SME manufacturers are bringing AI, automation and digital twins onto the factory floor by teaming up with students and graduates through Made Smarter’s Digital Internship Programme. The paid placements give businesses a fast, low-risk way to test and apply new technologies, modernise processes and build confidence in digital transformation, while giving students real, hands-on experience […]
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The industrial truck industry is characterized by high safety and performance requirements. With increasing electrification, electric drive systems and their safety components are becoming more important. Compact spring-applied brakes from Kendrion contribute significantly to the operational safety of industrial trucks and impress with their stable braking torque over their service life, robust design for industrial […]
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A precision relationship that has spanned more than 60 years is celebrating a new milestone after the latest turnkey project delivered major performance wins on a male grooming component supply contract. Brandauer, one of the world’s leading metal stamping and tooling specialists, worked with Bruderer UK to specify and install a new BSTA510-150B2 press […]
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Flexxbotics, the autonomous manufacturing platform leader, today announced the release of an enhanced MQTT connector driver within the Flexxbotics open-source project on GitHub. The updated MQTT connector driver expands real-time industrial messaging capabilities to support scalable, event-driven data pipelines and normalized interoperability across heterogeneous factory environments. Released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, the Flexxbotics […]
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One of the UK’s fastest growing additive manufacturers has unveiled its latest investment in 3D printing technology, developed in response to growing demand for its industrial scale production capabilities. AMufacture opened the doors at its contract manufacturing facility in Portsmouth to demonstrate its innovative 3D design and print services, including new automation which is driving […]
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New research from BEP Surface Technologies has revealed that the UK’s electroplating and surface finishing sector is shrinking at an accelerating rate, with one in six firms lost in ten years and most of the remaining businesses showing no real terms financial growth. The findings indicate a sector approaching a point of irreversible decline, putting […]
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Rolls-Royce SMR has announced a contract with Skanska UK to deliver an aseismic bearing pedestal demonstrator for its Small Modular Reactor (SMR). These structural isolation devices are a key part of the factory-built nuclear power plant’s design and play a critical role in decoupling buildings and infrastructure from ground motion during seismic events – significantly […]
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The secret to the success of the machining company Zerspanungstechnik Mangner GmbH in Bad Laasphe, Germany, is targeted investment in optimisation. Drilling has been made more efficient thanks to a large tool package from MAPAL. The package is made up of 110 TTD replaceable head drills along with a big stock of solid carbide heads. When Mike Mangner started his company in a small […]
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The UK construction industry faces a turbulent start to the year, with housing at its weakest since 2020, despite a 29% surge in industrial orders towards the end of last year. Looking ahead, the Construction Products Association estimates output growth accelerating to 3.7% in 2026 as delays in commercial, residential and public sector projects begin to ease. James Coughlan, CMO at Astrak, a global supplier of aftermarket equipment parts and components […]
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A leading medtech specialist believes the UK can push aside global uncertainty and take advantage of several new sector opportunities in 2026. Europlaz, which provides contract manufacturing for medical devices, is predicting that growing demand from the NHS for more sustainable supply chains could lead to increased domestic production, whilst the business is benefitting in […]
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