Automotive

Bloodhound SSC: Yorkshire entrepreneur secures project’s future

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

Clean Mobility - BEV - Automotive charging points electric and hybrid vehicles batteries thermal runaway – shutterstock image.

Electric Vehicle Batteries: Managing Thermal Runaway vital to raising safety

Juergen Maier said that the building will help place the East Midlands at the centre of digital manufacturing: “It’s important because our future lies in driving a new technological revolution focusing on AI, automation, robotics and 3D printing.”

£24m Advanced Manufacturing Building opens at Nottingham University

(From left to right): Jennifer Jach of Lear, Paul Lockwood of Gateshead College, apprentice Natalia Walas and apprentice Jordan Barrowman - image courtesy of Gateshead College.

People & Skills

Automotive supplier partners with college to roll-out national apprenticeship scheme

Gauging the mood of UK Manufacturing: The Manufacturer’s Annual Manufacturing Report 2019

UK automotive exports to Asia up 21% in 2017

autonomous vehicles - The 1965 Ford Mustang converted to autonomous driving - image courtesy of Matt Woods.

Digital Transformation

Autonomous vehicles, so near and yet so far

Faster horses? Henry Ford said if he’d asked people what they wanted, they’d have said faster horses, not cars - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

We must invest more in robots to improve UK productivity, says PPMA CEO

Dawn View of the Air Traffic Control Tower at Birmingham Airport in the Midlands - image courtesy of Depositphotos

Digital Transformation

Birmingham Airport expansion plan to boost West Midlands manufacturing