Research and Development

Leadership & Strategy

UK automotive exports to Asia up 21% in 2017

School Children Classroom STEM - Stock

Innovation

Safeguarding UK manufacturing requires us all to become more childish

autonomous vehicles - The 1965 Ford Mustang converted to autonomous driving - image courtesy of Matt Woods.

Digital Transformation

Autonomous vehicles, so near and yet so far

IoT

Good idea concept crumpled paper ball lightbulb on blackboard - creativity design thinking innovation - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

Innovate UK: Backing British innovation

The MTC is aiming to recruit nearly 100 apprentices to start work in September 2019.

Skills

Coventry’s Manufacturing Technology Centre aims to attract 100 future engineers

Smiths knows no boundaries – its products are in space on the ISS (International Space Station) and are even on Mars.

Innovation

Smiths Group: A history of innovation

Faster horses? Henry Ford said if he’d asked people what they wanted, they’d have said faster horses, not cars - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Digital Transformation

UK Govt announces £50m to attract world’s best digital talent

IoT

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Digital Transformation

Five IP challenges for the digital economy

Knowledge Transfer Partnership - Working together as a team for innovative strategies and creating new ideas and products through lesdership and education represented by two human heads and a lightbulb in the shape of gears and cogs - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Leadership & Strategy

Why partnerships are needed for UK manufacturing to flourish

MetLase I4.0 Digital pipe checking fixture.

Innovation

Is there already a successor to additive layer manufacturing?

UK Steel plant steel foundry - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

What does the future hold for the UK steel industry?