Conference goer buys high-speed machine

An European Trade and Exhibition Services product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 5, 2007

Innov8es purchased a Datron M8 high-speed machine, the big brother of the Datron M7, at the recent Southern Manufacturing and Electronics exhibition at Thorpe Park, Surrey.

When you are in the capital equipment business, selling sophisticated CNC machine tools, you don't expect to sell your products on the stand at an exhibition.

But that is exactly what happened to Datron Technology of Milton Keynes during its first visit to the recent Southern Manufacturing and Electronics exhibition at Thorpe Park, Surrey.

Matthew Turner and David Piper, partners in rapid manufacturing company Innov8es, were also exhibiting at the exhibition, purchased a Datron M8 high-speed machine, the big brother of the Datron M7, which was on the stand.

Innov8es' business involves the production of plastic parts and it has CNC machines for the purpose, but not high-speed ones.

The M8, with its large machining area in a small floor space, specially designed for efficient and precise machining of non-ferrous metals, aluminium and plastics, was just what Innov8es was looking for.

So a deal was done on the stand, with the machine delivered from stock as soon as possible after the show.

Innov8es, established by David and Matthew in 2003, aims to help customers achieve tight time to market goals by supplying quality prototype parts quickly.

A recent example of this was a skinned and foamed soft-feel component for the cockpit of the new Landrover Freelander.

The Southern Manufacturing and Electronics exhibition, now in its tenth year at Thorpe Park in Surrey, is one of a number of regional shows organised by ETES.

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