Innovation

Standing still is not an option: these cultural and operational changes are essential to maintaining your competitive advantage

Editor’s Picks

Joe Darlington, Director of Engineering at MTC

MTC joins MICG, further strengthening Midlands innovation

Pictured L-R are: David Quinn, Executive Director of the Belfast Region City Deal at Queen’s; Beth McEvoy, Multidisciplinary Research Development Manager at Momentum One Zero at Queen’s; Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s; Professor Sir Ian Greer, President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s; Economy Minister Conor Murphy; Dr Hangfei Guo, Principal Investigator on the project and Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management from Queen’s Business School; Professor Simon Teasdale, Director of Research from Queen’s Business School; and Dr Stephen McCabe, Interim Executive Director of Momentum One Zero at Queen’s.

Queen’s University Belfast secures £6.25m UKRI award to revolutionise UK supply chains

AMRC-Boeing manufacturing collaboration wins 2024 Bhattacharyya Award

AMRC-Boeing manufacturing collaboration wins 2024 Bhattacharyya Award

Idea sketch of product design - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Can design solve the UK’s productivity puzzle?

Sock image for fashion - Pixabay (no credit required)

British textile manufacturer utilises NASA technology

Toyota - The wind tunnel model of the Le Mans-winning TS050 HYBRID race car undergoing testing in one of TMG’s wind tunnels - image courtesy of TMG.

Toyota partnership aims to Catapult lightweight materials

Fashion Runway Model Textiles Stock Image

Fast fashion: Does it represent the future of the British textiles industry?

Topologically-optimised brackets deliver an innovative new approach to metal satellite parts for lighter weight and improved performance – image courtesy of 3D Systems.

Metal lightweighting: The additive advantage

Knowledge wins success, as Qioptiq has proved after winning an £83m MoD contract on the back of a KTP with Cardiff Business School.

Manufacturers winning success with Innovate UK

Inov -8 partnered with the University of Manchester to become the first-ever-company to incorporate graphene into running shoes - image courtesy of inov-8.

New partnership to boost graphene’s commercial opportunities

The Spaceport will enable take-off and landing of reusable space vehicles, such as Skylon and Virgin Galactic.

Funding confirmed: UK’s first spaceport to be built in Scotland

Lockheed Martin is developing a new spy plane which potentially take the place of the U-2. Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin

UK Govt and Lockheed Martin to start new £38m collaboration

Cygnet Texkimp's 3D winding technology for the car and aeroplane light weighting market could disrupt the fibre industry.

UK machinery maker’s winding tech to disrupt fibre industry

Innovations Digital Innovation Stock - Image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation: The trouble is, it’s everywhere!