The Manufacturer's editorial director, Nick Peters, and Steven Barr, managing director of Hennik Edge dissect the launch of a green paper outlining the UK government’s thinking behind a long-term Industrial Strategy.
The Prime Minister’s Industrial Strategy is a step in the right direction towards a more collaborative future in which government will be working hand-in-hand with British industry to support their long-term interests. However, proof of its efficacy will lie in its delivery, as Caroline Milton explains.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new graphene material that is one of the strongest in the world while also being lightweight in form.
Global infrastructure services firm, AECOM and Nottingham Trent University have launched a new partnership agreement focused on innovation, with the aim of developing new products, processes and services for the industrial sector.
A specialist from the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is helping a local steel fabricator export to China after expanding its testing capabilities.
Ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed potentially transformational technology which could revolutionise the capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on battery power to work.
Manufacturers are failing to effectively leverage data and analytics when it comes to supply chain planning and segmentation, according to new research from University of Warwick’s WMG and JDA Software Group.
Machining, composite and integrated manufacturing specialists at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre have joined forces to build what is believed to be the world’s first reconfigurable carbon composite robotic machine tool.
A consortium comprising the world’s leader in aircraft landing gear, a leading specialist metals producer and two of the UK’s leading universities is working on FastForge, a project aimed at the production of aerospace-grade titanium at a third of the current price.
