Salad leaves and satellites
Posted on 30 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer
Jane Gray rounds up an eclectic discussion of business challenges and opportunities among manufacturers in the south of England.
Features
Stop failing young talent
Posted on 23 Jul 2013 by
Semta’s chief executive, Sarah Sillars, OBE, examines the UK’s poor careers advice services. They are blocking many young people’s paths to fulfilling careers in engineering and advanced manufacturing she says.
Who’s got class?
Posted on 19 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer
What is world class manufacturing? Guests at TM’s Directors’ Forum Dinner in June debated the point long into the night.
Space Invaders
Posted on 18 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer
Jane Gray finds out about manufacturing for the final frontier.
Power play
Posted on 17 Jul 2013 by Tim Brown
Dr Nigel Davies, manufacturing and technical director at Muntons, and speaker at the Future Factory: Energy Conference 2013, has seen the benefits of an effective energy strategy first hand.
Accelerating innovation at Element Six
Posted on 15 Jul 2013 by
Steve Coe, group innovation director at Element Six, talks to Marc Sobbohi about the trials of opening a global innovation centre and the hopes for the future.
Back to School: Thetford school signs up manufacturing governor
Posted on 10 Jul 2013 by
The Thetford Academy in Norfolk has begun the process to appoint Will Bridgman, managing director of engineering company Warren Services, as a school governor.
Rochester Revisited
Posted on 10 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer
A year after first visiting BAE Systems’ UK Electronic Systems division in Rochester, Jane Gray returned to see new shop floor-led improvements to production management and explore more of the cradle-to-cradle capabilities on site.
WorldSkills 2013: The British contenders
Posted on 3 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer
With WorldSkills 2013 under way in Leipzig, Germany, James Pozzi profiles the young engineers flying the flag on behalf of British industry.
The double edged succession sword
Posted on 26 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
It seems to be inevitable, at least in Britain. However strong the individual commitment to a company or industry, at some point an owner will retire, exit or sell – but who will take the reins?