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New Website!

Our new website was launched today designed by Design Image. It’s a total redesign with new features and we have brand new look to our blog.

Taking Stock

To be truly responsive, a sub contract facility needs to have a high level of autonomy; if we were dependent on a third party to supply essential materials or tooling then our ability to respond quickly to an urgent requirement … Read more »

Code Words

With the inexorable shift to digital data and electronic communication the whole process of enquiry, quotation, order placement & fulfilment has been significantly foreshortened. CAD Data models are now the common currency of manufacturing and the ability to accept component … Read more »

Focus on Five

In 2008, having recognised an underlying demand, Monolution took the bold step to invest in their first 5 axis CNC machining centre and have not looked back since. Now just three years on, 70% of all orders passing through the … Read more »

Summer Update

We were fortunate to start the year with a very full order book which only got bigger during the first quarter. We had then expected thing s to quiet down a little,  slackening   towards the end of the second quarter, … Read more »

When paying less can cost you more !

Very few, if any enlightened Buyers or Purchase Manager’s are likely to place orders solely on price, especially in the competitive area of sub-contract machining. Quality, lead time and confidence in the supplier are all significant considerations that influence that … Read more »

Help wanted ?

The recent good news about the UK economy’s return to growth, spearheaded by the manufacturing sector is certainly very welcome.  However many knowledgeable  voices are warning that there is a significant risk of this upturn  stalling because of an acute … Read more »