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UK Manufacturing Finance Budget Annual Investment Allowance Finance Money Cash Growth - image courtesy of Depositphotos. tax

Investment fears over Brexit leave industry at mercy of global rivals

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What is Innovation Alley at Smart Factory Expo 2019?

Invest Liverpool Factory in a Box

£15m funding deal struck for Liverpool Catapult MTC

CO2 capture carbon emissions

New tech to help heavy industry to cut 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions

FULL - Technologies for late-stage customisation are being researched through collaborative projects between the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge and multinational glass manufacturer NSG Pilkington.

Exploring technologies for customisation at scale

People & Skills

Report: apprenticeships now a real alternative to university

Manufacturers Cox and Plant Products, a manufacturer of conveying systems for major processing plants has plans to increase sales to £3m within 12 months and ambitious targets to more than double that figure by 2018.

Digital Transformation

99% of process manufacturers preparing for growth despite market challenges

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

The company believe the service will allow unlimited creativity and a more fluid approach to design, manufacture and consumer.

Digital Transformation

Largest bottle maker to hyperpersonalise packaging with connected service

Ardagh is one of the UK’s, and world’s, largest glass and metal packaging producers - image courtesy of Ardagh

£50m Glass Futures project to make UK world leader

Smart factories are set to improve productivity and labor cost hugely over the next 5 years - image courtesy of APS

Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy