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Rolls-Royce buys Siemens’ electric plane arm

IRN-BRU Galore: the fizzing Scottish powerhouse AG Barr goes from strength to strength

AG Barr has been quenching Scotland’s thirst since 1875, and its iconic IRN-BRU was born in 1901. Maddy White visited the company’s Milton Keynes site to discuss its expansion plans, its moves to reduce sugar levels, and how technology can drive up quality.

Resource efficiency: Can sustainability and improved profit go hand-in-hand?

How did digital technology turn a suburban Cheshire factory into a world-beater?

Model behaviour: The puppet maker behind Tim Burton’s films

BDK: Sticking to what it knows

Fast fashion is getting faster and that’s a good thing

Operational Excellence Continuous Improvement - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Overcoming the barriers of digital investment to achieve Operational Excellence

Manufacturers are seizing the AI opportunity – are you?

CROP - Siemens’ ‘Mindsphere’ IoT operating system can use digital twins to help optimise product development, production management and in-service performance – image courtesy of Siemens.

Starting the digitalisation journey: making the most of the machine

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From innovative ideas to viable businesses: How an IP strategy can help

The installed base of IIoT devices is forecast to triple from 23.14bn in 2018 to 75.44bn in 2025 - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

IoT products given security boost with new ARM / Samsung Foundary test chip and board

F-14 jet fighter on an aircraft carrier deck beneath dramatic sky – stock image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Could military disciplines accelerate your digital adoption?

Airbus in space: There is no final frontier

The UK is Europe’s leader in space technologies, in both expertise and manufacture. The furore over the UK’s possible exclusion from the EU’s Galileo GPS satellite project has obscured the fact that it is only one of the projects being developed here, as Nick Peters and Maddy White discovered when they visited Airbus Defence & Space in Portsmouth.

Industrial Data Summit 2019: Key takeaways

Is the way your business views IT holding back its growth ambitions?

Industrial Data Summit 2019: IIoT, Big Data & Supply Chain Insights

Barber’s: Inside the world’s oldest cheddar cheese maker

Changing the stereotype of the steel industry and its workforce