Press Release Archive
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The Openhouse event held last month at 600 Europe’s Heckmondwike site has been heralded as a great success for the Group.
Investment in a Colchester-Harrison Tornado TT6 Twin Turret CNC turn-mill centre from 600 UK is paying handsome dividends in machining accuracy, speed and cost-value for one of the largest stainless steel engineering specialists in the north of England.
Operators of older British-built Colchester and Harrison traditional centre lathes, which may have been in service for several decades, can now have them cost-effectively re-engineered to ‘as new’ condition by the original manufacturers.
A strategic product development team has been created within The 600 Group’s Machine Tools Division, to focus on product strategy and new product development for the Group’s global markets.
Mike Berry has been appointed Managing Director of 600 Europe, responsible for managing and developing the Group’s newly centralised machine tools business in the UK and Continental Europe.
British machine tools specialist, 600 UK - based at Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire - has announced the appointment of Howard Bamforth, 44, as its new Sales Director.
The 600 Group has unveiled details of its recent investment in its main UK manufacturing site at Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire.
600 UK announces 'OPENHOUSE' event from 10 to 12 November 2009
A leading East Anglian hydraulics specialist, with a history of more than 30 years’ success in the industry, has invested in its first large-capacity manual/CNC combination lathe - a top-of-the-range Colchester-Harrison Alpha 1800XS.
In the face of the current economic climate, 600 Lathes has come out fighting with a new management structure and a plan to introduce a range of new technologies.


















