Environmental Sustainability

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

Leadership & Strategy

Electric Vehicle Batteries: Managing Thermal Runaway vital to raising safety

Toyota’s assembly plant at Burnaston has a 17,000 panel solar array that generates 4.1 MW of electricity - image courtesy of Toyota UK

Innovation

Toyota UK: Using the sun to power the plant

A commitment to develop carbon capture and storage technology, which stops greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, was made ahead of a summit in Edinburgh - image courtesy of BSCSP

Innovation

UK’s first carbon capture usage & storage project to be commissioned by mid-2020s

Resource Efficiency - MTL Advanced has invested in automated laser cutter- image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Leadership & Strategy

Failure to prioritise resource efficiency is costing UK manufacturers billions

Tidal Power - Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is the pathfinder project for UK and international tidal lagoons at full-scale – shown here is an artist’s impression of the lagoon wall

Leadership & Strategy

Global & Green: The future of trade and the environment

UK Steel plant steel foundry - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

What does the future hold for the UK steel industry?

The research will develop cost effective, scalable carbon fibre composite solutions - image courtesy of Martin Neeves Photography & Film.

Innovation

Lightweight cars: How important are they?

The Ocean Cleanup System 001 floating in the lagoon in front of the assesmbly yard - image courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup.

Innovation

The Ocean Cleanup of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will start this Saturday

The global forklift truck market is expected to grow year-on-year by at least 100,000 - 150,000 for the next five years – image courtesy of MCFE.

Innovation

MCFE: Elevating the forklift industry

Innovation

Resource efficiency simulation tool set to be a game changer

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.

Leadership & Strategy

Servitization + digital tech = ↓ food waste & ↑ competitiveness

BusinessModels