by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2020 | Technologies, Technologies 2019
Enhanced Composites and Structures Centre Innovations in composite materials and structures are essential for the zero carbon economy and for producing efficient, lightweight vehicles and components used for renewable energy generation at a low cost. This Cranfield...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2020 | Sectors, Sectors 2019
CHALLENGES AND PROMISES 2019 has been a challenging year for UK textile manufacturing, but the outlook is promising, provided that some key issues can be addressed.BY KATE HILLS Following a significant decline in textile manufacturing in the UK since the late 1980s,...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2020 | Sectors, Sectors 2019
INNOVATIONS IN PLASTIC PACKAGING During 2019, the entire plastics family of materials and its most common usage, packaging, has been the subject of many miles of column inches, campaigns, tweets and even a television series or two. Entire communities have made public...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2020 | Sectors, Sectors 2019
GOVERNMENT MUST PULL ALL THE LEVERS IT CAN TO GIVE UK STEEL A FIGHTING CHANCE Steelmakers face a horror show list of pressures, from global overcapacity and uncompetitive energy prices to Brexit. Little wonder Tata Steel’s pan-European job cull last year included its...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2020 | Technologies, Technologies 2019
DESKTOPS, VFD PRODUCTION, PIPES AND BEER AUTOMATION CASE STUDIES IN 2019 DEMOCRATISING ROBOTICS Automata has brought a whole new category of affordable industrial robots to market with Eva – the first ever desktop robot engineered from the ground up to be...
