Govt unveils Industrial Strategy to boost UK productivity
Posted on 27 Nov 2017 by Marc Hauschild
Business Secretary Greg Clark has today (November 27) launched the government’s new Industrial Strategy for the UK. Leadership
UK industrial strategy: Plan to boost UK productivity
Posted on 27 Nov 2017 by Marc Hauschild
Four days after the Budget Statement, the government is to unveil today the white paper on industrial strategy, that seeks to tackle the UK’s economic challenges of the future. UK bike makers: A community riding high
Posted on 24 Nov 2017 by The Manufacturer
The UK doesn’t just win gold medals for riding bicycles – the UK’s bike-manufacturing sector is undergoing a renaissance, and establishing itself as a production winner. James Lawson reports. MINI Oxford: German commitment to ‘Made in Britain’
Posted on 23 Nov 2017 by The Manufacturer
The MINI plant in Oxford is a fascinating mix of labour-intensive assembly line and robot-dominated bodyshop. It is a BMW-owned factory in an era of Brexit, Industry 4.0 and skills shortages. What does it take to make additive manufacturing mainstream
Posted on 21 Nov 2017 by Fred Tongue
Additive manufacturing has been around since 1983, but it has not yet been adopted by mainstream manufacturing, what is missing for AM to breakthrough. UK automotive design agency to explore markets in China
Posted on 21 Nov 2017 by Marc Hauschild
Midlands-based design and engineering group Envisage is eyeing further international expansion – possibly in China.
UK’s largest autonomous vehicle tests move to public roads
Posted on 21 Nov 2017 by Marc Hauschild
The UK’s largest trial of connected and autonomous vehicle technology, UK Autodrive project, has reached a critical stage in its development with the first tests on public streets of Central Coventry.
The Manufacturer MX Awards 2017 winners announced
Posted on 17 Nov 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The elite of the UK manufacturing community gathered last night (16 November) to celebrate The Manufacturer MX Awards 2017. 4IR: How can you avoid sleep-walking into the future?
Posted on 16 Nov 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Many organisations are failing to realise the benefit of their investments into potentially transformative digital technologies, noted KPMG’s Dale Williams, during his practical discussion at The Manufacturer Leaders Conference this morning. Rewriting the rules of value chain mobility
Posted on 15 Nov 2017 by Marc Hauschild
During his keynote at The Manufacturer Leaders Conference today, James Petherbridge, executive partner at IBM, talked about a new way of defining the value chain and how to take advantage out of this process.