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According to EEF research, 78% of manufacturers with a business-need for air freight favour Heathrow expansion.

EEF laments further Heathway expansion delays

Hargreaves is the only UK subcontractor working on the ground breaking Chernobyl project - image courtesy of Hargreaves.

Chernobyl engineering contract awarded to Hargreaves

Union Jack EU Flag Brexit - Stock Image

Brexit: industry urges Govt to avoid economic limbo

The Danish site for cobots manufacturer, Universal Robots - image courtesy of Universal Robots

Cobots manufacturer Universal Robots opens new West Coast HQ in Irvine

Jay Wileman is President & CEO of the Wilmington, North Carolina-based GE Hitatchi - image courtesy of GE.

GE Hitachi to lead nuclear research project as DoE provides $82m in funding

GE workers in Belfort, France, are assembling the record-breaking 9HA gas turbine for Bouchain which set the GE World Record - image courtesy of GE Power.

GE awarded world record for most efficient combined-cycle power plant

Staff at the Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes, the Mexican car manufacturing plant of Renault-Nissan and Daimler which is to receive new technology from ABB - image courtesy of CMPA

ABB to improve energy efficiency of Renault-Nissan Mexican plant by up to 20%

The Evoque being manufactured at Halewood. Photography attributed to JLR.

Staying in Europe vital to future of UK automotive

Wal-Mart's robotic shopping cart will likely resemble the Budgee robot (Pictured). Image courtesy of Five Elements Robotics .

Wal-Mart to deploy robotic shopping carts

CSIRO, RMIT and Queensland University of Technology are currently working on developing a “salt bath” that stabilise lithium metal foils and increase battery life and performance for electric cars - image courtesy of CSIRO.

A salt bath could boost next gen batteries for electric cars

L to R: Jonny Williamson, web editor (The Manufacturer); Mukesh Parekh, vice president – manufacturing (Atos); and Brian Holliday, managing director - Digital Factory (Siemens) – image courtesy of Atos.

Directives for digital transformation from Atos & The Manufacturer