Logistics & Materials Handling

Robotics specialist Sewtec has created a bespoke machine which can pack 2,000 bags every minute - image courtesy of Sewtec.

Robotics & Automation

Tetley plant installs bespoke secondary packaging machine

The British car maker is planning a five-year trade and investment drive in China worth over £600m - image courtesy of Aston Martin.

Leadership & Strategy

More companies ramping up ‘No-Deal’ Brexit preparations

Industry 4.0 depositphotos

Manufacturers not matching transformational pace of digital tech

Resize - The McLaren Senna and Ayrton Senna’s victorious McLaren MP4/5 – image courtesy of McLaren.

Leadership & Strategy

The Manufacturer: Top 10 features of 2018!

The MiR200 base robots moving around Factory 2050 independently during trials - image courtesy of AMRC.

Robotics & Automation

Airbus working to transport aircraft wing assemblies autonomously in Wales

autonomous ship image - rolls-royce

Digital Transformation

Autonomous shipping: The future of seafaring

IoT

European Springs & Pressings turned over £19 million last year. It claims it can produce 3 million components per hour.

Innovation

Diversification key to survival, says European Springs & Pressings MD

The government will invest more money in Smart motorways - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Finance

£600bn of infrastructure projects planned over the next ten years

Biopharmaceutical companies like ARCTrinova and Autolus have been given public grants to help streamline manufacturing of life-saving medicines.

Innovation

Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres to receive more government funding

The Hack and Pitch competition was help during the 2017 Smart Factory Expo. Image courtesy of The Manufacturer

Innovation

The winners of 2018’s Hack and Pitch competition

Innovation Alley at the Smart Factory Expo is pictured - image courtesy of TM.

Innovation

To succeed, SMEs have to be ‘technical disruptors’