Capabilities of Midlands Aerospace Companies 2011 - 2012

Midlands companies offering
specialist support services and equipment
Kuka Automation + Robotics
Hereward Rise
Halesowen
West Midlands
B62 8AN
t: 0121 585 0800
w: www.kuka.co.uk
Kuka Aerospace is the partner for highly innovative
robot-based manufacturing solutions for the
aerospace industry. Products and service range from
special machine tools to fl exible robotic cells and
complete systems.
Gary Taylor
e: garytaylor@kuka.co.uk
MA Ford Europe Ltd
Unit 38, Royal Scot Road
Pride Park
Derby
Derbyshire
DE24 8AJ
t: 01332 267960
w: www.maford.com
Supplier of high performance solid carbide milling
and drilling tools to the aerospace industry. From
its European stock and technical support centre
M.A.Ford Europe can advise customers of the best
component machining strategy from a supplied model
through to producing sample programmes along with
estimated cycle times. This process using the most
up to date versions of CAD/CAM software and
high performance tooling/cutting data can drastically
reduce customers cycle times and hence costs.
Stuart Smith
e: sales@mafordeurope.com
Mills CNC Limited
Units 2 & 3
Tachbrook Link
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV34 6SN
t: 01926 736736
w: www.millscnc.co.uk
Mills CNC, established over 38 years ago, are the
exclusive distributor of Doosan CNC Machine Tools
in the UK and Ireland. Located in a modern 36,000sq
ft facility in the Midlands, Mills CNC specialise in
providing technical engineering solutions to a wide
customer base in all industry sectors. Delivering in
excess of 300 machines every year, Mills employ over
30 engineers to provide an industry leading service,
spares and training support organisation to over
1,500 individual customers with more than 4,000
CNC machine tool installations. Doosan machines
are designed and manufactured by the machine tool
division of Doosan Infracore.
Nick Frampton
e: sales@millscnc.co.uk
Nachi Europe GmbH
(UK Branch)
Unit 7 Junction Six Industrial Park
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 7JJ
t: 0121 250 1880
w: www.nachi.co.uk
Manufacturers of specialist cutting tools, broaches,
endmills and drills. Manufacturers of multi-axis robots.
Suppliers of cutting tools to engine manufacturers.
Suppliers of robots for handling, welding, sealing etc.
Ron Saunders
e: info@nachi.co.uk
Newbow Aerospace Limited
Meir Road
Park Farm North
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7SY
t: 01527 518100
w: www.newbowaerospace.com
World leading manufacturer and supplier of specialist
aircraft ground support equipment, maintenance
tooling and instrumentation. Key products include
nitrogen & oxygen service trolleys, wheel & brake
dollies, tyre infl ation equipment, pressure check tools,
wheel service trailers, strut charging tools, tyre bay
equipment, access steps and bespoke engineered
solutions. Established since 1964, Newbow Aerospace
supplies its equipment to more than two hundred and
fi fty leading airlines, MROs and armed forces around
the globe.
Marc Green
e: sales@newbowaerospace.com
Phase Vision Limited
Charnwood Building
Holywell Park
Ashby Road, Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3AQ
t: 01509 223632
w: www.phasevision.com
Phase Vision’s products provide incredibly accurate
measurement data which can be used in a wide
range of industries, including helping to reduce the
drag of an aircraft’s wing, generating enormous fuel
savings for airlines. They can also help car bodies fi t
together better, enhancing quality and reducing cost,
or optimising the manufacturing of jet engines, making
them quieter and more effi cient. The company’s
products are 3D measurement systems using a
non-contact structured lighting technique. They bring
several unique advantages which are measurement
of very large objects, 360° measurement of complex
objects, at production line speeds and the ability
to measure “shiny” surfaces such as machined or
composite components.
Karen Cureton
e: k.cureton@phase.vision.com
Plasticraft
Process Plant Technology Group
Godiva Place
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 5PN
t: 024 7625 3099
w: www.plasticraft.co.uk
Plasticraft design, manufacture, install and commission
chemical process and surface treatment plant, effl uent
and water treatment plant, fume exhaust and fume
abatement systems, water recirculation equipment
and NDT FPI lines both manual and automatic. Most
plants supplied today include full computer control
and data logging with total traceability features to
meet the requirements of NADCAP.
Will Green
e: sales@plasticraft.co.uk
R E Bowers & Freeman Limited
15 Saffron Road
South Wigston
Leicestershire
LE18 4TG
t: 0116 278 5311
w: www.bowersfreeman.co.uk
Suppliers of heading punches and stamps to
aerospace; tooling for packaging of cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals and food.
John Bowers
e: info@bowersfreeman.co.uk
Roemheld (UK) Limited
Rubery House
The Avenue
Birmingham
West Midlands
B45 9AL
t: 0121 453 1414
w: www.roemheld.co.uk
Specialises in delivering fl exible, cost effective,
workholding solutions designed to increase work
throughput while also reducing handling times, raw
super alloy material costs per billet and overall
cycle times. Improving aerospace customers’
competitiveness by reducing set-up times and
increasing productivity. Roemheld is the sole UK
supplier of Hilma 5-Aixs vices, Stark zero point
mounting systems, System Bock, M-TECS magnetic
clamping and Kostyrka clamping sleeves. Workholding
solutions from Roemheld include: 5-Axis vices;
hydraulic workholding; swing clamps; quick change
die clamping systems; hydraulic clamping for bespoke
fi xturing; power units; zero point mounting; machine
vices.
Bill Neal
e: sales@roemheld.co.uk
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