Daily Manufacturing News Digest – the industry stories you should be aware of today

Posted on 31 Jul 2026 by The Manufacturer

Each day The Manufacturer compiles the top manufacturing news stories from around the web and compiles them into this daily digest to make your life a little easier. Don’t forget to bookmark this page and check back daily for all the latest manufacturing news.

BRUSH Group strengthens UK manufacturing by acquiring D K Moriarty

Energy engineering solutions provider BRUSH Group has acquired D K Moriarty, strengthening its UK manufacturing capabilities and bringing specialist instrument transformer production in-house as it looks to bolster supply chain resilience. Read more via The Manufacturer

Aaron McIvor: the hidden supply chain risk in material specification

In this guest blog post for The Manufacturer, Zotefoams‘ Aaron McIvor argues that supply chain resilience begins long before procurement teams place an order. Read more via The Manufacturer

Aviramp CEO hails government’s manufacturing skills move

An award-winning Shropshire manufacturer has welcomed government plans to introduce manufacturing and artificial intelligence as vocational subjects in secondary schools, saying the move could help address the industry’s long-standing skills shortage. Read more via The Manufacturer

Reindustrialisation must have clean growth at its heart

Green Alliance’s Roz Bulleid argues that the UK’s industrial revival should be driven by investment in clean energy, innovation and long-term policy certainty rather than rolling back environmental regulations, which she says are not the root cause of manufacturing’s decline. Read more via The Manufacturer

South Yorkshire Chambers supports the Manufacturing Charity Ball 2026

Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber, Doncaster Chamber and Sheffield Chamber have all confirmed their support for the Manufacturing Charity Ball 2026, uniting three of South Yorkshire’s leading business organisations behind the region’s biggest night of celebration for the manufacturing sector. Read more via The Manufacturer