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British automotive caught up in US-UK export tit-for-tat

New-found method could simplify aerospace-grade composite manufacturing

A new method using carbon nanotubes to create aerospace-grade composites without an autoclave has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars – 2: Michael Higgins

Just two weeks left to enter our McLaren Drive Day competition

The Manufacturer: Top 10 videos of 2019

Apprentice Automation Challenge: Do you have what it takes?

Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars – 1: Will Bridgman

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Honda and Isuzu to test fuel cell-powered heavy-duty trucks

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Global spend on industrial software to hit £20.7bn in 2024

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What can the UK learn from China’s dominance of ‘Smart Factories’?

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How to Approach Industry 4.0 – Your 2020 Checklist

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Marginal gains for UK productivity – but manufacturing is falling further behind

CO2 capture carbon emissions

Environmental sustainability and filtering the fads

The Manufacturer: Top 10 news stories of 2019

UK manufacturing continues to face significant change in automation and digitalisation, attitudes towards its emissions output and preparing its workforce for the future, while being beset by ever-shifting political challenges as the UK prepares to the the European Union.

Making digital a reality – the why, what and how

The Manufacturer: Top 10 interviews & podcasts of 2019

Have your say on the most pressing issues facing UK manufacturing in 2020

How to overcome the impact Brexit is having on UK manufacturing

The Manufacturer: Top 10 factory visits of 2019