London Mayor dumps iconic Routemaster buses as part of election pledge
Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
London's Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has halted production of the new, Thomas Heatherwick-designed, double-decker Routemaster buses. Supply Chain
Brexit concerns top of mind for US manufacturers
Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
More than a third (39.4%) of US businesses with a base in the UK said they are considering moving it to elsewhere in the EU because of Brexit, according to a new report by international law firm, Gowling WLG. LogMeIn to the Rescue for Zero Motorcycles
Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by The Manufacturer
LogMeIn Rescue has helped Zero Motorcycles overcome the challenge of growing a revolutionary new market by allowing Zero to provide unrivaled customer support, from the comfort of its own site, ANT Industries lands £25m aerospace deal
Posted on 10 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Global aero-engine parts supplier, ANT Industries has signed a £25m, five-year contract to supply engine components to support six new civil engine programmes for a global Spanish aerospace manufacturer. Predictive maintenance sensors and implementation
Posted on 10 Jan 2017 by Tim Brown
To provide a blueprint for you to build your PdM deployment around, Dell has developed a flexible
architecture centered on the Edge Gateway 5000® with partners including SAP and ifm for a complete
solution. Increasing manufacturing performance with the Internet of Things (IoT)
Posted on 10 Jan 2017 by The Manufacturer
Manufacturers have been collecting and storing data for years, but now big data technologies enable more constructive use of this information, such as to increase throughput, boost yields, improve efficiency, and reduce downtime. CWAF aerospace cluster lands sky-high turnover
Posted on 4 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The Coventry and Warwickshire Aerospace Forum (CWAF) has announced that around £65m has been collectively generated in the past year – an increase of 11% year-on-year, creating 17 new positions for apprentices and interns. Winds of change as solar becomes world’s cheapest form of energy
Posted on 4 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
Solar power is set to become the world's cheapest form of energy according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Turbulent times demand fresh supply chain thinking
Posted on 31 Dec 2016 by The Manufacturer
2016 has been one of surprise and turmoil for UK manufacturers with largely unexpected outcomes in both the EU referendum and the US presidential elections. These geopolitical events contributed to an unprecedented level of uncertainty surrounding international trading relationships, as Dom Tribe explains. Automotive engineering clusters: driving innovation
Posted on 30 Dec 2016 by The Manufacturer
Autonomous vehicles may be making most of the headlines in the world of automotive engineering, but behind the scenes, collaboration rather than autonomy is proving to be the road to successful automotive innovation. Jonathan Wilkins looks at some of the most exciting automotive engineering clusters around the world.