A Wolverhampton-based training provider is ramping up activities to help the rail sector meet an anticipated 120,000 staff shortfall.National Infrastructure Solutions (NIS), launched by former youth international footballer and Royal Marine Commando Davie Carns, in 2018, is looking to support hundreds of local workers to retrain and upskill to take advantage of a ‘once in…
What do stone-age hunter gatherers, weavers from the 18th century, and 21st-century chip manufacturers have in common? Each experienced large increases in productivity due to innovative advances in technology. And they are not alone: innovation has been renewing the world for a long time and new ways of doing and making things have been changing…
DispatchTrack has announced new UK headquarters and further operational growth throughout EMEA and APAC.The announcement comes hot on the heels of DispatchTrack’s massive expansion in Latin America with the acquisition of Beetrack, a logistics software provider in the region, and adding a further 850 customers across 20 Latin American countries. DispatchTrack powers deliveries each year…
UK Power Networks has commissioned ABB to supply the world’s first 36kV medium-voltage double busbar AirPlus Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS).It features AirPlus gas, which acts as an insulator between the electrical contacts with almost zero global warming impact. As part of its Environmental Action Plan to pass on a sustainable planet for future generations, the…
Public transport company The Go-Ahead Group has agreed a 15-year hydrogen supply deal with Air Products, a world leading industrial gas company, to power a fleet of fuel cell buses for deployment in the Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Horley area.The single-decker GB Kite Hydroliner buses, manufactured by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland, will be delivered in…
The Manufacturer is pleased to announce that Capgemini will be sponsoring and judging the category of Young Manufacturer of the Year at the TMMX Awards 2022, which will be held as part of Digital Manufacturing Week in Liverpool from 14-18 November.The current ageing workforce, and lack of young people entering the sector, has been well…
A UK Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions provider is celebrating a record 12 months in style after it completed a successful £2.1m investment raise.Konektio, the new name for InVMA, is taking advantage of the sector’s desire for digital transformation by rolling out its AssetMinder SaaS platform to help clients improve processes, runtime, safety and…
The Manufacturer’s Digital Manufacturing Week in Liverpool succeeded in highlighting the role digitalisation in manufacturing must play in the net zero agenda. Simon Edmonds, Innovate UK’s Deputy Executive Chair and Chief Business Officer reports.The events highlighted the best manufacturing case studies, collaborations and stories of tech developers supporting manufacturers on the road to digital transformation.…
Digital Catapult’s 12-month Made Smarter Technology Accelerator has concluded and has undoubtedly contributed to helping manufacturing giants recognise the benefits of working with start-up technology specialists to help them with innovation.The programme resulted in four start-up-led minimum viable products (MVPs) developed in record time for industry giants BAE Systems, Babcock International Group, Northumbrian Water Group and Safran Landing…
A Huddersfield-based electron beam (eBeam) additive manufacturing (AM) specialist has announced it has secured a new distribution partner in the Far East.Wayland Additive says it has signed a partnership agreement with HTL Co Japan Ltd, which will see the latter operate as a distribution partner of Wayland Additive in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. HTL…
A new strategic deal – born in the heart of the West Midlands – is set to create one of the UK’s leading laser marking authorities.Needham Group, which employs 70 people at its Whitchurch base, has selected PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) as its new manufacturing partner responsible for the assembly of its N-Lase…