Reliance Wins at West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024
Reliance Precision Limited is proud to announce it has been named SME Apprentice Employer of the Year at the West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024. The annual awards are designed to honour the region’s outstanding apprenticeship network. It celebrates apprentices, training providers and businesses who champion apprenticeships.
Reliance receives Nadcap® Accreditation for Chemical Processing (Passivation)
Reliance Precision Limited (‘Reliance’) has recently received Nadcap® accreditation for Chemical Processing in relation to its Passivation Process. Nadcap® accreditation demonstrates Reliance’s ongoing commitment to quality to its customers, especially those in the aerospace and defence industries.
Reliance appoints David Jennings as new CEO
Reliance Precision Limited (‘Reliance’) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Jennings as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. David replaces Ian Walter, Group Finance Director, who served as Interim Managing Director following the departure of Steve Woollven in August 2023. The recruitment process was led by Reliance’s family board, Reliance RG Limited (RRG).
Reliance achieves world first machining success
Reliance Precision Manufacturing (Ireland) Limited, part of Reliance Precision Limited, achieves a world first – the machining of Geared Components from a Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG) alloy especially selected and synthesised for space applications.
Reliance supply motion control parts to Malvern Panalytical
Reliance Precision Limited (‘Reliance’) are delighted to continue their relationship with Malvern Panalytical, with the supply of high precision motion control parts for their Zetasizer Advance instrument range.
Reliance apprentices shortlisted to compete for £600,000 Nanosat Challenge Fund
Reliance Precision Limited ‘Reliance’ announces that its third and fourth-year apprentices have been chosen to compete for part of a £600,000 Challenge Fund in LaunchUK’s Nanosat Design Competition
Reliance Precision announces brand evolution as part of 2020 centenary celebrations
Reliance Precision is launching a new brand identity in a year of celebration that will mark the company’s centenary in November 2020.
Reliance employees achieve MBA success
Reliance Precision Limited congratulates two of its employees who have recently graduated from the University of Huddersfield with Master of Business Administration (MBA) qualifications.
Reliance exhibits at SLAS2020
Reliance Precision Limited is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting on Stand number 351, at the forthcoming SLAS2020 International Conference and Exhibition.
Reliance licenses its Additive Manufacturing technology
Reliance Precision Limited is delighted to announce that, following investment from venture capital company Longwall Venture Partners LLP and the Angel CoFund, Wayland Additive Limited will commercialise breakthrough innovations developed by Reliance.
Reliance Precision appoints new Managing Director
Reliance Precision is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Woollven as Managing Director. Steve joined the company in April and replaced Andrew Wright.
Reliance opens new life science assembly facility
Reliance Precision Ltd is delighted to unveil its new Life Science Assembly Facility.
How Reliance is overcoming the challenges of recruitment in engineering
Engineering UK, an independent, not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote the contribution that engineers and engineering make to the UK, has recently published Engineering UK: The state of engineering. While 5.6 million people in the UK are employed in engineering (19% of the UK’s total workforce), they report that developing the pipeline to address the skills needs of the…
Reliance launches new Miniature Actuator
Reliance is pleased to announce the launch of a new product, the RLMA11 – Miniature Actuator, to complement their existing Motorised Actuators range.
Reliance and Brooks partner to deliver innovative laboratory automation
Reliance Precision Limited is delighted to announce its partnership with Brooks Life Science Systems (Brooks), the leading worldwide provider of innovative and comprehensive sample lifecycle management solutions for the life sciences industry.
Reliance employees gain Chartered Status
Reliance congratulates employees on achieving Chartered status in their respective professions. Hannah England, Mechanical Engineer, has achieved her CEng (Chartered Engineer) status with the IMechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) and Seb Allen, Senior Buyer, has gained his MCIPS (Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply).
Reliance invests in leadscrew inspection technology
As a supplier of high precision leadscrews to highly regulated medical and lab automation environments, Reliance’s customers require consistently reliable, quality assured products. As part of its continuous improvement strategy, Reliance has invested in an automated leadscrew inspection machine at its production facility in Ireland to help ensure the necessary quality levels are delivered.
Reliance strengthens ultra high accuracy measurement capabilities
Reliance has invested in state-of-the-art measuring technology to further strengthen the capabilities of its Metrology department.
Reliance gains ISO 13485 certification
Reliance is delighted to announce it has successfully secured ISO 13485 certification. The award, made on 25th October, enables the company to further develop its medical and life sciences business.
Reliance appoints life sciences Business Development Executive
Reliance is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ruth Brown as Business Development Executive within its Life Sciences business. Ruth will be responsible for introducing Reliance’s products to the Life Sciences industry.
Reliance and Greiner collaborate to develop cell culture plate manipulator
Reliance Precision Limited announced that its partnership with major supplier of high-quality labware, Greiner Bio-One, has resulted in development of the CELLswing™, an automated manipulator, which gently moves and rotates a CELLdisc™ containing adherent mammalian cells in any required position.
Reliance offers insight into engineering career opportunities
Reliance celebrated International Women in Engineering Day by hosting an event for female students and teachers from local Honley High School, providing them with an insight into engineering and the different career opportunities available.
Reliance apprentices undertake Army Challenge
Four of Reliance’s engineering apprentices have returned to work following the successful completion of a four day residential exercise with the Army, designed to challenge their engineering and design skills.
Reliance add new product to catalogue range
Reliance is pleased to announce the supply of a new product range, Steinmeyer miniature ball screws, as part of its catalogue product offering. As the only UK distributor of the product, Reliance unveiled the new range at last week’s Med-Tech Innovations Expo at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
Reliance Precision's Head of Metrology meets Lord Prior at NPL event
Reliance’s Head of Metrology, David Torr, was part of a select group of delegates invited to meet with Lord Prior of Brampton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he launched the UK Measurement Strategy at the National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) North of England base in Huddersfield.