LIBERTY Steel UK (LSUK) has relaunched production at its Rotherham plant, several months after it shut down for the summer. Operations at LIBERTY’s GREENSTEEL Rotherham electric arc furnace will take place overnight, when energy costs are cheaper.The Sanjeev Gupta-owned group’s Rotherham plant, which produces sustainably-produced steel for growth markets such as infrastructure and high-value engineering…
With all eyes fixed on the upcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Lee Collinson, National Head of Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics at Barclays, looks at the path to net zero and some of the benefits that can be afforded by manufacturers by following a sustainability-first agenda.In line with its…
Residents of a cul-de-sac in San Francisco say their neighbourhood is regularly playing host to a gathering of Waymo self driving cars and they don’t know why.According to local news station KPIX, the self driving cars have been driving up and down the “dead-end” street at all hours of the day “for weeks”, with no…
An offshore wind cabling manufacturer will use £130m of public and private sector funding to build a state-of-the-art subsea cable manufacturing facility in Northumberland.JDR Cable Systems’ plans to invest in facilities that will develop and build components for next-generation wind turbines will create and safeguard more than 440 jobs across the North-East of England. Using funding…
A ground-breaking new fusion technology facility, which has the capability to test components in the simulated conditions of a fusion power plant, is now open and operating in South Yorkshire.The Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham was chosen by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) as the ideal location for the new 25,000 sq. ft. fusion…
Megger Group and IPS Group have announced that they have reached a definitive agreement to work together as strategic partners, combining both their experience and product lines to create new value for the electrical supply industry. The agreement includes Megger taking an equity stake in IPS.IPS is one of the leading providers of Enterprise Asset…
Rolls-Royce’s first all-electric aircraft has completed its maiden flight in the skies above the UK ahead of a world record attempt later this year.The ‘Spirit of Innovation’ soared for around 15 minutes, having taken off from the MOD’s Boscombe Down airfield in Wiltshire on Wednesday. With its powerful 400kW (500+hp) electric powertrain and the most…
Jo Bamford, son of JCB chairman Lord Bamford and heir to the multibillion-pound construction equipment firm fortune, has launched a £1bn investment fund to finance green hydrogen projects. The fund will be injected into UK businesses to help them drive hydrogen production and supply, create jobs and support the Government’s Net Zero ambitions. Wrightbus owner…
Construction has begun on Britishvolt’s full-scale independent battery gigafactory in Blyth, Northumberland, a development that will bring around 3,000 direct highly-skilled jobs and another 5,000+ in the associated supply chains.Contractor ISG yesterday commenced enabling works on the first phase of the battery factory on the former Blyth Power Station site near the village of Cambois…