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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Beakbane has developed new protective bellows that make it easier, cheaper and safer to service the equipment used to handle hazardous radioactive material.

Leading bellows and machinery protection specialist Beakbane has invested in a £100,000 test suite. At the heart of the facility is a purpose-built CNC rig for testing protective machine tool covers.

Components exported by bellows and machinery protection specialist Beakbane are playing an important role in cleaning up oil in the Mexican Gulf after the explosion on BP's exploration rig.

When Avon Barrier needed a safety skirt for its new shallow-bed road-blocker it turned to bellows and machinery protection specialist Beakbane.

New composite engine stone guards from Beakbane will save train operating companies money, time and fuel.