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European manufacturers join lobby against no-deal Brexit
Added: 16 Apr 2019
European-wide industrial employers organisation Ceemet has swung its weight behind Make UK’s effort…

Dyson Awards and RAE leaders programme invite applications for 2019
Added: 8 Apr 2019
Inventor James Dyson announced the launch of the 2019 version of his annual global award scheme for…

Honeywell celebrates a hat trick of design wins
Added: 8 Apr 2019
Honeywell has scored wins in three separate design awards for products created for industrial safet…

Bank says better finance would help generate £180 billion-plus for SME manufacturers
Added: 8 Apr 2019
Small to medium-sized manufacturing firms in the UK would boost revenue by an extra £183 billion if…

RAE unveils Seven Wonders of the engineering world to spur recruits
Added: 2 Apr 2019
Clean Water, Gore-Tex fabric and 3D printed bone implants have been listed by a poll of young UK pr…

Renishaw co-founder hailed as one of Ireland’s great inventors
Added: 29 Mar 2019
Renishaw co-founder Sir David McMurtry might be associated with his company’s Gloucestershire home …

Aramco's SABIC purchase signals Saudi intention to lead in petrochemicals
Added: 27 Mar 2019
Leading oil producer Aramco has purchased a 70% stake in its fellow Saudi enterprise, SABIC, the wo…

Young engineers aim for the world stage
Added: 26 Mar 2019
Four teens from Worcester have made it to the World Finals of a global engineering challenge for yo…

Manufacturers’ Brexit wariness offset by China’s economic woes, suggests global survey
Added: 26 Mar 2019
Despite concern over the effect of Brexit on supply chains, manufacturers have shown a growing pref…

Retiring engineers more than double the number of new recruits, reveals data
Added: 25 Mar 2019
Large numbers of engineering workers close to retirement, coupled with a growth in the number of jo…

Hydro “making progress” after attack as experts call for more cyber cooperation
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Renewable energy and aluminium supplier Norsk Hydro, whose holdings include several UK sites, said …

Electronics drives manufacturing growth says Make UK
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Britain’s electronics sector fuelled nearly two thirds of the country’s manufacturing growth last y…

Babcock launches £2.4 million composite test facility with Edinburgh university
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Babcock international is partnering the University of Edinburgh to launch a £2.4 million engineerin…

SAS invests £750 million in AI over three years
Added: 19 Mar 2019
SAS has committed to invest the equivalent of $1 billion (£750 million) in artificial intelligence …

UK European patent applications leap for fifth year, thanks to pharma and pumps
Added: 12 Mar 2019
The number of European patent applications from UK firms and inventors has increased for the fifth …

Make UK launches cyber protection pilot for members
Added: 11 Mar 2019
Manufacturers’ association Make UK has signed a partnership with cyber security experts Vauban Grou…

UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report
Added: 6 Mar 2019
As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…

Yorkshire Water puts its toe in the water for transparency
Added: 4 Mar 2019
Utility company Yorkshire Water has released details of its ethnic pay gap and vowed to publish mos…

INEOS announces £1 billion investment in UK oil and petrochemicals
Added: 27 Feb 2019
INEOS has announced a slew of investments in the British process industries totalling more than £1 …

Funders seek Brexit opportunity from process industries
Added: 26 Feb 2019
A leading SME finance platform claims that UK energy companies are likely to benefit from a growth …