Business & Industry Minister, Richard Harrington, and Chair of the Made Smarter Review, Juergen Maier, have unveiled the details of the £20m Made Smarter North West Pilot today (14 November), which will test out the most effective ways to engage with manufacturers and encourage them to adopt technologies
Despite increased complexity across its supply chain and production processes, Accolade Wines has improved productivity per employee year-on-year for the past decade.
Manufacturers have seen gas and electricity prices soar over the past year and everything indicates they’ll stay high for the foreseeable future and could even increase.
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The Chancellor’s speech may have made little mention of anything energy-related, but the government documents that were subsequently released offer some insights into the UK’s energy future.
Birmingham automation and smart factory specialist, Mechatronic Solutions, has secured £1.5m-worth of new contracts across aerospace, automotive, food & drink and healthcare.
Manufacturers face three challenges around their adoption strategy for the Industrial Internet of Things: board-level buy-in, integration, and security.
After clearing up at The Manufacturer MX Awards 2015, one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing manufacturers - Lambert Engineering - has recorded its best year to date.
The forthcoming Budget needs to include a major boost to investment as part of a wide-ranging effort to fire up the Industrial Strategy and tackle the UK’s chronic productivity puzzle.
