The Nuclear AMRC is working with Sellafield Ltd to cut the cost of making future designs of nuclear waste container boxes, potentially saving hundreds of millions of pounds in decommissioning costs.
UK multinational defence technology company, QinetiQ, has developed a rubbery material that could make aircraft structures three times more resistant to impacts such as bird and drone strikes.
Rize has made huge leaps in the development of 3D printing technology with the Boston-based startup creating a new 3D printer that doesn’t require any post processing of the object after it is printed.
The Materials Processing Institute (MPI) has published a report on the opportunities open to UK industry in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, and how to realise them.
Three weeks on from the Brexit vote, speculation about its impact on UK manufacturing continues. Real evidence is still hard to find, and will always be tinged with uncertainty due to the complex factors involved. The Manufacturer digests the latest Brexit opinions, sorting the evidence of positive or negative impacts from the pure speculation.
A new treatment for chronic wounds, developed by Crawford Healthcare and the University of Manchester, could save the NHS over £125m a year in the fight against antibiotic resistance, following the success of a breakthrough study.
In an effort to resolve a lengthy backlog in the delivery of its spare parts, from September, Mercedes-Benz is going make 30 different plastic spare parts for its cargo trucks available to 3D print.
