Trump pulls US out of Paris Climate Accord
Posted on 2 Jun 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US President Donald Trump has formally announced that the country will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
Renewables
India makes abrupt shift away from coal
Posted on 29 May 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
A new IEEFA report has shown that India is making big moves away from coal power, and towards renewable solar energy.
New idea to tackle global issue of plastic waste
Posted on 15 May 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Unilever and the Fraunhofer Institute has developed a potentially ground-breaking new technology to combat the hundreds of billions of single-use plastic sachets thrown away globally every year. Predictive maintenance to be worth $4.9bn by 2021
Posted on 13 Apr 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The important role connected technologies play in safeguarding manufacturing resilience has been highlighted with the global predictive maintenance market set to grow exponentially over the next five years. Swedish company Northvolt plans massive battery factory
Posted on 18 Mar 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
Northvolt AB, a newly-founded Swedish company is raising funds to build a massive battery manufacturing complex.
SolidWorks World 2017: what’s new and next in CAD and tech
Posted on 28 Feb 2017 by Tim Brown
The latest SolidWorks World event, held at the beginning of the month in Los Angeles, CA, saw the latest installment of the globally renowned event tackle the latest approaches to technology, design and engineering.
Head of international content, Tim Brown, got along to see all the latest the event had to offer. Rise of the British start up
Posted on 21 Feb 2017 by The Manufacturer
When thinking of start-ups, the image of tanned Ivy League dropouts developing complicated pieces of software from their unconventional Californian workspaces often springs to mind. But the reality of launching a business – big or small – from scratch can be very different, as is often the case with those starting up manufacturing in the UK. Rita Lobo examines the challenges of taking the first steps in manufacturing. An industrial IoT wake-up call
Posted on 17 Feb 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Autodesk and Taxal recently conducted an in-depth research study into how the Internet of Things is set to transform manufacturing over the coming years. Jonny Williamson catches up with Taxal’s Allan Behrens to go through the findings and the wider implications. What technologies power Connected Manufacturing?
Posted on 15 Feb 2017 by The Manufacturer
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) requires UK companies to connect their manufacturing operations with technology, in order to deliver more agile, responsive and customer-focused outcomes. But what are the specific technologies that British industrialists need to embrace? Embracing digital transformation
Posted on 14 Feb 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Jonny Williamson rounds up the insights from an exclusive digital transformation event hosted by Microsoft at Altitude London.