MBDA UK, part of the MBDA Group, is leading a R&D project to develop improved modelling techniques for airframe geometry and airflows in support of new airframe design.
A new report supported by the Technology Strategy Board has been released to guide stakeholders in food production in efficiently meeting future sector challenges.
GKN Aerospace has completed research that aims to transform the manufacture of large composite aero-structures and produce the performance gains the industry seeks in the next generation of airframes.
A former Newcastle-upon-Tyne coppersmith has tapped into support from the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) to help him realise the commercial potential of his ‘metal blowing’ technology.
The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £1m in innovative business-led R&D projects in motorsport, high performance engineering, and related technology consultancy centred in the UK’s ‘Motorsport Valley’ cluster.
The Manufacturer talks to Mike Zietek and Nicos Charalambous who helped create the model of The Queen’s Irish State Coach carriage made from chocolate.
Help is at hand for manufacturers seeking to invest in R&D around product and processes to drive growth. Peter Russell, head of manufacturing and industrials at Royal Bank of Scotland investigates how the Technology Strategy Board’s Catapult Centres provide manufacturers with a sound support package to ensure innovative ideas make it from drawing boards to market, while also challenging conventional wisdom on how UK manufacturing is done.
New centre at the National Renewable Energy Centre will be the first independent facility to test the next generation multi-megawatt turbines.
GW Pharmaceuticals, the biopharmaceutical company focused on developing cannabis-based therapeutics, has announced that Sativex, its treatment for spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis, has been determined by Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) that has a low potential for abuse and low risk of diversion.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has signed a strategic research agreement with the University of Nottingham.
