| UK companies working in manufacturing industries | | | | CNC machine shop services. |
| such as precision engineering are bullish about the | | | | Domestically in the UK, government too plays a part, |
| future of their business, with British businesses | | | | with grants to purchase equipment such as CNC |
| expecting to recover better than their American | | | | lathes and milling machines. It does so under the |
| counterparts. It is argued that US firms have cut | | | | Grant for Business Investment programme. Typical of |
| deeper into their headcount and as a result, the UK | | | | the industries that benefit are expert CNC and EDM |
| companies are better-placed to deliver better | | | | precision machine shops, producing complex or |
| services in the CNC machining market in the coming | | | | difficult to machine components that need very close |
| months. | | | | tolerance machining, including 5 axis machining, |
| What is more, 72 percent of British precision | | | | micromachining, wire EDM, and 3 4 and 5 axis CNC |
| engineering businesses expect there will be a number | | | | machining. All of this is achieved via state of the art |
| of acquisition opportunities in the sector over the | | | | machines and a highly trained and motivated |
| course of the next 18 months. The relatively smaller | | | | workforce. 5 Axis CNC Machining is for incredibly |
| size of the UK's manufacturing firms compared to the | | | | demanding machining of complex designs to execute |
| giants of China, the US and elsewhere has made | | | | a very accurate component. True 5 axis machining. |
| them more able to adapt quickly to the changing | | | | CNC Machining - 3 and 4 Axis CNC machining services |
| environment. Many UK manufacturers have generally | | | | are for close tolerance applications. While precision |
| taken strong, sensible measures and are surviving | | | | engineering companies boast specialism in 5 Axis |
| and even thriving. UK machine tools manufacturers | | | | work, 4 Axis Milling is for the truly discriminating |
| have sought out contracts further afield in Eastern | | | | needs of the aerospace and fibre industries. Precision |
| Europe with some success. Machine tool companies | | | | Machining is defined by exacting tolerances of.00004" |
| currently identify aerospace as a target market. | | | | to.004" (one to one hundred microns). |