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Bindatex, the UK’s leading provider of specialist process and cutting services is pleased to announce it has been awarded an Innovate UK grant of almost £100,000 from the Sustainable Innovation Fund. The purpose of the grant is to support a critical six-month R&D project to further develop and upscale their highly innovative 1mm wide slitting […]

A leading engineering solutions provider has been announced as a preferred supplier to IESA in a deal that could be worth up to £1m per year. Deritend Group, which recently completed a major relocation project to larger facilities in West Bromwich, has completed the quality assurance exercise required to be listed in the Motor and […]

A family-run engineering company in Coventry is playing a major role in the UK’s response to Covid-19 after supplying more than 120 miles of medical gas copper pipes in just six months. Lawton Tubes, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2018, switched the majority of its production to cater for unprecedented demand from the NHS […]

A Sheffield-based scissor manufacturer who supplies Royalty, Formula 1, golf greens and bulletproof jacket specialists has invested in three new machines to help it meet an unprecedented rise in retail sales. William Whiteley & Sons, which has been trading for more than 260 years, has spent in excess of £80,000 in upgrading its production capability […]

An Invar Systems project, involving the rollout of Hikrobot AMRs across Superdry’s international DC network, has won the highly coveted Technology Supply Chain Excellence trophy at the 2020 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. The entry was also Highly Commended by the judges in the Best Use of Robotics category.  The Supply Chain Excellence Awards scheme, now […]

Marine-i has announced that it would like to engage with businesses without marine experience and for them to consider the fast growing opportunity in marine technology. Professor Lars Johanning of University of Exeter, lead partner for Marine-i, says: “Marine tech is a sector which is currently being transformed by exciting regional and global developments. Significant […]

A unique Midlands-based industrial collective is fighting back from Covid-19 disruption by winning more than £2m of new contracts. The Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN), which comprises nine sub-contract manufacturers and a specialist engineering design agency, has been able to use its expertise in tube manipulation, precision stampings and contract manufacturing to secure new clients in […]

The UK’s ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ has recorded its fifth full cohort, proving that students are still determined to be industry-ready when they go in search of employment. More than 30 young people have signed up to The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME)’s pioneering BEng and MEng courses, which gives them access […]

RTITB has launched a new online Driver CPC Periodic training portal featuring new topics and refreshed course content, all of which can be built into customisable training playlists. Though designed to support members of the RTITB Master Driver CPC Consortium, a free 30-day demo is currently available for instructors, employers and training providers . “We […]

Cundall has become the first engineering consultancy to be certified carbon neutral by the Carbon Trust The certification covers Scope 1, 2 and business travel Scope 3 and must be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure real reductions are achieved in line with science-based targets Cundall Global will be 115 per cent carbon positive […]