Now in its 150th year and transporting over one billion passengers annually, the London Underground has come a long way since the Metropolitan Railway rolled out its first train on January 10, 1853. James Pozzi looks at the differences between past and present, and how the network benefits its manufacturing supply chain.
Vending machines — what the industry calls “automated retail stores” — have become so ubiquitous that they’re easily taken for granted. Can you remember a time when, for example, you couldn’t drop some change into a nearby machine and get a cool beverage?
Adjusting for inflation, Crossrail will cost about £16 billion. With 42 kilometres of new tunnels under London and nine new stations, Will Stirling assesses how Building Information Modelling is helping the project both stay on budget and reduce whole life costs.
KTM is a motorcycle manufacturer, founded in 1934 by Hans Trunkenpolz in Matihofen, Austria, where the company remains today. Starting out as a metal working business, two decades later it developed into a motorcycle manufacturer and has recently gone down a new road with product lifecycle management (PLM).
With the increasing focus on waste management companies to innovate and create new solutions to help achieve corporate social responsibility and sustainability targets, Future Industrial Services has been quietly leading the way through its focus on closed-loop solutions. Sarah Morgan reports on the company's practices.
A transcription of debate at a Manufacturer Directors’ Forum Event hosted by The Manufacturer magazine and sponsored by IBM.
Education and industry come together to develop guidance for design and technology teachers delivering the new national curriculum at key stages 1-3
A new collaborative model linking companies, academia and government should save the pharmaceutical industry millions and help smaller firms in Britain reorientate to supply the pharma manufacturing of tomorrow.
Gunning for growth: Reconnoitring prospects for the UK defence industry.
SME claims for R&D have risen 49% since 2009 according to HMRC data. Mark Evans, MD of R&D Tax Claims urges new comers to the scheme to now embed the claim process as business as usual and open their eyes to the Patent Box too.
