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As a manufacturer of fasteners with over 150 years of experience, Coventry-based Special Bolt Ltd can produce more than 100,000 pieces in a single day shift. This capacity has been boosted by the arrival of a Hanwha XE20 sliding head-turning centre from Dugard. Installed in 2021, the Hanwha XE20 has solved several issues for the […]

Arturn Precision Engineering Ltd has just invested in a Hanwha XD38II sliding head turning centre to enhance capacity and throughput at its Rugby-based facility. As a Tier 1 automotive supplier as well as a manufacturer for the fastener, electrical, food and pharmaceutical industries, Arturn is no stranger to high-volume production runs – this is where […]

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 […]

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 […]

Founded only five years ago, Grayline Engineering Ltd is a subcontract machine shop located in Woodbridge that typically reflects the general subcontract sector, manufacturing ‘anything and everything’ according to Managing Director Graham Chattenton. The majority of work undertaken by the Suffolk company generally comprises of small dimension batch and production runs of turned parts with […]

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 […]