The Manufacturer: best blogs of 2016
Posted on 3 Feb 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The Manufacturer received a lot of insightful and thought-provoking contributions during 2016. Here’s 12 of the most shared and popular. Supply Chain
The year of the Digital Railway
Posted on 2 Feb 2017 by The Manufacturer
Jonathan Willcock, managing director, Signalling and Infrastructure at Alstom UK & Ireland, explains why 2017 will be the most exciting year in the advancement of the Digital Railway. UK manufacturing starts 2017 on 32-month high
Posted on 1 Feb 2017 by Jonny Williamson
UK manufacturing output rose at the fastest rate since May 2014, according to the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Toyota Australia confirms manufacturing plant will shutdown permanently in October
Posted on 31 Jan 2017 by Tim Brown
Toyota Australia has today announced that its final day of vehicle production at its Australian-based, Altona manufacturing plant, will be Tuesday 3 October 2017. AMRC helps UK lead global automotive innovation
Posted on 30 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The Composite Centre of the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing has been awarded £360,000 in funding from Innovate UK to investigate the way composite material is developed for use in automotive components. UK Industrial Strategy: 10 key points
Posted on 23 Jan 2017 by The Manufacturer
The UK government is set for a “new approach” to support and promote British manufacturing, according to Prime Minister Theresa May. Industry bodies agree single process for BIM data
Posted on 20 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Leading construction industry bodies, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), and the Construction Products Association (CPA) have moved to address confusion over the process of standardising product information for use in Building Information Modelling (BIM). Supply chain management soars in the cloud
Posted on 18 Jan 2017 by The Manufacturer
With the Oracle Modern Business Experience event taking place next month in London, Oracle reports on how the cloud is making its mark on mainstream supply chain management. Liberty House saves 740 jobs at UK auto-supplier
Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Fast-growing industrial group, Liberty House, has announced another major advance into the automotive supply sector by acquiring high-profile Tier 1 vehicle pressings and assemblies manufacturer, CovPress, which had been in administration since September last year. Skanska joins world-leading UK tech centre
Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The UK arm of global construction giant, Skanska, has joined the Manufacturing Technology Centre – one of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing ‘Catapult’ centres with a clear commitment to developing new technologies that will benefit the construction industry.