by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
KIM CARR Managing Partner, FBC Manby Bowdler There is no avoiding the fact that one topic has dominated most aspects of our national life during the last year – and will do so for some years to come. The UK’s exit from the EU throws up many questions for businesses...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content
TRUST IGUS FOR LOW COST AUTOMATION Matthew Aldridge, Director, igus uk ltdAutomation at your fingertips: low-priced delta robot from igus available to build or buy igus introduces fast low-cost robots for less than £5,000It is well understood within industry that the...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content
More than a million additional family firms have opened for business in the UK since 2010 – and 88% of manufacturing businesses are familyowned. They need more recognition, says Elizabeth Bagger, Executive Director of the Institute of Family Business. When someone...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content
How will we make things in the future? How will the entire process work, with purchasing, with automation, with the customer, with more data? If technology could let you re-engineer how manufacturing was designed, what would it look like? How would raw materials be...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: The Crossrail trans-London metro railway project (the Elizabeth Line) is now running two years late and £2.2bn over budget, according to reports. The Rail Sector Deal, launched in 2018, sets out how the rail industry and the Government, working in partnership,...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content
IGUS TECHNOLOGY ENABLES LAB EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER TO REALISE COST-EFFECTIVE AUTOMATION MANY LABORATORIES, WHILE NEEDING to upscale their workflow, have found laboratory automation a costly and difficult option. In looking to develop an affordable entry-level system...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET With an order book spanning electro-mechanical assemblies, luxury construction fabrications and food packaging machinery, and with a successful apprenticeship programme, versatile subcontractor Warren Services has high expectations...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
MARINE, LEISURE AND ADVANCED ENGINEERING COMBINE TO MAKE PLYMOUTH A LEADING MANUFACTURING AREA. 2018 was the 40th Anniversary of PMG (Plymouth Manufacturers’ Group). While celebrations included a gala dinner, the main focus throughout the year was on the achievements...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content, Themes, Themes 2018
MANUFACTURERS URGED TO SAFEGUARD FUTURE OF INDUSTRY POST-BREXIT Peter Wilding, a corporate solicitor with FBC Manby Bowdler, is an acknowledged expert on EU law and one of the UK’s foremost authorities on Brexit. Peter advises the firm’s manufacturing client base, one...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 28, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
Above: An all-electric propulsion system for the Spacebus Neo satellite is being built in Thales’ Belfast facilities. The first engine module can be seen top right. While Northern Ireland’s manufacturing sector continues to expand, the impact of Brexit is a growing...
