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Bob Bunting Visits Bunting’s Expanding European Operation
Since 2017, the Bunting Group’s European operation has expanded considerably with investment and expansion in manufacturing facilities as well as several company acquisitions. For the first time since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic in 2020, Bunting’s President and CEO, Bob Bunting, travelled across to the United Kingdom for a tour of the European operations.…
Read MoreBunting Acquires Pilamec
Bunting has acquired Gloucestershire-based powder milling and blending specialist Pilamec. Pilamec further broadens the Bunting product portfolio. Since becoming a limited company in 1976, Pilamec has developed a reputation as a leading specialist supplier of materials and size reduction services to amongst other things the chemical, metal and ceramic industries. At their Gloucestershire operation, Pilamec…
Read MoreGreat Customer Feedback
Bunting’s core business strategy is to be “easy to do business with” and whilst we try to include this mentality in everything that we do everyday, it’s not always easy to know that this strategy has been a success. It’s a fact of business life that contacts within customers and suppliers, with whom we’ve developed…
Read MoreRecord Year for Magnetising Equipment Sales
Sales of Magnetising Equipment in 2021 hit an all-time record high for Bunting’s Berkhamsted, UK operation. The success is the result of ongoing development of a wide range of bench-top and industrial magnetisers, as well as magnet setters. Magnetiser Development Bunting is unique as a company designing and manufacturing both magnetising equipment and magnets. The…
Read More33rd Ewing Event: Magnetics in Carbon 2050
Matthew Swallow, Bunting’s Technical Products Manager and Vice Chair of the UK Magnetics Society, reports on the society’s 33rd Ewing Conference held in Warwick, UK in December 2021 and sponsored by Bunting. This year’s annual event focused on the key role played by magnetics in tackling climate change. The seminar looked at magnet production and…
Read MoreBunting-Berkhamsted 2021 Review
In another year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic, a global shortage of materials, staff shortages, and transport delays matched with rising prices have created new challenges for manufacturing companies. Nevertheless, challenges often come with opportunities, especially with a growing importance for magnets as used in evolving green technology. An Electric Future? Throughout 2021, the world’s…
Read MoreExpanded Magnetic Solutions from MagDev at Southern Manufacturing 2022
Following the recent acquisition by Bunting, MagDev is exhibiting an expanded range of magnets, magnet assemblies, soft magnetics, and magnetising solutions on stand E190 at the 2022 Southern Manufacturing & Electronics show (Farnborough, UK, 8-10 February). MagDev is a member of the Bunting Group, which is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of…
Read MoreNew Management Team at Bunting
The promotion of two long-standing employees to the management team follows a sustained period of sales growth at both Bunting’s UK operations in Redditch and Berkhamsted, and a recent company acquisition. David Lewis – Quality Manager David Lewis has accepted the challenge of becoming Quality Manager for all European facilities. As Bunting’s customer base evolves,…
Read MoreMagnetising Fixture Winding for Magnet Ring Sensor Project
Bunting’s engineering team work with companies on many magnet product designs, from concept through to manufacture. This project focused on the feasibility of designing, manufacturing, and supplying a permanent magnet ring to produce a sinusoidally varying flux density waveform for a sensor application. A sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical curve that describes a…
Read MoreMagDev Acquired by Bunting
The acquisition of UK-based magnet and magnet assembly manufacturer MagDev Ltd by Bunting expands the range of magnetic solutions and technical expertise offered by the global magnetics group. The extended product portfolio and additional magnet engineering knowledge confirms Bunting’s premier position in the European magnetics sector. MagDev History MagDev was part of the Delta Magnet…
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