Ideas and Values – Small is Beautiful
In 1973 Ernst Schumacher published a fascinating little book “Small is beautiful “ in which his proposition was that – Man’s current pursuit of profit and progress, which promotes giant organizations and increased specialization, has in fact resulted in gross…
What is the meaning of the term ‘Quality’ ?
Customers often say that they take quality for granted or as assumed. The dictionary defines ‘quality‘ as – “the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.” This definition implies…
Foils For Li-Ion Batteries
“Phew what a scorcher”, “the hottest summer since ‘76 “, “hosepipe ban!”, “Hotter than Greece”. These have been the headlines this summer of 2018. Clearly something is afoot with drought conditions and forest fires in Greece and the USA. Conditions…
The Versatile Titanium Foil
Take a walk in any High Street, order a cocktail in a fashionable bar or just stay at home and watch the football but in each place you will see that Pogonophilia is bang on todays fashion. Boys and girls…
Sailing Through The Air With Stainless Steel Foils
Looking up at the huge turbine I am dwarfed by the scale and enormity of the fan blades. The classic spiral pattern on the dome shaped spinner is mesmerising. It is hard to imagine that soon this aircraft will be…
Brexit and it’s Impact on Supply Chain
Whatever your personal view on Brexit we can be certain of two things .It will happen and it will have an impact on manufacturing supply chains. Since we joined the EEC in 1972 we have got used the easy supply…
Precision Wires are a lifeline….
You have been taken ill and have to go into hospital. Your life is on the line and you put your trust not only in the skilled healthcare professionals and high-tech medical equipment…..but in a wire too? Yes precision wires…
Fine Wire – The Multi-use Dream
I have never thought too much about Fine wire until I was tasked to selling it. It can often be overlooked but many everyday applications require some form of fine wire which has be produced for specific purposes. Firstly there…
Precision Steel Wire – Making Beautiful Music
You turn the key or press the start button, give it a little throttle and the engine bursts into life, beyond your feet under the bonnet you have that throaty roar of an Alpha Romeo that once echoed down the…
Oil Tempered Spring Wire
Oil Tempered Spring wire is produced by taking usually a silicon-chrome steel and hardening inline to tensiles of around 2000MPa. Oil tempered wire is used widely in the automotive industry for a number of different applications but predominantly suspension springs…