by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018, Sponsored Content
“WE WANT TO BUY ANOTHER MACHINE, BUT NEED SOMEONE TO RUN IT; DO YOU SELL OPERATORS?” The manufacturing skills shortage prompted this question, put by a customer to Haas Operations Director, Andrew Ward.This led Mr Ward to ask himself: can Haas take people with no...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
Above: The Bridgman family – Esteé, Richard, Sharon and Will – collecting Richard’s OBE at Buckingham Palace in June 2018 2018 WAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR FOR RICHARD BRIDGMAN OBE, SKILLS CHAMPION, FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THETFORD-BASED WARREN...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE, BURY ST EDMUNDS Engineering and Innovation provides exciting global opportunities and excellent rewards, says Gary Jefferson, Executive Director of Engineering and Technology at West Suffolk College, which is bidding to be one of the first...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Ones to Watch, Ones to watch 2018
After 50 years in business Alderman Tooling in Plymouth still has an appetite for growth and strong ambitions for the future. The bespoke metal fabrication firm was founded in 1969 by Bill Alderman to provide machine tooling to the burgeoning Plymouth manufacturing...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Ones to Watch, Ones to watch 2018
ON A STEEP GROWTH TRAJECTORY Bromford Group have been celebrating their organic growth in 2018 and are gearing up to build on their success in 2019 Established in 2009, Bromford manufactures a broad range of components and assemblies for aero and marine gas turbines,...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Ones to Watch, Ones to watch 2018
CORAL PRODUCTS (MOULDINGS) LTD PLASTICS WITH A CONSCIENCE Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd is an injection and blow moulding plastics company based in Haydock, Merseyside. As we enter 2019, business is going from strength to strength. A recent investment will place them...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
HELPING JOB SEEKERS AND FILLING THE SKILLS GAP IN EAST ANGLIA If you’re recruiting engineers in East Anglia, Jobcentre Plus should be your first point of call, that’s the message from Julia Nix OBE.Recognising a shortage of skilled engineers in the region, and...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
Above: JCB Chairman Lord Bamford with son George at the 2017 launch of the new JCB Access product range. JCB: THE POWER TO MOVE FAMILY BUSINESSES ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF BRITISH INDUSTRY: THEY ARE TIED TO AND INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE IGNORE THEIR VALUE AT OUR...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content
JAMES SELKA CEO, The Manufacturing Technologies Association In 2019 the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) enters our one hundredth year; that’s one hundred years of providing a voice to the advanced engineering sector in the UK and one hundred years of...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Ones to Watch, Ones to watch 2018
Above: Speedback Silverstone Edition: the grand tourer for the 21st century. Founded in March 2013, David Brown Automotive defines itself as a coachbuilder for the 21st century, taking the elegant looks of previous decades and combining them with modern,...
