High energy costs in the UK have exposed the steel industry to decades of low growth and competition from imports made cheaper by lower energy costs in other countries.
Tucked away in a non-descript Brighton business centre, managing director / owner Alex Claber and his bass guitar speaker factory, Barefaced Audio, are developing an international reputation for innovation and quality.
As a manufacturing service provider, G&B is seeing rising demand for servitization to create a more productive & lean supply chain strategy for its clients.
The way manufacturers talk about servitization these days, you’d think it was something new and shiny, but it’s as old as razor blades. Nick Peters reports on the background of offering Products-as-a-Service.
The Annual Manufacturing Report 2018, published by Hennik Research, says UK manufacturers are poised to take on the world, but are failing to pull the trigger on a bright future because of uncertainties surrounding the outcome of Brexit negotiations and the threatened shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade.
Winner of The Manufacturer MX Award for Manufacturing Services in 2017, Agrimech exemplifies how great service gives the edge in a highly competitive market. Steven Barr met members of the Agrimech family to find out how this adds up.
