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At the forthcoming EMO show, engineers from Dugard Machine Tools will be on hand to welcome UK customers to the exhibition stands of some of its industry-leading technology partners. With a host of new innovations on show from Hanwha, SMEC, Chevalier,Ibarmia and Kitamura, the Dugard team will be in Hannover from the 18th to the […]

We have recently been approached by an individual called Michael Green from Oxford who claimed to have found a loophole in our web site Cookies that meant it failed to comply with legal requirements. Rather than be content with the fact that we addressed the problem immediately he continued to threaten legal action unless we […]

Like much of Europe, the UK is in the midst of a fuel crisis that is pushing the UK government to source more fuel from the North Sea as well as driving investment in the renewables industry. To capitalise upon this, we’ve employed Steven McBride as our new area sales manager to maximise opportunities in […]

At Dugard we’re very proud of our huge range of machine tools, we’ve got the widest range in the UK of horizontal and vertical lathes, machining centres, grinders and cobots.  Our choice of machines is so extensive we’ve definitely got a machine for you, whatever size you need or whatever your budget.  Watch the video […]

Supplied exclusively in the UK by Dugard, Chevalier have dominated the imported grinder market in Europe for over 30 years. 

MACH22 was an enormous success for Dugard, with orders taken and machines sold from the stand and plenty of customers to meet. During the show Paul Jones and the rest of the team at MTDCNC joined us on the stand for a bit more information about the machines we were showing. Lyndsey Vickers interviewed our […]

MACH 2022 proved a resounding success for Dugard Machine Tools, seeing us winning several orders and taking an unprecedented number of enquiries at the show. With four new machine tools on the stand, the crowds were certainly impressed by the breadth and diversity of the technology on show. It was a MACH debut and the […]

As the UK gradually returns to post-pandemic levels, we’ve has now appointed Alex Newman to support the unprecedented growth we’re enjoying across all brands in our portfolio. Joining us in January as an area sales manager, Alex has been employed to support customers and expand sales in the South West of the UK – further […]

Making its long-awaited return to exhibitions after the Covid-19 hiatus, Dugard Machine Tools will be introducing three machines at the Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Exhibition that takes place from the 8th to 10th February. On Stand J220 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, Dugard will be demonstrating the diversity of its portfolio with a Kitamura […]

As part of our ongoing growth strategy, we’ve employed two new Area Sales Managers to support customers along the M4 corridor, London, the South East and Norfolk areas. Mark Tipper has joined Dugard as the new Area Sales Manager for North London, Hertfordshire, Oxford and Norfolk whilst Mark Drummond has been appointed to support customers […]

At the forthcoming EMO exhibition, the principal partners of Dugard Machine Tools will be introducing a host of new machine tools that will be available from Dugard this autumn. The new arrivals include highly productive sliding head turning centres from Hanwha, robust turning centres from SMEC and multi-axis high-end machining centres from Kitamura. For manufacturers […]

As the UK gradually returns to post-pandemic levels, we’re happy to have appointed David Rawson to support the relentless growth that we are enjoying across all our brands. Joining us in April as the Area Sales Manager, David will be tasked with serving the rapidly growing customer base in the North of the UK. With […]

Hanwha sliding head CNC lathes at Dugard are a unique range from 7mm right up to 45mm on the sliding head (42mm guidebush and 45mm non guidebush sliding head).  Paul Jones from MTDCNC came to Hove to talk to Colin Thomson, our sliding head expert, watch the video underneath: Diverse range to cater for any industry […]

The Kitamura range of high speed, high precision vertical, horizontal and 5 axis machining centres manufactured in Japan are the newest addition to the strong profile of machine tools available at Dugard. 

If you have ever wanted to be the proud owner of a truly high-end machining centre and all the benefits within, now is the perfect time to buy with Dugard’s Summer Season Sale. As the UK’s exclusive agent for Kitamura machine tools, the Summer Season Deals now allows you to own the ‘best-in-class’ range of […]

With the ramp-up of the ‘Ventilator Challenge UK’ project to battle the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, we saw an unprecedented surge in enquiries and sales for our Hanwha range of sliding head turning centres. As manufacturers up and down the country switched production output to machining small turned components for the Ventilator Challenge UK, the attributes […]

For manufacturers all over the UK, this is a more critical time than ever. We’re here to help. During this time we will still be offering full sales, service and spare part support for our complete range of CNC machine tools. We know that in the coming months you may face increased demand, unforeseen maintenance […]

At MACH 2020 we were planning on demonstrating our most diverse and comprehensive range of machine tool options yet introducing no fewer than four new product lines to MACH visitors.  However, as you all know by now, MACH has been postponed until 25 – 28 January next year.  We were planning some show deals and […]

As part of our relentless and exciting growth strategy, Dugard have now become the sole UK and Ireland agent for the high-quality range of IBARMIA 5-axis moving column machining centres.

New year and exciting new opportunities

The Dugard range of cost-effective vertical machining centres has now evolved following extensive discussions with our Taiwanese partners to instigate enhancements throughout the already impressive range of VMCs.