Tesla opens Gigafactory to the media
Posted on 2 Aug 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors has shown off its so-called ‘Gigafactory’ to the media for the first time.
Technology and Innovation
GSK investment to form UK bioelectronics firm
Posted on 1 Aug 2016 by Jonny Williamson
GSK has declared a further multi-million pound UK investment less than a week after the pharmaceutical giant announced a £275m investment into its UK manufacturing sites. Honing in on innovation with laser precision
Posted on 30 Jul 2016 by The Manufacturer
The spotlight on R&D and innovation, which has historically been synonymous with multi-nationals, has shifted more recently towards small and medium-sized businesses, according to The State of Engineering 2015 report. Dr Graeme Malcolm shares his experiences of bringing the SolsTiS to market through building his own business M-Squared Lasers. IoT and your servitization journey
Posted on 29 Jul 2016 by Jonny Williamson
A select number of leaders from across the industrial landscape came together to discover how advanced technologies are helping manufacturers adopt servitization. Solar Impulse completes round-the-world journey
Posted on 29 Jul 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
Solar powered aircraft ‘Solar Impulse 2’ has completed a marathon circumnavigation of the globe this week.
Bosch celebrates Internet of Things innovators
Posted on 28 Jul 2016 by Jonny Williamson
Three young women engineers have been recognised by Bosch for their visions of how the Internet of Things (IoT) might transform the way we live our lives. Is creating a Smart Factory part of your business strategy?
Posted on 27 Jul 2016 by Tim Brown
Connected devices, Smart Factory, Industry 4.0, Connected Factory, IoT, IIoT - there's a lot of buzz around these relatively new but basically interchangeable ideas. New innovation allows Stagecoach electric buses to run for longer
Posted on 27 Jul 2016 by Tim Brown
Stagecoach has become the first UK bus operator to implement an innovative modification to its electric buses which allows them to run for longer in between charging sessions. Cutting the cost of cleaning up nuclear waste
Posted on 27 Jul 2016 by Jonny Williamson
The Nuclear AMRC is working with Sellafield Ltd to cut the cost of making future designs of nuclear waste container boxes, potentially saving hundreds of millions of pounds in decommissioning costs. UK defence firm QinetiQ unveils new material to protect aircraft from impacts
Posted on 27 Jul 2016 by Aiden Burgess
UK multinational defence technology company, QinetiQ, has developed a rubbery material that could make aircraft structures three times more resistant to impacts such as bird and drone strikes.