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UK Manufacturing is very different – and in many ways far more exciting – than many people outside industry perceive - industrial strategy.

SMAS: swapping old for new to gain efficiencies

BMW and Toyota deepened their collaboration by signing a binding agreement in 2013 - image courtesy of BMW

BMW and Toyota combine to create their latest sports cars

Hyperloop One has opened a state of the art manufacturing facility in Las Vegas - image courtesy of Hyperloop One

Hyperloop One opens first manufacturing plant to help shape the future of transportation

Hills Numberplate Investment L to R: Stephen Murray (Finance Birmingham); Julie Mole (NatWest); Kath Jenkins & Richard Taffinder (both Hills Numberplates); Ian Fairclough (Finance Birmingham) and Ken Feast (RBS Invoice Finance).

Firm’s numbers come up care of £10m investment

A tool manufacturing floor manager analyses smart factory equipment using the Internet of Things (IoT) - image courtesy of Cisco.

Is creating a Smart Factory part of your business strategy?

An Optare electic bus operated by Stagecoach in Inverness - image courtesy of Optare.

New innovation allows Stagecoach electric buses to run for longer

The new Shape Memory Allow from QinetiQ could help to prevent aircraft damage and accidents caused by both bird and lightning strikes - image courtesy of QinetiQ.

UK defence firm QinetiQ unveils new material to protect aircraft from impacts

The Rize One 3D printer aims to address the problem associated with previous 3D printing technology, post-processing - image courtesy of Rize.

Rize develops the first zero post-processing 3D printer – Rize One

Based in Ely, Masters specialises in offering businesses a first-class warehousing and distribution service.

Ely firm Masters logistics and warehousing

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has started 3D printing truck spare parts using the latest 3D SLS printing processes - image courtesy of Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz to begin 3D printing truck spare parts

The amount of fuel double-decker buses use makes the the most amount of fuel, it makes the economics of a hybrid retrofit more appealing than smaller buses - image courtesy of Vantage Power.

The brains behind Vantage Power