16 July 2026 // Sierra 57 Appointment, ILLIG Field Team Expansion, and Eliminating Factory Bottlenecks
Jess Clarke- 1 minute read
In today’s brief:
👥 Leadership Update: Shaun McCarthy joins Sierra 57 Consult as Projects Director, bringing his extensive industry experience to the specialist recruitment and training provider to help UK companies develop their workforces and close the skills gap.
🔧 Service Expansion: ILLIG UK expands its Yaxley-based field service team to its largest-ever size, adding two engineers to lower response times and bolster preventative maintenance across the North of England and Scotland.
⚙️ Temperature Control: HASCO launches a new line of highly flexible, kink-resistant PTFE corrugated hoses engineered to withstand mechanical stress and operating pressures of up to 125 bar in demanding high-temperature mould setups.
📊 Operational Flow: Intouch Monitoring shares practical methods to pinpoint and eliminate hidden factory bottlenecks, helping manufacturers boost labour efficiency by up to 15% through real-time machine data and scheduling.
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