Apr 03

White Collar Boxing. An unusual and exciting charity event in aid of Cancer Research UK

by Amber Cole in VRS News 0 comments
At VRS there is a history of supporting good causes, and we were delighted to sponsor our apprentice Byron who very bravely put himself forward to take part in a charity boxing evening called White Collar Boxing. Briefly it is where people who have not boxed before put themselves into the ring to face another like-minded individual in aid of charity. This event was in support of Cancer Research UK, a charity that VRS were very happy to support, especially following our MD Serena Sinanan’s own successful fight with cancer over recent years. Byron sensibly threw himself into an 8-week training programme before he eventually stepped into the ring for his debut contest on Sat 24th March 2018 at the Portsmouth Mountbatten Centre. As he did so he hoped that the exciting experience of stepping through the ropes for the first time would not be matched by flying back out of them halfway through the bout! Pre-fight nerves were made all the more difficult to deal with in having to wait until 9pm for the sound of the bell signalling the start of his scheduled three round contest, each of two minutes duration. Byron acquitted himself well in the early […]
Apr 03

Apprentice Starts September 2017

by Amber Cole in VRS News 0 comments
It has long been company policy here at VRS to support the future of mechanical engineering through apprenticeships, and we are happy to welcome into the company Joe, who started with us on 18th September 2017. He comes to us via PETA Training and Consultancy Services, with whom we have had a long and successful association over many years. Joe joined us at level 3 of his “Engineering Mechanical Manufacture” apprenticeship, and his weekly routine is four days at VRS and one day with PETA. As we see one young lad start his training, we have another, Byron, nearing the end of his, and with his PETA day release training successfully completed, we expect him to become fully qualified following a few more tests, by August 2018. We also continue to support young people over the years who have an interest in engineering by allowing them to gain an insight into precision engineering through work experience.
Jul 11

ISO 9001:2015 successfully achieved

by Amber Cole in Uncategorised, VRS News 0 comments
We are pleased to advise that we have successfully achieved accreditation to the updated quality standard ISO 9001:2015.  This follows a year of transition, during which time we have taken the opportunity to review all our operations and updated our procedures and processes to reflect robust compliance with both new and existing elements of the standard. We are delighted to be one of the first organisations to have completed this work and our certificate has been awarded, some 18 months earlier than the ISO permissible time frame We would like to take this opportunity to thank Liz Kelly, our business and quality consultant whose knowledge and experience has helped us all to adapt to the requirements of the revised standard and the different approach that is required in certain areas. We hope that all our customers and suppliers will see the benefits of the effort that has been put into this achievement as we continue to enhance the monitoring and control of all our activities and maintain our commitment to continuous improvement. Looking ahead We have now also given ourselves another challenge as we commence work to achieve Fit for Nuclear status.  We hope to achieve this within the next […]
Sep 16

Apprentice completes first year

by Matt Rogers in VRS News 0 comments
As part of VRS Precision Engineering strategy of investing in people we support the employment of apprentices. Byron Deacon who started with us as an apprentice CNC Programmer/Setter and Operator in September 2014 has just completed his first year.   We are really pleased with Byron’s progress both within the company and at PETA.  After a successful year Byron will shortly be starting a level 3 Diploma in Engineering and Technology (QCF).  
Feb 21

New Matsuura machine

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In December 2014 we placed an order for another Matsuura machine to replace our faithful old Makino 1210 horizontal machining centre. Our new Matsuura H.Plus-500 Horizontal machining centre has a machining envelope of 850mm diameter x 900mm high. We are sorry to see the Makino go after 30 years’ service. It was bought in the mid 1980’s and continues to perform well but it is time to update this machine which was the state of the art machine in its day. We are looking forward to the delivery of our new Matsuura which will arrive early March 2015. In December we also upgraded our Cad software from Mastercam and Edgecam to Solidworks 2015 3D. All of our engineers that received the training on Solidworks and Solidcam have spoken very highly about it. By continually improving our plant and software, we are keeping up to date with the latest machines and technology enabling us to maintain our high standard of meeting customer demands, expand our customer base and the ability to enter new markets. Article posted on 21 February 2015
Sep 12

VRS Management updates

by Matt Rogers in VRS News 0 comments
Sylvia, Chairman of VRS welcomes two new managers this year to complete our Management Team. William Collins joined us in March earlier this year as our new Production Manager and has kicked off by bringing in new work. We have now started to enter new markets for example automotive and leisure industry. William is very hands on and extremely hard working, he is an asset to the team. He is very approachable and is happy to quote for any new parts or products. Geraldine Stilwell (Gez) joined us in August as our Business Development Manager. This role has been introduced to VRS and Gez’s experience in Industry and Academic environments will generate & implement new innovative ideas to VRS. Our Management team consisting of Sylvia Sinanan, Serena Sinanan, Amber Cole, William Collins and Geraldine Stilwell are excited to move VRS forward. We are really pleased with how our new acquisition, the Citizen – A32 sliding head 7 axis lathe, is performing and we are looking at updating our plant again at the end of the year. Article posted on 12 September 2014
May 07

New Citizen machine

by Matt Rogers in VRS News 0 comments
We have bought a Citizen – A32 sliding head 7 axis lathe the world’s fastest 32mm CNC Sliding Head which is being installed on 6th June 2014. This is our latest addition to our well established CNC Machine shop. The Citizen’s capacity can turn up to 32mm diameter bar, equipped with high pressure coolant and driven tooling there is no job too small for this state of the art CNC 7 axis machine. It can turn up to 320mm in length with simultaneous machining. Article posted on 7 May 2014
Jun 13

New Vertical Lathe

by Matt Rogers in VRS News 0 comments
Our new VT900M Vertical lathe has arrived and is now cutting metal. It is such a large machine that we had to make our back entrance door larger so that it could fit in. We are pleased with our purchase and would be happy to quote on larger machine work. Please contact Will or Serena. Date posted: 13 June 2013
Nov 30

Vertical Lathe on order

by Matt Rogers in VRS News 0 comments
An order has been placed for a VT 900M vertical Lathe, equipped with Ø32” chuck and driven tools, for delivery in the new year. This will enable us to offer turning capacity up to Ø900mm by 850mm working length.
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