Aerospace company, Lockheed Martin hosted a panel event with the British think tank Policy Exchange yesterday (9 May) in London to look at the UK’s leadership in space in the wake of the UK Space Industry Act passing through Parliament earlier this year.
Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, the Provost of NMiTE, the new engineering university being created in Hereford, gave evidence in Parliament to the Skills Commission’s inquiry into the under-representation of women in engineering.
UK chocolate manufacturer Moo Free has opened a second, larger factory in Devon including a New Product Development space to develop new chocolates for the ‘free from’ and vegan markets.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched the Future Mobility Challenge, an initiative to spawn partnerships between leading automotive brands and innovative technology start-ups and SMEs.
Sensor technology from Cambridge based company Camena Bioscience is being developed into a novel research instrument to improve the efficiency and cost of manufacturing medicines.
Construction has started on the first new specialised steel plant in 40 years at a site in Austria, with the fully-digitalised plant expected to produce more than 200,000 tons of high-performance steels every year.
German manufacturer of photonic system solutions, IMM Photonics has deployed its second robot-based machine for the affixing of glue beads and is to increase annual production to 300,000 pieces.
Food manufacturer Food Attraction has landed a grant of £19,000 from the Collaborate business support project that helps growing SMEs in Leicester and Leicestershire.
