R&D

The aerospace revolution being led from the heart of Cornwall

Posted on 1 Sep 2022 by The Manufacturer From production of PHASA-35’s aerostructure to highly innovative future technology, Piran Composites is revolutionising the Aerospace & Space industry, one pseudo-satellite at a time.Piran Composites is a Cornwall-based design engineer and manufacturing company, focused on producing high-quality and innovative advanced composite materials for the Aerospace and Defence

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Corbetts the Galvanizers targets growth and new jobs in 2022

One of Shropshire’s oldest manufacturers is targeting more than £2.5m of new opportunities in 2022, as more companies tap into the firm’s unprecedented lead times and quality.Corbetts the Galvanizers, which celebrated its 160th birthday in 2020, has seen significant growth from the transport, street furniture, agriculture and construction sectors during the last 12 months, with…

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Why innovation is a double-edged sword for the circular economy

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…

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UK drone industry is one of many British industries facing ‘cliff edge threat’ unless Government speeds up post-Brexit accreditation

The future of the UK drone industry, one of Britain’s prime opportunities for growth, and many other UK-based manufacturing exporters, will be severely threatened once the UK’s eligibility for the EU’s CE accreditation regime expires at the end of December 2022. Robert Garbett, one of the world’s leading advisors on drone technology and Founder and Chief Executive of Drone Major Group Limited, yesterday warned the UK Government of the need…

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Megger acquires Metrycom, a technology leader in Smart Grid monitoring solutions

Electrical measurement company Megger yesterday announced it has acquired the entire share capital of Metrycom, a provider of grid network sensors and analytics to the electrical supply industry.Metrycom supplies unique grid sensor and analytics solutions for online measurements, condition monitoring and fault location using extensive detection and prediction algorithms for medium and high voltage grid…

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Protolabs opens new €16m European 3D Printing Centre

A UK digital manufacturing services firm has opened a new 3D printing centre in Europe.Telford-headquartered Protolabs announced the opening of its new €16m additive manufacturing facility in Putzbrunn near Munich yesterday. Protolabs says the new facility will boost its 3D printing capacity by as much as 60 per cent. The firm, which employs around 450…

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