Could the rising price of steel disrupt the electric motors supply chain?

Historically, industrial motor manufacturers have constituted a large share of cold-rolled steel buyers. As a result, they have been able to ensure prioritised supply lines, with good prices and fast lead times. However, the increased popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) has led to increased demand for cold-rolled steel in the automotive industry, causing a drastic […]

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The intelligence of everything

~ How AI-powered IoT benefits the manufacturing industry ~ Since IoT devices started to gain popularity in 2010, the technology has provided the manufacturing industry with sensors, automated gateway connectivity, and more. Now, IoT is being combined with artificial intelligence (AI) to create a fully autonomous data collection analysis ecosystem. In this article, Neil Ballinger, […]

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Exponential growth leads to significant automation investment

WES Engineering Solutions, based in Redruth, has invested over £420k in a new top of the range CNC milling machine as a consequence of new market growth, expanding their 24/7 machine running capabilities by 200%. James Gazzard, Group Commercial Director confirms: “2021 was a huge success for us. We grew our client base by 20%, […]

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Pick Everard supporting the UK’s first HVDC Cable Factory in Scotland

PLANNING permission has been granted on a new manufacturing facility in Scotland – producing HVDC cables for what will be the world’s longest subsea infrastructure for the Morocco – UK power project. The infrastructure forms part of an ambitious initiative that will power seven million UK homes by 2030. Leading independent property, construction and infrastructure […]

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Merc Continues Commitment to Nakamura

The aerospace industry has certainly encountered a turbulent period throughout the pandemic. For Tier 1 aerospace suppliers that have invested in flexible multi-tasking machine tools that set the benchmark for others to follow, the hiatus has had less of an impact on business. This is certainly the case for Merc Aerospace – its pre- and […]

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Royal Academy of Engineering welcomes 72 new Fellows

At its AGM on 20 September 2022 the Royal Academy of Engineering elected 72 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship. The group consists of 60 Fellows, seven International Fellows and five Honorary Fellows, each of whom has made exceptional contributions to their own sector, pioneering new innovations, leading progress […]

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KAMIC presents a magnetic focal point at the Engineering Design Show

Enhanced range of current transformers and high voltage/high power transformers to be exhibited, together with extensive range of high quality magnetic component solutions KAMIC Magnetics Group, comprising its three specialist magnetics components businesses, ETAL Group, SIGA (Electronics) and Talema will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Engineering Design Show (stand C2). The Group will be showcasing […]

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ProShop ERP and Datanomix Partner to Deliver Automated Job Costing and More for Precision Manufacturers

Partnership delivers the “holy grail” of job costing by automating true machine costs for each job run with clear targets for margin improvement ProShop ERP, the leading supplier of digital manufacturing management systems and Datanomix, the leader in Automated Production Intelligence™, announced a partnership to help manufacturers deliver more insights from their operational data. The […]

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