Turnstyle Designs is delighted to announce that the company has celebrated 25 years in business, 25 years of manufacturing in Britain and 25 years of setting the standard of design-led architectural ironmongery.
British-based international shoe manufacturer and retailer, Clarks, is to open a new manufacturing unit in Somerset – more than a decade after moving production to the Far East.
Small firms with big ideas are a critical component in driving the nation towards a knowledge economy – but SMEs are often left out of the innovation system. Dr Nicky Athanassopoulou discusses key enablers and barriers to improving interfaces between universities and SMEs that boost innovation.
Tharsus, the leading UK designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical systems, has been unveiled as the long-term partner in Ocado’s ground-breaking warehouse automation project.
To survive and thrive through this current wave of disruption, businesses need to successfully bridge from the physical to the digital world. A new IBM whitepaper lays out exactly how to do just that.
Experts cite various challenges for businesses to overcome in the face of the digitalisation of manufacturing (or Industry 4.0), such as the skills gap, cyber security and data format conflicts. Yet there is another potential barrier that nobody is mentioning: supply chains.
Dr Laura Cohen, chief executive of the British Ceramic Confederation, explains why employers and unions are calling on government to commit to strong trade remedies after Brexit.
Jonny Williamson received an exclusive look at the creation of a new automated storage and retrieval system at Coca-Cola European Partners Sidcup factory.
The century old linear model of electrification is being challenged and tested thanks to the far-reaching digital transformation redefining the rules of power and utilities.
