One of the most exciting scalable, high-brightness screen technologies to emerge in recent years is being made available to hire as a large format display by Shearline.

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As the volume of new business increases at Shearline, the precision manufacturing company has introduced a team dedicated to rapid development of prototypes. It has also recently purchased two sophisticated 5-axis machines, which can allow the creation of fully functional metal prototypes ready for client testing.

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Shearline Precision Engineering has invested in two new Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) to ensure stringent accuracy both at the intermediate stages of manufacture, and in finished products.  It is also offering the facility as part of its prototyping service, as the equipment supports re-engineering of existing products or the generation of drawings after prototype acceptance.

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The rapid response capabilities of Hybrid Laser Tech, a division of Shearline Precision Engineering, have been boosted by a major investment in the latest laser positioning technology.

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Volatile world markets for raw materials have proved challenging for many manufacturers, but Shearline Precision Engineering (SPE) believes that there is an opportunity for British companies in the current turmoil.  SPE has recently strengthened its management team, to bring in significant additional expertise, expand its capacity in Design for Manufacture, and enhance its strong customer-focus.

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Cambridgeshire’s multi-award winning manufacturing organisation, Shearline, has announced that it is sponsoring the Institute for Manufacturing’s 2009 MET Design Show for the second year running.

Put on by third year engineering students at Cambridge University, the 2009 MET Design Show is part of the University’s Manufacturing Engineering Tripos programme and a chance for the best undergraduate manufacturing engineers to show off their ideas to local inventors, industrialists and designers looking to spot the next big thing.

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Four students from Cambridge University have won a commercial manufacturing award as part of the Manufacturing Engineering Trips programme, run by the University’s Institute for Manufacturing.

The ‘Shearline Manufacturability Award’ was presented by leading manufacturing organisation, Shearline, to a group of students who, as part of their design project, created a redesign of the precision pipette, one of the most commonly used laboratory instruments, to address ease of use and ergonomic issues.

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Cambridge, UK: Hybrid Laser Tech, one of the UK’s leading specialist laser cutting companies, has announced the appointment of bsr (Braun & Storie representatives GbR) as one of its European agents.

Under the terms of the agreement, Stuttgart-based bsr, will take responsibility for representing Hybrid Laser Tech and developing core business opportunities throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

With a solid understanding of different business cultures and industries throughout Europe, bsr provides effective communication links between businesses and potential customers and currently plays a pivotal role in business development and new product introduction for a number of other manufacturing organisations.

Kevin Thompson, Hybrid Laser Tech’s Sales and Marketing Manager, comments, “With buoyant market conditions in the micro-electronics industries throughout Europe, we were keen to appoint a representative to develop relationships and drive forward new business opportunities.

“The work that we undertake is quite specialised so we needed to partner with a company that not only understands the European markets but also the technicalities of sourcing and manufacturing components for the hybrid micro-electronics industries. bsr fits the bill perfectly and we are confident that it will play a significant role in growing our market presence throughout Europe.”

Hybrid Laser Tech, a wholly owned subsidiary of award-winning manufacturing organisation, Shearline, is firmly recognised as a world-wide leading supplier of precision cut ceramic substrates to a range of international clients in the micro-electronics, aerospace, scientific and medical and telecommunications sectors.

The company celebrated its 20^th Anniversary earlier this month by announcing a 35% sales increase for the financial period ending March 2008.

In its latest drive towards best practice, quality processes and environmental awareness and responsibility, award-winning manufacturing company, Shearline, has invested in an aqueous washing system from MecWash.

The new system, a Midi 400 cleaning station, features MecWash’s unique rotational washing technology, which uses water at elevated temperatures to produce consistently high levels of component cleaning. Through the replacement of traditional cleaning solvents such as trichloroethylene, the system will also make significant contributions to environmental improvements.

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Cambridgeshire-based Hybrid Laser Tech, a specialist laser cutting company, has marked its 20^th Anniversary with a strong increase in sales and the highest profit increase in the company’s history.

Originally formed in March 1988, Hybrid Laser Tech is now firmly established as a world-wide leading supplier of precision cut ceramic substrates to a range of international clients in the micro-electronics, aerospace, scientific and medical and telecommunications sectors.

In celebrating its 20^th Anniversary this month, the company, a wholly owned subsidiary of award winning manufacturing organisation, Shearline, has announced a sales increase of 35% for the financial period ending March 2008, additionally, the company has also reported a record-setting profit increase.

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