University research

Knowledge Transfer Partnership - Working together as a team for innovative strategies and creating new ideas and products through lesdership and education represented by two human heads and a lightbulb in the shape of gears and cogs - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Leadership & Strategy

Why partnerships are needed for UK manufacturing to flourish

The Black Country Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS) has launched in Wolverhampton.

Finance

£12.5m centre opened in Wolverhampton to boost high value manufacturing

Scottish PD&MS Group has secured a trio of contracts worth more than £10m making the firm UKCS leader - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

New partnership to drive advanced manufacturing for oil & gas

Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry MP and Mayor of the Sheffield City Region Dan Jarvis MP visited Sheffield to open the University of Sheffield’s three new multi-million pound research centres which aim to boost the region’s reputation as a hub for advanced engineering and industrial digital technologies.

Leadership & Strategy

Three new world-leading advanced engineering centres open in Sheffield

Dr James McGettrick of Swansea University conducts chemical analysis on steel.

Digital Transformation

Speeding up UK steel innovation with a ‘virtual factory’

There is a high potential for opportunity in the developing lightweight structures sector in Greater Manchester - image courtesy of UK Department for International Trade

Innovation

Global lightweight manufacturing hub forming in Greater Manchester

Autoclave composite panel production - image courtesy of the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (CENSIS).

Innovation

Manufacturing high value components made easier

Graphene has many potentially revolutionary properties. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester

Innovation

Graphene offers new battery options and potential for limitless energy

The Smart Factory Podcast

Stock image Industry 4.0 4IR

Leadership & Strategy

Gauging the mood of UK manufacturing

A lightweight aluminium structure with a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) lattice - image courtesy of CFAM.

Innovation

Additive manufacturing: the next layer