Workforce and skills

A photo from The Manufacturer MX Awards (TMMX Awards) 2015 in Birmingham - image courtesy of TM. The biggest manufacturing awards in the uk.

TMMX Awards: last call for UK manufacturers

SentiMag is part of the Endomag sentinel lymph node detection system

Medical devices: at the sharp end

PepsiCo has been embroiled in claims of worker exploitation at Palm Oil plantations operated by its affiliate, Indofood - image courtesy of Rainforest Action Network

PepsiCo and Indofood linked to Indonesian worker exploitation claims

The engine cover grille reportedly responds to a vehicle’s cooling requirements more effectively than any existing product – image courtesy of MarchantCain.

Design engineering firm improves engine cover grilles

Nylacast exports 70% of its output to more than 43 countries - image courtesy of Nylacast.

Nylacast named among Britain’s fastest growing global stars

This new research reveals that innovation around big data isn’t a London-based phenomenon

Digital transformation: the currency of industry 4.0

The famous metal sculpture held together by Gripple's wire fastenings - image courtesy of Gripple.

Gripple: get a GRIP!

Sheffield Forgemasters' forgings for the Nord Stream pipeline - image courtesy of Sheffield Forgemasters.

Another world record for Sheffield Forgemasters

The Spaceport will enable take-off and landing of reusable space vehicles, such as Skylon and Virgin Galactic.

National programme needed to boost UK spaceport

Precision scanning technology, normally used to solve high tech engineering problems, was able to reveal that archaeologists searching a shipwreck had found an extraordinarily rare silver coin - image courtesy of WMG.

Metrology: crimebusting has a new champion

The PMI is an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector.

Next phase of SME apprenticeship funding scheme launched