Beakbane’s Matt Barnett has won the Engineering Apprentice of the Year Award at Worcester Group Training Association’s Annual Apprentice Awards Evening held at Worcester Warriors Rugby Club. Matt was one of Beakbane’s first advanced level apprentices. He joined the company in 2008 and is now entering the final six months of an HNC in Engineering […]

Beakbane’s decision to exhibit at EMO, the world’s largest machine tool exhibition, has paid dividends as the team returned with a wealth of new contacts and enquiries. EMO, which is held in in Hanover, Germany, is the main international showcase for machine tools and manufacturing technology, attracting 140,000 visitors and over 2,000 exhibitors from around […]

Kidderminster-based bellows and machinery protection specialist Beakbane is extending its apprenticeship programme to ensure it has the skilled workforce it needs for the future. Beakbane already has three apprentices on its payroll, has just recruited two more and has now committed to recruit a further two in 2012. The apprentices, who are recruited and trained […]

Beakbane has invested in new plant and facilities and taken on new staff after winning a contract from Heller UK to manufacture hundreds of heavy fabrications for machining centre tool magazines. Kidderminster-based Beakbane is producing one magazine fabrication a day for Heller UK – and is already planning for increased volumes. Beakbane is a leading […]

Beakbane will showcase its portfolio of machine protection products and contract manufacturing services for machine tool builders at the EMO exhibition in Hannover from 19 to 24 September. Products designed and manufactured by the Kidderminster-based company are used by leading machine tool OEMs around the world. They include telescopic slideway covers, folding concertina covers for […]

Protective covers from Beakbane will help scientists at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, in their quest to push back the frontiers of medical knowledge. The first cover has just been installed on the experimental table of the newly upgraded I04 beamline, which will go back online in July; two more covers will […]

Kidderminster-based Beakbane Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of bellows and machinery protection systems, has invested £500,000 in a new TruMatic 6000 high performance CNC punch-laser combination machine from TRUMPF. Purchased as part of its ongoing investment programme, the new machine will ensure high accuracy, consistency and reliability of component production. Furthermore, the large format (3050 […]

Kidderminster-based bellows and machinery protection specialist Beakbane has announced the retirement of Managing Director Barry Reeves. He will hand over the reins to Mike Southwell, who joins the company from TRW. Mike was previously Managing Director of TRW Conekt, which specialises in advanced sensing, control and actuation devices, and Portfolio Director for TRW European Steering […]

Beakbane has developed new protective bellows that make it easier, cheaper and safer to service the equipment used to handle hazardous radioactive material. The Kidderminster-based bellows and machinery protection specialist has already received a substantial order to supply these to the waste vitrification plant at Sellafield Ltd. The bellows, known in the nuclear industry as […]

comm Technologies rationalises machinery protection system manufacturer’s IT infrastructure by 70% with virtualised server and storage environments to support a critical ERP system upgrade. Beakbane Ltd manufactures and distributes systems that protect machinery from environmental hazards. Based in Kidderminster and setup in 1954, the business employs 120 staff and operates globally in sectors ranging from […]