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CBI and EEF reports reveal upturn in UK manufacturing performance

Added: 25 Jul 2017

Reports from the CBI and EEF published this week suggest that manufacturing output in the UK is imp…

More than £0.3 mill in R&D on offer to engineering innovators

Added: 30 May 2017

Seven engineering innovators will have the chance to share £350,000 of R&D support in a competition…

Manufacturing Barometer

Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030

Added: 8 May 2017

Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…

Smart plastics to ‘sense’ equipment failure

Added: 14 Jul 2016

Igus, a German developer of specialist plastics, has unveiled new products to add Industry 4.0 capa…

Internet of Things

'Gaping hole' in Industry 4.0 knowledge

Added: 16 Jun 2016

There is a gaping hole in UK manufacturers’ understanding of Industry 4.0 as only 8% are confident …

Skills shortage ‘to spiral further’

Added: 29 Mar 2016

A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF suggests plans to drive productivity improvem…

Internet

Manufacturers highlight internet concerns

Added: 9 Feb 2016

A survey conducted by the manufacturers’ organisation EEF suggests broadband connectivity will be i…

MIT chip

MIT chip harvests IoT potential

Added: 23 Jun 2015

An ultralow-power chip developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) im…

Bionic handling assistant

Internet of Things research hub for UK

Added: 2 Jun 2015

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today opened a competition to de…

Bionic handling assistant

Manufacturers voice ‘Industry 4.0’ concern

Added: 23 Feb 2015

Manufacturing trade body EEF has published research which suggests that 80% of manufacturers in the…