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The Empire strikes back

Monday October 16 2023

Founded back in 2007 with an initial purchase of three sliding head turning centres, Empire Manufacturing Ltd is a company that has gone from strength to strength. In 2012, it moved to a larger facility and subsequently added more sliding head turning centres, with machining centres, measuring equipment and fixed head turning centres following suit. […]

Dugard delivers the solution to DGF

Thursday August 31 2023

Founded in 2005, DGF Engineering Ltd has been on a continuous growth trajectory and at every step of the way, the Hertfordshire manufacturer has turned to Dugard for its industry-leading machine tools. The company started its investment in Dugard machines with the Dugard 1000 3-axis VMC – this has since been followed by a SMEC […]

Dugard at EMO 2023

Tuesday August 1 2023

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 […]

Take a look at the impressive range of machine tools at Dugard

Friday January 20 2023

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 […]

Dugard turns-Up productivity with fixed & sliding head lathes

Wednesday November 16 2022

Companies with the heritage of AW Engineering Ltd are very rare. Founded in 1908 by Alfred Wood, the subcontractor switched its workload to munitions and aircraft parts during World War II and ever since, the company has remained under the stewardship of the same family. In 2020, almost 101 years to the day being at […]

From delivery to production in 24 hours

Tuesday October 4 2022

With the turned components at DGF Engineering Ltd increasingly needing secondary milling operations on machining centres, the Royston-based subcontractor recently acquired a SMEC SL 2000M turning centre from Dugard. Founded in 2005, the Hertfordshire manufacturer produces a diverse range of components for a variety of industry sectors – it is here the Dugard SMEC has […]

MTD Live from MACH22

Tuesday May 17 2022

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 […]

Orders taken at MACH

Thursday April 21 2022

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 […]

Alex Newman joins the team in the South West

Monday February 7 2022

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 […]

Dugard to Show Diverse Machine Range at Southern Manufacturing

Friday December 17 2021

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 […]

Dugard New Machines at EMO 2021

Wednesday September 8 2021

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 […]

Dugard adds to its growing team

Monday April 26 2021

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 […]

Grayline Engineering Ltd turn to Dugard

Thursday October 29 2020

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 […]

Videos

Wednesday March 25 2020

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MACH may be postponed but we still have amazing machine offers

Wednesday March 18 2020

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 […]

Siemens delivers simplicity on Dugard machines

Friday November 15 2019

Benfleet based Wilson Tool & Engineering Ltd has recently purchased a brand new SMEC SL2000 turning centre from Dugard and MTDCNC’s Paul Jones visited the Essex subcontractor to take a look at the new installation.

Southern Manufacturing 2019

Monday January 7 2019

5 – 7 February 2019, FIVE, Farnborough

Hanwha ranges launched at Dugard open house

Friday September 14 2018

Made in South Korea, Hanwha sliding head CNC lathes and collaborative robots are now available exclusively at Dugard.  Both ranges were launched at our 2018 open house, 17 & 18 October at the Hove showroom.

See our new range of Hanwha cobots at the open house – 17 & 18 October

Wednesday August 1 2018

The Dugard 2018 open house is set to be held on 17 and 18 October at our head office in Hove (BN3 7BX).

The busiest Dugard open house yet

Monday October 23 2017

There was a great turnout at the Dugard open house – with over a hundred customers making the trip down to Hove in just 2 days, it’s most definitely the busiest so far. 

Dugard 52 Swiss type CNC lathe launches at our open house – 18 & 19 October

Thursday September 14 2017

We’re opening the doors at Dugard on 18th and 19th October for our open house and we’ve got some really exciting things to show you.