HC Deb 15 December 1966 vol 738 cc155-6W
Mr. Woodnutt

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will name the

Manufacturer Type of Machine
Forges Usines et Fonderies de Gilly … … Horizontal Boring Machine
Société Genevoise D'Instruments de Physique … Tape Controlled Jig Boring and Milling Machine
Salomé Freres … … 3 Profile Lathes
Programme Controlled Multi-tool and Copying Lathe
Dixi SA … … Horizontal Jig Boring Machine
Fritz Studer Ltd. … … Template Milling Machine
Ikegai Japan … Lathe
Akuma Lathe
Friedrich Deckel … … 3 Universal Milling Machines
Aciera SA … … 5 Universal Milling Machines
Jig Boring and Drilling Machine
Henri Hauser Ltd. … … Pivot Grinding Machine
2 Profiling Machines
Multi-Spindle Drilling and Tapping Machine
S.A. Joseph Petermann … … Cam Slotting Machine
Agathon Ltd. … … Centreless Grinding Machine
Kummer Freres SA … … Plate Turning Machine
Leon Huré Cie … … Universal Milling Machine
Swivel Head Milling Machine
Heid Aktiengesellschaft … … Universal and Copy Lathe
George Fischer Ltd. … … Copying Lathe
Kearney & Trecker Corporation … … 3 Numerically Controlled Machining Centres
De Vleig Machine Co. … … Precision Tool Grinding Machine

Mr. Woodnutt

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the type and function of each of the 34 machine tools ordered for Royal Ordnance Factories from overseas manufacturers during the current year; which orders were placed as a result of competitive tendering; and which were placed because no suitable British machine tools were available.

Mr. Ennals

Orders for the following 25 machines were placed as the result of competitive tendering:

Country of Origin Type and Function of Machine
Switzerland Pivot Grinding Machine
Switzerland Jig Boring and Drilling Machine
Switzerland 4 Universal Milling Machines
Switzerland 2 Profiling Machines
Switzerland Centreless Grinding Machine
Switzerland Cam Slotting Machine
Switzerland Plate Turning Machine
Switzerland Copying Lathe
Switzerland Horizontal Jig Boring Machine
Switzerland Template Milling Machine
Switzerland Universal Milling Machine
France Programme controlled multi-tool and copying lathe
France 3 Profile Lathes
Germany 2 Universal Milling Machines
Germany Universal Milling machine with spiral milling capacity
Belgium Horizontal Boring Machine
Japan 2 Lathes

foreign suppliers from whom 34 machine tools costing £480,000 were ordered for Royal Ordnance Factories during the current year; and what types of machines were ordered from each.

Mr. Ennals

Following is the information:

Orders for the following 9 machines were placed competitive tendering because no other suitable machine tool was available.

Country of Origin Type and Function of Machine
Switzerland Multi-spindle Drilling and Tapping Machine
Switzerland Tape Controlled Jig Boring and Milling Machine
France Universal Milling Machine
France Swivel Head Milling Machine
Austria Universal and Copy Lathe
U.S.A. 3 Numerically controlled Machining Centres
U.S.A. Precision Tool Grinding Machine