The Manufacturer MX Awards 2019: All the winners and reactions
Posted on 4 Feb 2020 by The Manufacturer
A round-up of all those who won big at The Manufacturer MX Awards 2019 – the only peer-reviewed and judged programme of its kind. Aerospace
Funding a record breaker – the Bloodhound supersonic car
Posted on 30 Jan 2020 by Rory Butler
When the Bloodhound land speed project collapsed back in 2018 due to lack of funding, there were many among the manufacturing community who bemoaned the seemingly inevitable fact that without emergency capital the fate of the iconic multimillion-pound supersonic car would be the scrapyard. The state of UK Defence – BAE Systems and MBDA
Posted on 27 Jan 2020 by Rory Butler
It is perhaps unsurprising that in the world of British manufacturing the defence sector continues to be one of its most closely guarded frontiers – where few have ever ventured and the hackneyed trope, ‘If I told you then I’d have to kill you’, never seemed more appropriate. New-found method could simplify aerospace-grade composite manufacturing
Posted on 22 Jan 2020 by Tim Brown
A new method using carbon nanotubes to create aerospace-grade composites without an autoclave has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). What the Woodward-Hexcel merger means for UK manufacturing
Posted on 20 Jan 2020 by Rory Butler
The merger between American firms Woodward Inc. and Hexcel Corp. sent tremors through the entire global aerospace and defence industry – not least among trade suppliers and rival companies, since the union could create one of the world's largest aerospace and defence suppliers. The Manufacturer: Top 10 news stories of 2019
Posted on 6 Jan 2020 by The Manufacturer
UK manufacturing continues to face significant change in automation and digitalisation, attitudes towards its emissions output and preparing its workforce for the future, while being beset by ever-shifting political challenges as the UK prepares to the the European Union. Have your say on the most pressing issues facing UK manufacturing in 2020
Posted on 20 Dec 2019 by Nick Peters
By taking the Annual Manufacturing Report survey you will be helping stakeholders in our sector better understand the challenges that companies face. The Manufacturer MX Awards 2019 pay tribute to the greats of UK manufacturing
Posted on 15 Nov 2019 by The Manufacturer
The winners of The Manufacturer MX Awards 2019 represent the very best of the UK manufacturing industry. They were honoured at a ceremony in Liverpool on 14 November. US tariffs on Airbus will “damage” aviation industry
Posted on 3 Oct 2019 by The Manufacturer
The Trump Administration has been authorised to impose import duties on Airbus that the airline’s chief executive warned will “disrupt” industry and raise costs. £300m boost to help advance cleaner, greener future of flight
Posted on 27 Aug 2019 by Jonny Williamson
UK innovators are set to benefit from a £300m investment in more sustainable flight solutions for people and goods, with researchers developing electric planes and cleaner jet fuels set to receive an additional £5m boost.