set-up time and machining costs.

• Precision Technologies Group expands activities in key German market with establishment of PTG Deutschland

  The Precision Technologies Group (PTG) has expanded its focus on the key German markets for its precision components, machine tool products, and consultancy services, with the establishment, on August 3rd 2009, of a new division, PTG Deutschland. The new division’s headquarters is strategically located in the industrial city of Augsburg, just outside Munich, placing its operations firmly at the heart of one of Germany’s premier manufacturing regions.

• More power and flexibility from new J&S CNC grinder

  The next generation UltraGrind CNC cylindrical grinding machine has just been launched by Jones & Shipman at CIMT-09 (Beijing China). The new machine featuring a brand new modular wheelhead design not only offers multiple wheel spindles configured to suit customer requirements, but also provides more power, more accuracy and increased component weight handling. There is also a high degree of modularity in the way the machine can be configured from build, allowing customer specific machines to be manufactured quickly and easily.

• Jones & Shipman Suprema 650 cylindrical grinder improves sub-contractor competitiveness with up to 50% cycle time savings

  Central Grinding Services in Leicester have significantly improved their competitiveness since recently installing a Jones & Shipman Suprema 650 ‘Easy’ cylindrical grinder. Cycle times on ID/OD work have in some instances been reduced by up to 50% and due to the machines ‘Easy’ self-teach software and quick and easy set up times, smaller batches of work can now be handled profitably. The same ‘Easy’ software also solved a skills shortage, as the automated cycle of the Suprema enables unskilled staff to run the machine, once it is set.

• Jones & Shipman ProGrind 1267 exceeds Gates Corporation objectives

  The Gates Corporatiion of Denver, Colorado needed to ramp up their production facilities in support of new business growth, they contacted Jones & Shipman and asked them to review a project they had on the table.

• Launch of ‘PTG Heavy Industries’ expands portfolio for UK machine tool and technology group.

  World demand for large specialist machine tools and a recession driven wave of remanufacture business has amply justified the decision by Precision Technologies Group (PTG) to purchase its large machine business in 2008. The new expanded operation has now been launched as PTG Heavy Industries, and is providing strong growth prospects and a healthy order book in a business climate where industries that traditionally rely on new smaller machine tools such as the automotive sector are still under pressure.

• Triple strength management team takes the helm at PTG

  Solid performance at Precision Technologies Group allows the Board to strengthen the top team. Heavyweight industrial management figure Stephen Lord joins as CEO, the current MD of PTG’s machine tools operations Dr. Tony Bannan is promoted to COO, and Mark Merryweather joins as CFO to create a new hands-on senior management team.”

• Precision Components Manufactures World's Largest High Precision Screw Rotors For Gas Compression Project In Far East

  Precision Components Ltd, part of the Precision Technologies Group (PTG), has produced the largest sets of screw rotors ever manufactured for a gas compression project in the Far East. The screw rotors are manufactured in stainless steel to resist corrosion from highly contaminated gases and gas mixtures. They are 816mm in diameter by 3.5 metres long, and weigh in at 6 - tonnes each.

• Holroyd continues success in export markets with £2.4m order for world's largest rotor milling machine.

  Holroyd Precision Ltd, part of the Precision Technologies Group (PTG), has continued its success in export markets with a £2.4million order from a Far Eastern customer for a Holroyd 8EX rotor milling machine; the largest machine of its type in the world. Due for delivery in February 2009, the 8EX machine has a swing of 900mm and is for the production of screw rotors for the gas processing industry.

• Holroyd transfers helical rotor technology into a new generation of high performance screw superchargers.

  Holroyd has successfully transferred its helical rotor technology for screw compressors, into the latest range of high performance superchargers for powerboats and drag racers. Screw superchargers provide many advantages over traditional lobe type blowers: they provide smoother power delivery; a power boost right at the bottom of the power range; considerably more torque at low revs, and help extend the life of the engines to which they are fitted.

• Jet engine deal sealed worth $1.2m

  China turns to English grinding technology to manufacture new high temperature shafts for next generation jet engines.