Taking place before local tier restrictions and national lockdowns, Susan Addison, Air Sector Procurement Director for BAE Systems and her team visited Hollygate Aircraft Components (‘Hollygate’), Hyde Group’s Stockport-based specialist facility for the machining of safety-critical aerospace and defence components.

Specialist machinist of safety-critical components for aerospace and defence applications, Hollygate Aircraft Components, was presented ‘virtually’ with its recently-awarded SC21 Operational Excellence Bronze award at the Farnborough Airshow online event.

A significant milestone has been reached on the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR) decommissioning project, with the shield doors manufacture commencing one week ahead of project schedule.

Hyde is pleased to announce it has achieved accreditation to the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) Stage 2.

The Hyde Group recently attained Cyber Essentials PLUS accreditation.

We’re delighted to announce that Richard Watson has recently joined Hyde Aero Products as Associate Business Development Director, working with existing and new clients and helping position the company for growth.

The Okuma MB-8000H was installed earlier in the year at SG Instruments to provide increased capability and capacity for existing and new clients across both high volume and small batch runs.

We’re proud to report that our Victoria Production Engineering business has spent the last week diligently manufacturing parts for the Ventilator Challenge UK consortium.

The success of a Heckert HEC 800 X5 5-axis machining centre on titanium machining at Hyde Group’s Hollygate Aircraft Components has subsequently led to the installation of a similar Heckert machine at sister Group company Victoria Production Engineering, for processing stainless steel parts.

Hyde Aero Products Group has celebrated the outstanding success of six members of its team who have graduated from the Sharing in Growth Lighthouse Team Leader Academy.

Sadie Kennedy is an Engineering Apprentice at Hyde Details (Fabrications & Welding). Prior to starting her apprenticeship Sadie was working at Aldi, but this was just a stop gap because she wanted to do a more practical, hands-on job. She enrolled onto a short MIG welding course and that is when her passion for welding began.

Great achievement by Hyde Group apprentice Lewis Harrison for earning Runner Up/Highly Commended in the Inspiring Learner Award at Oldham Training Centre.

Fantastic work by the team at Hollygate Aircraft Components in recently achieving an SC21 Bronze award for recognition of supply chain performance.

The first machining centre built by German manufacturer Hermle to be installed at a Hyde Group company has been operating around the clock since April this year (2019) at Stoneswood Precision Components.

Victoria Production Engineering, a Hyde Aero Products company, has recently invested in a new CNC turning centre from Mazak that increases our large turning capacity and multi-tasking capability for medium and large-diameter parts.

Mazak Quick Turn 350MA turning centre installed at Victoria Production Engineering