by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Technologies, Technologies 2018
Modern Maintenance Matters. Many changes face maintenance personnel in the modern era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, taking Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things away from marketing buzz-speak and towards direct relevance to production engineers and operations...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Technologies, Technologies 2018
Unwavering precision, tireless efficiency and outstanding reliability will ensure robots continue to make significant inroads into the manufacturing sector and help them shape the factories of the future. Many of the statistics surrounding industrial robots are...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Despite grim warnings about snarled supply chains, trucks stacking up at Dover and British parts banned for use on European-built aircraft, industry fears over Brexit have always been more about the long haul than what might happen in the weeks after 30 March 2019....
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
THE DEBATE OVER ELECTRIFICATION VERSUS THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAS POLARISED INTO OVER-SIMPLIFICATION AKIN TO ORWELL’S “FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD.” BUT POLITICIANS AND COMMENTATORS PROPHESYING THE DEMISE OF THERMAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS BY 2040, TO BE...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
No matter how you look back at 2018, there is one topic that has dominated the UK: Brexit. It has permeated every aspect of life, from pub discussions to televised debate, newspaper headlines and businesses, across the board. By Ian AdcockThe uncertainties over the...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
THE CERAMICS INDUSTRY IS RIDING HIGH ONCE AGAIN, FIRING HOPES OF AN UPTURN IN THE CITY KNOWN AS THE POTTERIES. By Nigel HowleThe UK ceramics industry was a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. At its peak, Stoke-on-Trent was the epicentre of the world’s pottery...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: Highly innovative British switched reluctance motor makes hybrid powertrains for heavy commercial vehicles a reality and could signal a return to prominence for UK electrical equipment manufacturers. Strong brands and a large domestic industrial market will...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Ones to Watch, Ones to watch 2018
HOW AE AEROSPACE IS MAKING WAVES IN THE INDUSTRY AE AEROSPACE HAS BEEN SERVING THE PRODUCTION AND AFTERMARKET NEEDS OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY FOR OVER TWO DECADES, AND IS RENOWNED FOR ITS HIGH PRECISION COMPONENTS AND FAST REACTION TO MARKET CHANGES. THROUGH BOTH...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: Plymouth-based Princess Yachts is flying high, with an order book valued at over three quarters of a billion pounds The UK’s leisure marine sector is once again firing on all cylinders, buoyed by resurgent consumer demand and a low pound. For an industry that...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: CGT Catapult’s Stevenage manufacturing centre adds manufacturing capacity for viral vectors and cell therapies AS 2019 BEGINS, THE SHAPE OF BREXIT REMAINS UNKNOWN, AND THE PHARMACEUTICALS SECTOR IS HAVING TO PREPARE FOR A WORSTCASE SCENARIO OF A NO-DEAL EXIT,...
