Aerospace

Rolls-Royce is building a high-performance electric aircraft - image courtesy of Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce plans world’s fastest all-electric aircraft

The AMRC’s Factory 2050 is home to the groups Integrated Manufacturing Group. It is located on The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Campus at Sheffield Business Park.

Plans for expansion of Sheffield Business Park submitted

BAE Systems plans to recruit 700 new apprentices in 2019. Some will have the opportunity to work on the Typhoon and F-35 projects - image courtesy of BAE Systems.

People & Skills

BAE Systems to recruit 30% more apprentices in 2019

The East Midlands has a strong food and drink sector. It's home to Melton Mowbray, which is known as the "rural capital of food." - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Four East Midlands Manufacturing Zones created to boost food and drink sector

The MiR200 base robots moving around Factory 2050 independently during trials - image courtesy of AMRC.

Airbus working to transport aircraft wing assemblies autonomously in Wales

“The prospects for engineers in universities are extremely rosy,” says WEAF CEO

Revenues of large companies in the aerospace industry are growing - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Digital Transformation

Green paper sets out future of British aerospace industry

The US has announced that aluminium and steel tariffs on imports from the EU are to come into force - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

UK government pledges £170m to help heavy industry decarbonise

Pablo Isla, Inditex chairman and CEO - image courtesy of Inditex

The best CEOs in the world are manufacturers according to Harvard Business Review

Fine Tubes supplied 130km of cooling tubes for CERN's Large Hadron Collider - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

British maker of CERN cooling tubes celebrates 75th anniversary

The National Composites Centre (NCC) say the iCAP programme “will bring composites into the digital age, increasing production rates and quality while improving efficiency and reducing cost” – image courtesy of HVMC.

National Composites Centre receives record UK Govt R&D investment