A Derbyshire start-up has developed a thin material clothing under layer that is four times more fire resistant than commonly used synthetic materials and can help prevent wound contamination.
After two years of remaining fairly provincial, there are signs that the Sheffield City Region’s three-day Global Manufacturing Festival is actually going global. And there is proper value-add for visiting SMEs as the organisers plan to fix business networking meetings with multinational companies.
The UK instrumentation and automation sector is strong says trade body Gambica. But why is UK manufacturing not reaping the benefits that it can offer?
R&D Tax Claims Ltd has helped a West Midlands-based specialist engineering company claim back over £95,000 from HMRC for money spent on research and development.
A government select committee review of apprenticeships was published in November which called urgently for an elevation of the status of apprenticeships to become par with university education. Siemens, along with many other manufacturing companies, has long held this belief and here Josh Brough, now a production engineer at Siemens Industry explains why being accepted on its apprenticeship programme enhanced his career expectations.
Sarah Sillars, the new chief executive of Semta, the sector skills council for science, engineering and manufacturing, highlights an example of best practice in addressing a potentially devastating skills gap.
Imagine a company divided from its sector hub, manufacturing a product in an area with few peers, in an industry largely perceived to be in national decline – yet determined to forge a future for itself through reviving investment in technology and skills.
Jane Gray talks to Nicola Guest, marketing manager at scrap merchant Alchemy Metals about recent changes in scrap dealing regulation and the vast opportunities for manufacturers to reap more value from their scrap.
What potential does recycling have to support manufacturing risk mitigation and boost the UK’s economy?
Airbus has set up special intervention programmes with its suppliers to ensure that the demands of production ramp-up do not translate as late deliveries. Airbus COO Günter Butschek explains the process to Will Stirling.
