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The AKI Team are Mighty Hikers...!

12 Sep 2023

On Saturday the 9th September, members of the AKI Team, with some much missed AKI alumni, conquered the Wye Valley Mighty Hike to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support! The day was one of the hottest of 2023, and the hike proved a huge challenge for all that took part, taking between 8.75 and ...

Staubli 6 Axis Robot Joins AKI Team

01 Jun 2012

Today has been a very exciting day for all at A K Industries, as it marked the arrival of our new 6 Axis RX130 Staubli Robot. This is not the first Robot to be purchased by AKI, the five 3 Axis Robots on site are currently being used alongside a number of different machines on the shop floor. The...
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AKI Purchases 23rd Arburg Press

01 Dec 2011

A K Industries relationship with the machine manufacturer ARBURG now spans over a whopping 15 years. Our first press purchased from the company was back in 1998, and since then we have added a further 22 to our growing collection! This week marks the arrival of a new addition to the machinery fami...
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AKI To Exhibit At Interplas 2011

22 Sep 2011

AKI will be exhibiting at the Interplas exhibition to be held at the NEC between 27th and 29th September 2011. Come and see us on stand A14, opposite the link to the TCTLive and MMLive exhibitions.
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AKI makes its mark in CNC pad printing

13 Apr 2010

Product finishing at AKI includes five-colour CNC Tampo pad printing of text and logos onto flat or curved surfaces. The company’s customised Kent CNC pad printing machine of Canadian manufacture is unique in Europe. This versatile and adaptable machine with fully automated three-axis handling...
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Variable speed compressor saves on energy bills

13 Apr 2010

The new Ingersoll Rand compressor supplying compressed air to the AKI factory at Hereford has a variable speed motor to match air generation more exactly to system demand. It stops compressor leaks and works more efficiently than previous fixed speed units. Many companies are still unwittingly opera...
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Plastics Design & Moulding 2010

13 Apr 2010

Come and see us on Stand C26 - in Hall 3 by the Conference Area at Plastics Design & Moulding (PDM) 2010 Running at the Telford International Exhibition Centre, 18-20 May.
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WinMan ERP system goes live at AKI

13 Apr 2010

Replacing the Infor system written in Germany and used at AKI for the past seven years, a new WinMan ERP system is going live at A K Industries. It is intended to take the company up to the stage of a fully integrated manufacturing management, accounting, estimating and company relationship manageme...
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AKI lights the way for Wolf

13 Apr 2010

Claimed to be possibly the most complex two-shot moulding ever produced, AKI is currently manufacturing the two-shot moulded body and lens ring enclosure, in distinctive black and yellow colours, for the all-new ATEX approved, Wolflite XT, rechargeable handlamp for explosive environments. Other comp...
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Monitoring the process precisely

13 Apr 2010

The new Mattec system is connected to all of the 31 injection moulding machines on the shopfloor at AKI. Mattec performs the production scheduling, collects data and sends it back to the WinMan ERP system, for instance showing how many good and bad mouldings have been produced. Currently the Mattec...
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Design for manufacture leads to sales growth

01 Apr 2007

Leading diagnostics company Tepnel turned to Hereford based injection moulding company AKI to improve the quality of their allergen testing kits. The original design was a four piece unit that was time consuming to assemble and caused difficulties for the user as well as manufacturing problems. AKI ...
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