Research and Development

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

Natwest: thousands of UK manufacturing firms unprepared for the future

Apple claims to have created in excess of 1 million jobs since 2008. The Apple store in Santa Monica - image courtesy of Apple.

Tim Cook’s letter to Apple customers regarding encryption

Collaborative project to enhance Scotland’s global sensors capability

Google self-driving Lexus RX450h SUV takes to the streets - image courtesy of Google

Google self-driving AI considered a ‘driver’ amidst liability concerns

BAE Systems has developed an upgraded version of the Terrier tank which will be used by the British army - image courtesy of BAE Systems.

The BAE Systems Terrier tank is the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of combat vehicles

Image courtesy of ESA/NASA

Tim Peake: into space

JRI Orthopaedics will supply patient specific, 3D printed hip and shoulder implants for cases involving highly challenging bone and joint reconstruction surgery

3D printed implants offered through pioneering partnership

Steve Jones, professor of Manufacturing Systems and Processes at the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME).

Employee of the month Feb 2016: Steve Jones, AME

AMRC to carry out UK’s first airworthiness test in 30 years

Terry Scuoler, CEO, EEF

EEF sets out a New Year’s resolution for UK industry

Gian Paolo on the main stage at SOLIDWORKS World 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

SOLIDWORKS World 2016: Taking it all in