News Articles 2022

Are you doing all you can to protect against contamination and reduce the frequency of product recalls? Take a read of our latest article on “Contamination in the food and drink sector” .

We are delighted to announce that, after the past few years operating as ‘Brammer Buck & Hickman - A Rubix Company’, we will now be known simply as, Rubix (registered company name Rubix U.K. Limited).

Brammer Buck & Hickman launch a new fast and flexible Bore and Keyway Machining Service to enable products to be reworked to suit customers’ specific requirements, within a short time frame

Brammer Buck & Hickman highlights the importance of general bearing maintenance with a choice of SKF Maintenance Assessments, to get the most out of your bearings and machinery.

Bearings are faced with some of the most demanding environments to be found in the food and drink industry but investing in a good quality bearing can help raise performance, maintain high levels of hygiene, and save you valuable time and money.

Download the latest ‘SKF Bearing Solutions for Wind Energy’ brochure With the wind turbine industry under pressure to improve designs, our new ‘SKF Bearing Solutions for Wind Energy’ brochure highlights how to reduce costs whilst improving performance.

Committed to Sustainability is Brammer Buck & Hickman’s latest brochure, produced with bearing manufacturer SKF. It looks at how they are working to improve the sustainability of bearings and customers can benefit from this.

As part of the Group’s growth strategy, Rubix has completed the acquisition of Verkfærasalan (VFS) - a leading Icelandic distributor of hand and power tools.

The Rubix 2022 Customer Survey has now been launched, with more than 250,000 customers invited to participate across the group. The survey helps us to improve all aspects of our business offerings.

To help you choose the right bearing, Brammer Buck & Hickman has launched two brochures, produced with SKF, aimed at the construction & aggregates industries

New Brammer Buck & Hickman guide, produced with SKF, identifies key challenges for bearings in the food & drink sector, with guidance on how to meet them

Brammer Buck & Hickman has successfully been recertified with Rail Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS) accreditation

We are delighted to announce that West Country Tool Co. Ltd. (WCT), a leading independent British cutting tool distributor, will now be joining the Rubix family in the UK as part of the Rubix Cutting & Machining division.

Brammer Buck & Hickman expands capabilities at Rubix Product Proving Technical Competence Centre with the arrival of two new Hurco CNC Machines

Brammer Buck & Hickman has worked in conjunction with Siemens to organise the donation of protective facemasks to two overseas charities – Collective Aid and Medaid

This Christmas, Rubix donated over 2 tonnes worth of food to Foodbanks via a team of amazing volunteers

Rubix is further strengthening its engineering, motion control & automation capabilities in the UK with the acquisition of KJN Automation Limited (KJN) as part of the Group’s network development strategy