Made Smarter reaches major milestone backing 200th business

Trailblazing North West technology adoption programme invests £4.6M over three years to help SMEs digitalise to decarbonise and drive growth Manufacturers forecasting 1,177 new jobs, 2,205 upskilled roles, and £192.9M GVA increase Made Smarter’s trailblazing technology adoption programme in the North West has marked its third anniversary by helping its 200th business drive growth and […]

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Altus Celebrate Show Success in Europe

With trade shows starting make a resurgence since the pandemic began, Altus attended Productronica in Germany and The National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Exhibition in Ireland to introduce several new additions and support their suppliers. Productronica brought together the electronics community and allowed the team at Altus to assist their principals and reconnect with the […]

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Awards for Sussex safety firm Pyroban

Safety company Pyroban® has won the ‘Manufacture and Engineering’ Award in the 2021 Adur and Worthing Business (AWB) Awards. Brighton based Apprentice Matthew Turner was also highly commended as a finalist in the ‘Young Achiever’ category. “I’m so proud of what the company has achieved in the last few years,” says Steve Noakes, Managing Director […]

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Maintaining uptime

When lockdown triggered a huge surge in ecommerce orders, Pets at Home recognised the importance of upgrading the maintenance and support of its automated warehouse systems by outsourcing to Invar Integration. Maintaining uptime was critical to ensuring customers received their orders on time. Pets at Home is the UK’s leading pet care business with over […]

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Quest for Productivity Leads to Nakamura

Nestled on the outskirts of Dundee, Quest Precision Engineering Ltd has been on a trajectory of continuous growth since Gordon Deuchars joined the business three years ago. Operating out of a 20,000sq/ft facility and serving customers in a diverse range of industry sectors, the Scottish subcontract manufacturer has recently bought not one, but two Nakamura-Tome […]

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IES and HP Celebrate 10 Years of Innovative Printing Partnership

IES, world leaders in providing on-site engineering support and machinery movement in high-technology industries, is celebrating 10 years of partnering with HP, a multinational IT corporation. Since the introduction of the partnership in 2011, IES has delivered over 150 installations and upgrades of HP’s industrial and large-format printers globally. The partnership came to fruition when […]

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AWI boosts its green credentials with Carbon Neutral status

Alloy Wire International has achieved a major environmental milestone this week to mark its 75th anniversary. The specialist producer of ‘High Performance’ nickel alloys has now been confirmed as Carbon Neutral after it committed to several internationally approved initiatives designed to offset the emissions it directly creates at its two factories and in supplying over […]

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