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.
What is world class manufacturing? Guests at TM’s Directors’ Forum Dinner in June debated the point long into the night.
Jane Gray finds out about manufacturing for the final frontier.
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.
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.
The Thetford Academy in Norfolk has begun the process to appoint Will Bridgman, managing director of engineering company Warren Services, as a school governor.
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.
With WorldSkills 2013 under way in Leipzig, Germany, James Pozzi profiles the young engineers flying the flag on behalf of British industry.
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?
For manufacturers, building an effective website to showcase the business can prove a challenge. Malcolm Wheatley searches out best practice.
