The Japanese 30-taper machining centre manufacturer Brother has had a machine in its portfolio with a one-metre X-axis for nearly a decade. The third iteration of this model, launched in April 2023, has seen the specification uprated in several key areas to boost capacity and versatility.
Launched in October 2021 by Brother at the EMO exhibition in Milan, the new Speedio W1000Xd1 30-taper, vertical machining centre has a 1m X-axis, like the S1000X1 model that it supersedes.
Whitehouse Machine Tools appoints sales and marketing director
14 January 2021 • In News
Peter Smith, newly appointed sales and marketing director at Whitehouse Machine Tools
Effective from the beginning of January 2021, Kenilworth-based Whitehouse Machine Tools, the UK and Ireland sales agent for several high-profile machine tool manufacturers in the Far East and Europe, has appointed Peter Smith to the new position of sales and marketing director.
He is a board member, working alongside joint managing directors Tim Whitehouse and Tom Hughes, and a stakeholder in the business.
Mr Smith brings with him a wealth of knowledge and directly relevant experience in rotational and prismatic metalcutting machinery, having held senior positions in UK machine tool sales for over two decades, including in subsidiaries of global OEMs.