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Bespoke Extraction at a major Aerospace Manufacturer

The recent application of a multi Mistbuster Installation combined with machine guarding improvements, both carried out by Brown & Holmes…

Case Studies 21 Jan 21

Apprentices 2021

In the picture we have Finn, Dan, Troy, Lewis and Milosz all who have joined us recently. We feel it…

News 11 Jan 21

Workholding for Mazak INTEGREX E-1250V/8S 5-AXIS

Mazak approached Brown and Holmes to provide a Workholding solution for their INTEGREX E-1250V/8S 5-AXIS Machine Tool. The end users…

Case Studies 06 Jan 21

COVID-19 statement 4th January 2021

Following the UK Prime Minister’s statement on 4th January regarding the country’s next lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Brown…

News 05 Jan 21

Atling Steady Rests

Brown and Holmes have been selected by Alting to support the supply of their fanstastic Hydraulic Steady Rests in the…

News 04 Jan 21

Coolant Saver

We have recently installed a Coolant Saver on our Doosan VMC. The concept is very simple, leading to an effective…

Case Studies 09 Dec 20

Under the Covers

This is an insight under the swarf covers of an Hydraulic fixtures in assembly for a Blue Chip Customer. A…

Case Studies 19 Nov 20

COVID-19 statement 31st October 2020

Following the UK Prime Minister’s statement on 31st October regarding the country’s second lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Brown…

News 10 Nov 20

3D Printer Capacity

When your customer needs a printed part larger than the print capacity of our Fortus 450mc Brown & Holmes (Tamworth)…

Case Studies 02 Nov 20

Introducing Eva

Brown & Holmes is pleased to announce we have joined Automata as a UK based distributor of Eva We are excited…

News 23 Oct 20

Brown and Holmes Versatile Workholding Solutions

Kevin speaks with Gio about Brown and Holmes offering of a trunion fixture utilising Zero Point System to give the…

YouTube 05 Oct 2020

Have You Seen A Machine Bed Like This Before

Kevin Ward talks to Gio about the ZPS integrated directly into the machine tools bed. This solution replaces the original…

YouTube 15 Sep 2020

NEW 4th and 5th Axis Rotary Tables Now Available In The UK

Kevin talks with Gio about the Peiseler Units now available through Brown and Holmes

YouTube 11 Sep 2020

Intelligent Automation from Brown & Holmes

A video with Gio from MTDCNC speaking with Kevin Ward about a Techman CoBot solution, design and integrated by Brown…

YouTube 02 Sep 2020

Brown & Holmes 3D Printing Technology

Mick Waller talks about the two 3D printers we have at Brown and Holmes, dicussing the materials and load space.…

YouTube 25 Aug 2020

Are You Looking For A Workholding Solution (Fresmak/DMG/Workholding)

Gio talks to Mark Hyde about Workholding solutions, and presenting the Fresmak vice solution on our new DMG.

YouTube 24 Aug 2020

Brown and Holmes install MB500 on a Hurco VM10

Following up on a website enquiry a new customer to Brown and Holmes from Aylesbury requested extraction on his new…

Case Studies 13 Aug 20

Successful mirgration from OHSAS18001 to ISO45001

  Wayne Baker our Quality and HSE Manager has led the team to an extremely successful migration from OHSAS18001 to…

News 12 Aug 20

Nissan reduce smoke and mist extraction costs

Wanting to eradicate the smoke and mist created on their CNC machines during production, Nissan Motor Corporation recently installed MistBuster850…

Case Studies 27 Apr 20

Eliminating smoke contamination from EDMs

Mist and smoke in a precision engineering workshop is not just a problem related to milling and turning applications, recently…

Case Studies 20 Apr 20

Mazak 5 axis machining fixture

When Mazak needed an urgent fixture to support their new machine launch, we were happy to help. The brief was…

Case Studies 08 Apr 20

An introduction to Peiseler Rotary Tables

Brown and Holmes is now the exclusive UK and Ireland agents/distributors for Peiseler indexers, trunnions and special pallet systems. Brown…

YouTube 06 Apr 2020

Mark Haywood joins B&H as Business Development Manager

We’re delighted that Mark Haywood has joined Brown and Holmes as Business Development Manager.  Mark brings a wealth of expereince in…

News 06 Apr 20

Brown and Holmes appointed Peiseler agent for UK and Ireland

We’re delighted to announce that Brown and Holmes is now the exclusive UK and Ireland agents/distributors for Peiseler indexers, trunnions…

News 03 Apr 20

Low ceiling solution for mist and smoke extraction

These two installations at Multigrind Services Ltd show how the MistBuster850 COMPACT smoke and mist extraction units can be utilised…

Case Studies 26 Mar 20

COVID-19 statement 24th March 2020

Brown and Holmes  - COVID-19 Statement 24 March 2020   Following the UK Prime Minister’s statement on 23 March regarding…

News 24 Mar 20

Welding air cleaner solutions available from Brown and Holmes

Following scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, The Workplace Health Expert Committee endorsed the reclassification of…

News 11 Mar 20

How Important Is Air Filtration To You (Mistbuster)

Mistbuster engineering and machining air filtration also available for hospitality, leisure and agricultural sectors.

YouTube 07 Feb 2020

Employee of the year 2019

We’re thrilled to announce the winner of Brown & Holmes’ 2019 Employee of the Year is Neil (pictured) who joined…

News 06 Feb 20

Brown and Holmes congratulate Tigers' England players

A number of Brown and Holmes’ management team enjoyed an evening out at Leicester Tigers. The event was organised to welcome home…

News 03 Dec 19

Brown and Holmes at Mazak EMO Encore 2019

Brown and Holmes is delighted to be taking part in Mazak’s EMO Encore UK Open House on 3-5 December 2019. The event…

News 15 Nov 19

TM Robot Machine Tending Application

Techman Robot in action Brown and Holmes workholding solutions Tamworth UK

YouTube 05 Nov 2019

Brown and Holmes celebrates 80th anniversary

Brown and Holmes is celebrating 80 years of being in business! We were founded just before the outbreak of WWII…

News 28 Oct 19

Techman robots now offer higher payload and longer reach

The Techman range of intelligent, collaborative robots (with built in vision) now come with higher payloads and longer reach. Smart,…

News 25 Oct 19

Teamwork wins at Brown and Holmes

Teamwork is something we are really proud of at Brown and Holmes and we are always grateful for the extra…

News 14 Oct 19

Fresmak vice features at Open House

Many thanks to Mills CNC for allowing Brown & Holmes to show our Fresmak vice tower on their Doosan NHP4000.…

News 14 Oct 19

Case Study: ENGSOL cleans up with the MistBuster 850 unit

ENGOL in Newbury (UK) offer design and manufacturing. They have some of the latest in advanced machinery, including CNC machines and…

Case Studies 12 Oct 19

Brown and Holmes wins manufacturing award

Brown and Holmes’ joint managing directors, Kevin Ward and Carl Baker were very proud to collect the Manufacturing Award at the…

News 09 Oct 19

EMO19 GIO Mistbuster

Improve air quality with MistBuster smoke and mist extraction The MistBuster from Brown and Holmes improves air quality by providing…

YouTube 02 Oct 2019

Brown and Holmes appointed MistBuster’s sole UK agent

Brown and Holmes is delighted to have been appointed the sole UK agent for MistBuster whose smoke and mistextraction units improve air quality.…

News 30 Sep 19

Carl and Dave celebrate 40 years a-piece!

As Brown and Holmes celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, two of our team are marking milestones of their own. Carl Baker…

News 07 Aug 19

Robots attract interest at MIM 2019

A busy time was had at the Made In the Midlands Expo 2019, which took place at the Ricoh Arena…

News 22 Jul 19

Welcome to new apprentice Finn

Investing in the local area by providing apprenticeships has been important to Brown and Holmes since we were founded in…

News 05 Jul 19

Robotics showcased at Made in the Midlands Expo 2019

Our stand at the Made in the Midlands Expo 2019 on 20 June will feature the latest in robotics as well…

News 19 Jun 19

Mazak Open House

Brown and Holmes enjoyed being part of Mazak’s recent Open House. Showcasing our workholding solutions, we enjoyed discussing how the many different options with the visitors,…

News 14 Jun 19

Swarf and Chips Brown and Holmes interview

Swarf and Chips interview with Kevin Ward of Brown and Holmes Tamworth Limited

YouTube 07 Jun 2019

Trunnion case study

Change-over speed vs accuracy vs future flexibility is a common dilemma for manufacturing companies. However, workholding solutions from Brown and…

Case Studies 28 May 19

Brown and Holmes Trunion

Large trunnion fixture incorporating ZPS quick change over clamping location system giving massive production savings

YouTube 14 Mar 2019

Seco Brown and Holmes Robot

Techman robots HMK supporting our stand at the Seco show, explaining our role has their leading integrator incorporating Techman robots…

YouTube 14 Mar 2019

Seco Brown and Holmes Enviro Products

Seco show explaining Brown & Holmes traditional offerings in Fixturing and standard products. Also the first introduction to the market…

YouTube 13 Mar 2019

Brown and Holmes Capacity Mazak VTC 760C

Brown & Holmes continued investment with an acquisition of Mazak VTC 760, Increasing capacity.

YouTube 13 Mar 2019

Brown and Holmes Capacity Arter Surface Grinder

Brown and Holmes Tamworth Arter Rotary grinder, unique machine enables speedy grinding of large plates to very accurate tolerances for…

YouTube 13 Mar 2019

Brown and Holmes Robots

Robot demonstration area showing our Techman collaborative robot working in the background and an explanation of the additional solution providing…

YouTube 13 Mar 2019

Brown and Holmes Limited Network Video

The general overview of Brown and Holmes Tamworth Limited, in a conversation describing the diversity of work across two sites…

YouTube 13 Mar 2019

3D printing technology enhances design & prototyping

To further enhance our design and prototyping of workholding solutions, Brown and Holmes has invested in two 3D printers. The…

News 07 Feb 19

Brown and Holmes Fixtures supporting Bromford in their manufacturing of Aerospace rings

Brown and Holmes Workholding solutions in action at Bromford Industries in Birmingham. An aerospace customer of Brown and Holmes quality…

YouTube 01 Feb 2019

Developing future manufacturing and robotic excellence

Our joint managing director, Kevin Ward joined Pete Smith of Mills CNC in South Korea to see first-hand how Doosan…

News 01 Feb 19

Complex machining creates modern art

When operator and machine work in harmony, the results of complex machining can often be beautiful as well as practical. …

News 01 Feb 19

Simplifying automation featured on MTDC

How Brown and Holmes is simplifying automation was recently featured in a video on MTDC. The video highlights the full…

News 01 Feb 19

Inspection and Testing

All our workholding solutions are thoroughly inspected and tested before their despatch to our customers.  Here, Rob inspected both a…

News 01 Feb 19

Apprenticeship school grows own talent

When we set up the Brown and Holmes’ Apprenticeship School, our aims were to grow our own talent and invest…

News 01 Feb 19

Investment in large-capacity Doosan vertical machining centre

To further enhance our precision machining and work holding solution capability, Brown and Holmes recently invested in a new, large-capacity…

News 01 Feb 19

Sponsoring fitness at Crossfit Tamworth

Brown & Holmes (Tamworth) Ltd is helping to promote healthy lifestyles by sponsoring local company Crossfit Tamworth. Run by owner Mark…

News 22 Jan 19

Kevin Ward celebrating 40 years at Brown and Holmes

It’s with great pride that many of Brown and Holmes’s employees have been with the company for the majority of…

News 01 Oct 18

Seco to invite Brown and Holmes back

Brown & Holmes are again very grateful to Seco to be invited back to their now annual best practice event…

News 01 Oct 18

45 and not out!

Everyone here would like to congratulate Mark Owen, who has completed 45 years with Brown and Holmes! Mark is an…

News 01 Oct 18

Brown and Holmes capacity listing

Brown and Holmes manufactures world-class workholding products and solutions for clients across the globe, from our facilities in Tamworth, UK.…

News 01 Oct 18

Collaborative robots give greater productivity and flexibility

New TM12 and TM14 Robots give greater productivity and flexibility. The new TM12 and TM14 Techman TM smart robots are…

News 01 Oct 18

Apprenticeship School investment at Brown and Holmes

Brown and Holmes has been committed to employing local people and investing in their skills since it was founded in…

News 01 Oct 18

Automated robot cell solution

Working towards full turn-key solutions, Brown and Holmes supplies fully automated robot cell solutions. They can include bowl feeders, conveyors,…

Case Studies 29 Aug 18

Managerial degree success at Brown and Holmes

Since it was established in 1939, Brown and Holmes has supported and developed its employees to enable strategic skill development…

News 29 Aug 18

New Premises at Brown and Holmes Tamworth

At Brown and Holmes we are delighted to announce a further expansion, with the opening of an additional site on…

News 18 Jul 18

New Product Range: Techman Robot

Intelligent robots enabling automation are the latest addition to Brown and Holmes (Tamworth) Ltd’s product range. Winner of the IF…

News 11 May 18

New Robotics at Brown & Holmes

Over the last few months at Brown and Homes, we have generated a wide range of automation and control solutions…

News 11 May 18

New Product Range: Atling Steadies

We are very pleased to announce the addition of Atling Steadies to the product portfolio of Brown & Holmes (Tamworth)…

News 12 Mar 18

Equipment push liners for V18 engine.

To produce and install equipment to push liners into a V18 engine. The equipment must be able to be located…

Case Studies 21 Feb 18

Motorised spin table

To produce a motorised spin table so that a multiple of different sized circular parts can be polished. A standard…

Case Studies 16 Jan 18

Steelfab Trade show 15-18 Jan 2018

Brown and Holmes will be exhibiting at SteelFab 2018 with our partners Gulftec Engineering please visit our stand to discuss tooling requirements…

News 11 Jan 18

Wheel and nut runners - car manufacturer

To produce and install LHS and RHS wheel and nut runners for picking, moving and fitting wheels to the car.…

Case Studies 10 Jan 18

Titan Steel Wheels Press Fixturing

To produce fixtures which clamp two variants of wheel for pressing in a new press. The fixtures will be moved…

Case Studies 08 Nov 17

Flagship fixturing for Cosworth

Tamworth-based, workholding specialist Brown & Holmes has recently supplied 59 fixtures for the high performance engine manufacturer Cosworth’s flagship Advanced…

Case Studies 27 Apr 17

How power perfector were able to help Brown & Holmes

With the help of a four year interest free Carbon Trust loan, we installed a powerPerfector unit into our offices…

Case Studies 26 Apr 17

Roemheld helps ensure quality is key fixture of business

As one of the leading suppliers of hydraulic fixtures in the UK, Brown & Holmes (Tamworth) Ltd only uses quality…

Case Studies 25 Apr 17

Brown and Holmes' deal seals orders at MACH

A special MACH only offer on Tsudakoma proved a hit with visitors to the Brown & Holmes stand at MACH 2016. Customers placing an…

News 12 May 16

New precision product range at MACH 2016

Brown & Holmes will be launching its new Swiss Chuck precision workholding product range in the UK at MACH 2016.  On its…

News 14 Mar 16

Automated solutions and new products at MACH 2016

Brown & Holmes will be launching a new range of manual handling products for automated production solutions alongside new product…

News 15 Feb 16

Employee of the year

Well done to Gary for being awarded our employee of the year for 2015. Gary won employee of the month…

News 27 Jan 16

Walking home for charity - update.

Congratulations to Brown & Holmes Engineering Manager, Mick Waller, for raising over £1,800 by walking 33.7 miles home in aid…

News 20 Jan 16

Leading qualifications for growth

Congratulations to the members of the Brown & Holmes management team who have successfully passed Institute for Leadership and Management…

News 14 Dec 15

New apprentices taken on

Brown & Holmes has taken on another two new apprentices, Connor Doyle and Matthew Baldwin. As well as learning the…

News 02 Nov 15

New machine increases production capacity

Brown & Holmes has invested in a new NIKON measuring machine (CMM).  At 2.5m long and 1.2m wide with a…

News 02 Nov 15

Fresmak Arnold Twin 125 vice

Fresmak ARNOLD high pressure vices are capable of clamping two pieces simultaneously, with a difference in size between them of…

YouTube 12 Oct 2015

Fresmak Arnold Compact Vice

FRESMAK ARNOLD compact vices maintain their length irrespective of the size of the work piece so are ideally suited for…

YouTube 12 Oct 2015