Oil & Gas

Shell_Hydrogen_Station_at_Cobham_Service_Station - Wikimedia Commons

Innovation

Sheffield-based manufacturer signs five-year deal with Shell Hydrogen

The Manufacturer MX Awards 2019 Ceremony - Image courtesy of The Manufacturer

Leadership & Strategy

The Manufacturer MX Awards 2019: All the winners and reactions

Cars rolling along the production line

Leadership & Strategy

Have your say on the most pressing issues facing UK manufacturing in 2020

The Cisbot, or Cast Iron Joint Sealing Robot, is deployed to fix the ageing underground pipes

Robotics & Automation

Robotic roadworks revolution to save time, money and effort

IndustrialRobots

Most sustainable companies The capacity of offshore windfarms nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

Britain goes 114 continuous hours without using coal to generate electricity

Oil refinery factory - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Digital Transformation

IIoT is helping to build the ‘Refinery of the Future’

IoT

Utilising 3D printing to create jigs and fixtures - image courtesy of Formlabs

Innovation

Replacing machined jigs and fixtures with 3D printing

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - MHI’s H-IIA launch vehicle completed its first 100% commercial mission in 2015 - image courtesy of MHI.

Digital Transformation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: From ships to satellites

A GE gas turbine under construction. Image courtesy of GE Power.

GE cuts 12,000 jobs as renewable energy hits business

Polluting factories in China are being shut down in an air quality crackdown. Image courtesy of Flickr - Leo Fung

China shuts down factories in pollution purge

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

Smart Factory

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