Birmingham engineer seals Royal Approval with MBE

A West Midlands engineer, who has put the region on the international manufacturing map, has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List. Rowan Crozier, CEO of metal pressing, stamping and tooling specialist Brandauer, has been awarded an MBE for services to manufacturing and enterprise. The engineer has helped steer the Birmingham company through the […]

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Farnell raises thousands for charity in memory of colleague

Charity pub walk sees more than £20000 donated to Wakefield Hospice in memory of Paul Johnson Employees at Farnell’s global head office in Leeds have completed a charity pub walk to raise thousands of pounds for a local hospice, following the recent sad passing of a colleague. More than 20 Farnell employees joined the family […]

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Black Hills Products Triumphs at The Great British Entrepreneur Awards

A growing family-run engineering firm has triumphed at a prestigious national awards event dubbed the ‘Grammys of Entrepreneurship’. Black Hills Products Limited in Northumberland has been awarded ‘Maker and Creator of the Year’ for North East England at The Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The business is run by husband-and-wife team David and Lynsey […]

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How 3D printing and composite materials support the stars and stripes Winter Olympics athletes

After the officialization of the technology partnership, US-based 3D printing company CRP USA manufactured some functional, race-ready 3D printed parts for the USABS’s bobsled to use in the sliding season and Olympic games. The parts improve the athletes’ performance guaranteeing increased stress resistance, flexibility, strength, easy changing out USABS team with Brian Shimer, Head coach; […]

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EngineeringUK responds to DfE apprenticeships data

In response to the Department for Education (DfE) releasing new full year (2022/3) apprenticeships data for England on 30 November 2023, EngineeringUK has run an analysis on the data related to the engineering and technology sector. Engineering related apprenticeship starts have decreased by 2.4% since 2021/22, however this decrease is smaller than was seen across […]

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Farnell donates more than £3000 to Leeds charity

Temple Newsam Community Partnership receives a total of £3124 after Farnell agreed to match funds raised by colleagues at the company’s primary UK distribution centre Farnell, a fast and reliable distributor of products and technology for electronic and industrial system design, maintenance and repair, has donated thousands of pounds to charity after the company agreed […]

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