Manufacturing’s growth is being hamstrung by an out-of-date Apprenticeship Levy scheme that is failing to address key labour shortages in the workforce. Rachel Eade MBE, Chair of the UK Metals Council, is calling on the Government to review the current system, tearing up the unnecessary bureaucracy and ensuring that entry level apprenticeships benefit from the […]
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Major works to enhance the productivity and efficiency of a local manufacturing firm have been completed thanks to significant investment from its parent company. Hampshire-based Wessex Galvanizers Ltd, part of Wedge Group Galvanizing, has seen major improvements to its new processing line, with a new degrease tank, acid tanks and water rinse system installed, as […]
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One of the UK’s leading packaging experts has invested more than £200,000 into launching a new premier logistics offer that goes beyond the usual delivery of items across Europe and the UK. Nuneaton’s Lesters Logistics, which is part of the Burntwood-based Lesters Group, is now offering new and existing clients access to its ‘Signature Logistics’ […]
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Keeping industry in motion with reliable and efficient power sources is a key requirement as is the increasing demand for improving energy efficiency across all manufacturing processes. Regenerative drive solutions are playing an important role in the quest for ‘Greener Energy’ alternatives and Drives, Motors and Control specialist YASKAWA have developed an impressive range of […]
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Two weeks before the UK entered lockdown in 2020, Sarah Stephens, Managing Director of ASG TGM took possession of a new large bed Zimmermann 5 axis CNC machine; a significant investment for the firm at £1.3m. Less than fourteen days later the manufacturing supply chain was sent into turmoil, firms were sending workers home, major […]
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With the labour pool for UK warehousing running dry, it is time growing warehouse operations look to mobile robots to share the work, explains Frazer Watson, VP-Sales UK/Ireland at iFollow. Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) offer one of the more cost effective and flexible automation solutions to enable logistics operations to optimise their labour force. This […]
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Schaeffler honours 19 suppliers with the Schaeffler Supplier Award Close partnerships with suppliers are key to long-term corporate success Schaeffler Supplier Day: focus on sustainability and digitisation in the supply chain The global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler presented 19 of its suppliers with the Schaeffler Supplier Award at the Supplier Day in Herzogenaurach, Germany, […]
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Nobody likes wasting energy, but for businesses there are large financial and environmental drivers to reduce energy use, and since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the financial imperative to lower energy costs has come into sharper focus than ever. As with many things in life, the old adage that if you can’t measure something, you can’t […]
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A major disruptor to the packaging sector is celebrating a big birthday in style after seeing turnover rise to £18m. Lesters turned 40 years old in May and the management team immediately signalled its intention for further investment, building on the £7m acquisition of two state-of-the-art TCY large format casemakers that have revolutionised production at […]
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Eco-I North West honours business and university collaborations tackling climate change Three manufacturers have scooped awards for eco innovations developed as part of a groundbreaking R&D programme. Relic Plastic CIC, based in Heysham, ELE Advanced Technologies, based in Colne, and City Centre Commercials, based in Liverpool, were recognised for their climate change action at the […]
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