Sheetmetal News

Sheet Metal Band

Posted on 18, Jan

Maybe you’re a tinbasher with a secret hankering to create a futuristic musical mash-up along the lines of Blade Runner vs Deliverance. Or, perhaps you’re at a loss what to do with that mouldy galvanised sheeting at the back of your steel rack. Any pig-squealing city boys in the house? Then again, you could be [...]

Steve Strips Search for Steel

Posted on 16, Jan

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Steve at Steel Strip has started a Google Steel Search Engine. You can read more about it here.

Northern Manufacturing 2006

Posted on 3, Oct

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Anybody fancy a trip to Northern Manufacturing 2006? It’s free, it’s in Sheffield and it’s happening this week on the 4th and 5th. Northern Manufacturing 2006 is the exciting new exhibition for North and North West’s manufacturers. If you’re in the Automotive / Autosport, Aerospace, Rail, Defence, Food & Drink, ICT, Chemical, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Packaging [...]

SKILLED/SEMI SKILLED SHEET METAL WORKER – Colne, Lancashire, UK

Posted on 27, Jul

Here’s the job ad we currently have up at the local job centre (talk about old skool): * Job Title: * SKILLED/SEMI SKILLED SHEET METAL WORKER * COF/17807 Location: COLNE Hours: 38 PER WEEK, 8.30AM – 4.30PM, MONDAY – FRIDAY Wage: COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY Work Pattern: Days Employer: Butler Sheet metal Ltd Pension: No [...]

A Future For Futures In Steel?

Posted on 7, Jul

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Obviously I haven’t got where I am today without successfully speculating on the commodities market. However, there seems to be a minor storm in a metal teacup over the idea of a steel futures contract with quite a few of the leading steelmakers sticking the boot in: No less than five top executives of some [...]

Reuters Industry Summits: Manufacturing

Posted on 17, May

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Some of you may find the latest Reuters Industry Summit on Manufacturing quite useful: Top executives from the biggest and most influential financial companies converged in New York today for the Reuters Manufacturing Industry Outlook to reveal their plans for the businesses and views on key developments in the wider industry. Reuters Industry Summits bring [...]

The Fabricator Blog

Posted on 2, May

Well The Fabricator now has a blog and it seems to tick all the right boxes. It has several contributors ranging from various members of the editorial team to the web content manager and it should be an informative little read for those who already use The Fabricator. It also has a nice mixture of [...]