Accu has won the prestigious 'Exporter of the Year' category at the 'Made in Yorkshire' awards, held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The company, alongside the other category winners from the evening, will now go forward to the national Made in the UK Awards in June.

Fabory has acquired Metrik Fasteners and Stern Instruments (jointly referred to as Metrik). With this step, Fabory further expands its specialist support across the Benelux petrochemical and energy markets. The acquisition underlines Fabory's role as a leading specialist in high-quality, critical fastening solutions.

At the Spence mining operation in northern Chile, steel versions of Nord-Lock's wedge-locking washers have been implemented to secure a critical machine asset under extreme conditions, ensuring reliable performance and improved safety.

Few engineering achievements capture the imagination quite like Concorde. Sleek, powerful and decades ahead of its time, the supersonic aircraft remains one of the most iconic examples of engineering innovation ever created. It is therefore a fitting backdrop for MachineBuilding.North 2026, a one-day event dedicated to the technologies and expertise shaping the future of machine building and industrial automation.

Diary date: Concorde Conference Centre, Manchester - Wednesday, 13th May 2026. MachineBuilding.North 2026 brings together machine builders, systems integrators, engineers and manufacturing professionals for a one-day event dedicated to machine building and industrial automation technologies.

Yorkshire's most innovative and dynamic manufacturers were in the spotlight at the Made in Yorkshire Awards 2026 - and Tadweld emerged as one of the night's standout winners, scooping up the Manufacturer of the Year (Under £10m) award.

Alastair Morris, Managing Director of Huddersfield-based Accu, one of the UK's fastest growing distributors of fasteners and components, travelled to Switzerland and Germany last week as part of Mayor Tracy Brabin's West Yorkshire trade mission.

In many production environments, cleaning processes are run conservatively because cleanliness may be hard to verify. The result is frequent cleaning fluid changes, unnecessary downtime, and higher operating costs, all justified in the name of risk reduction. Hydraulic cylinder manufacturer Burnside Hydracyl worked with Dyne Testing, an Intertronics brand, to replace assumption with measurement in its cylinder washing process.

Lohmann has entered into a new partnership with Techno Converting Services, who will represent Lohmann as the exclusive distributor in Egypt for the flexographic printing market.

ARNOLD UMFORMTECHNIK is focusing on diversification and working to reduce its dependence on the automotive sector. With a new "New Business Development" unit, the company is specifically tapping into new business areas. Students from the "Business Management" master's program at Heilbronn University helped pave the way for this.