Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools Limited

German multi-spindle automatic lathe manufacturer, INDEX, has introduced a six-spindle CNC machine of 40 mm bar capacity, aware that the vast majority of mill-turned components required by industry falls within this size range. The new multi sits between 32 mm and 52 mm capacity models in the MultiLine range, but the price is closer to that of the smaller machine.

Burke E. Porter Machinery has acquired the automotive test rig business of Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools, Gosport, UK. The acquisition will enable Burke Porter to expand its product range to include vehicle powertrain component test solutions.

Most medical component manufacturers, such as lower limb prosthetics and orthotics specialist, Chas A Blatchford & Sons, are finding that the market is demanding ever more complex products in increasingly short time frames. One effect of this has been to put pressure on the company’s research and development (R&D) department in Basingstoke, not least in the machine shop where turned and milled components for prototypes are produced.