World’s largest aircraft ever takes to the sky
Posted on 16 Apr 2019 by Maddy White
The world’s largest aircraft has taken to the sky for its initial test flight over the Mojave Desert. Leadership
Barber’s: Inside the world’s oldest cheddar cheese maker
Posted on 11 Apr 2019 by Maddy White
Cheddar is one of the best-known cheeses in the world. It originates from the small village of Cheddar in Somerset, South West England, and it has been produced there since the 12th century. Changing the stereotype of the steel industry and its workforce
Posted on 8 Apr 2019 by Maddy White
Many women we speak to in manufacturing say that a career in industry was never their first choice. However, once in the sector they can’t imagine doing anything else. We spoke to one woman who has worked in the steel industry for 25 years and has never looked back. The Manufacturer Podcast: Is this person the greatest STEM ambassador ever?
Posted on 2 Apr 2019 by Nick Peters
What can you say about someone whose drive to tell young people from primary school upwards that manufacturing is a great career is completely off the scale, except, Wow! What does Airbus’ billion pound deal with China mean for Boeing?
Posted on 27 Mar 2019 by Maddy White
Airbus has secured an order from Chinese airlines for 300 jets in a deal worth billions of pounds. But what does an increasing presence in the Chinese market mean for US rival Boeing? Women in chemistry: Reducing the UK’s 2.5 billion binned coffee cups
Posted on 25 Mar 2019 by Maddy White
Each year in Britain 2.5 billion coffee cups are used and thrown away, enough to stretch around the world roughly five and a half times. One female entrepreneur has created a coffee cup coating that negates the need for plastic.
Redefining travel with the world’s first ‘air-breathing’ rocket engine
Posted on 18 Mar 2019 by Maddy White
Imagine boarding a flight which enables a journey from London to Sydney to take only four-and-a-half hours? One UK-based company is building an engine to power aircraft for hypersonic flight in the atmosphere. Design thinking: your way to a better business
Posted on 12 Mar 2019 by Nick Peters
Dr Paul Stead of Brewery Group is not just a regular columnist in The Manufacturer magazine. Paul has also helped some of the biggest names in global manufacturing design not just better products but the business processes that shape them. Now he wants to do the same for UK manufacturers. Why entering award programmes matters and top tips to get on the shortlist
Posted on 12 Mar 2019 by The Manufacturer
Dr Paul Stead explores why entering award programmes matters and provides some top tips for getting onto the shortlist. Who knows, you may even become a future winner! The Manufacturer Podcast: Can Make UK make UK manufacturing great again?
Posted on 12 Mar 2019 by Nick Peters
During the course of the National Manufacturing Conference in February, the organisers EEF announced a change of name, a change of brand and a more sharply defined mission that will make them more attuned to the needs of the modern age of digital manufacturing. And thus the venerable 100 year-old organisation became Make UK.