Workforce and skills

(L to R) Alex, Malam, Connor Macrae and Alex Owen (all apprentices at Salop Design & Engineering).

How many people does it take to plug the skills gap?

Electronics manufacturing at the Scharnhausen Technology Plant employs different testing methods to ensure superior quality.

Festo: automation for the future

CROP-A-montage-of-manufacturing-images-image-courtesy-of-DFC

The Manufacturer – best blogs of 2015

Sunseeker Chinese sale completed

Sunseeker seeks new staff

McLaren 570S Coupe Launch 2015 Portimao

Increased sales drive 250 new jobs at McLaren

As Veit phrased it, Industry 4.0 will “change work”, opposed to “killing work”, noting that jobs are likely to be safeguarded with employee skill-levels being raised.

Festo: Industry 4.0 and automation

Antony Bourne, global manufacturing industry director, IFS.

Digitisation of manufacturing

Barclay's - Automation Robotics Report

Future-proofing UK manufacturing: robotics & automation

Bilimoria was made a crossbench life peer in 2006, which affords him the opportunity to speak on the issues that concern him - image courtesy of Cobra Beer.

In conversation with Cobra Beer’s Lord Bilimoria

UK space sector: breathing space

The Industry Apprenticeship Council outside the Houses of Parliament

Pump priming the skills pipeline