Ricardo was a winner at The Manufacturer MX Awards 2022, and is once again up for accolades this year. The Manufacturer’s James Devonshire sat down with Ian Morris, the company’s Head of Procurement for its Performance Products business unit, to learn more. Ricardo saw off some stiff competition to win the Supply Chain Excellence category
Posted on 20 Dec 2022 by The Manufacturer Partner Content It is common knowledge that the price of just about everything is currently on the rise, and this is no different in the packaging industry. Inflation is almost at ten percent and prices are increasing at the fastest rate for more than 40 years. Here
Posted on 30 Nov 2022 by The Manufacturer Honeywell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Environ Adapt for Recycling Industries with the aim of advancing plastics recycling in the country.The two organizations will explore the development of the first chemical recycling facility in Egypt that would be equipped with Honeywell’s advanced technology
As part of Digital Manufacturing Week, SME Growth Summit is the go-to event for anyone working as a manufacturing organisation with a turnover up to £100m. Over the two days, the conference will be covering key strategic, business and technical challenges across the manufacturing ecosystem – with maximum opportunity to network, debate and engage with
Posted on 2 Aug 2022 by The Manufacturer Western Power Distribution (WPD) has been recognised as an “outstanding” international leader in tackling climate change.Cutting greenhouse gases produced by the business has resulted in the UK’s largest distribution network operator being listed as one of Europe’s Climate Leaders for 2022 by the Financial Times and independent
Posted on 1 Jul 2022 by The Manufacturer New survey findings are painting a worrying picture of the manufacturing industry’s transition to net zero following a leading industry thinktank imploring the Government to provide more support to the sector to help reduce emissions.After modelling data from the Office for National Statistics, the Manufacturing Technology Centre
There is more than one way to approach reducing your Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) in manufacturing.Use of digital data in manufacturing to cut carbon emissions Beginning in 1765, the first industrial revolution transformed our economy by using coal to change the way goods were produced and manufactured. Since then, the second industrial revolution was driven
The Manufacturer speaks to BT’s Principal Technology Partner, Dave Wrout, and Tech for Good Manager, Ian Caveney, about how the company is assisting manufacturers along their net zero journey.BT recently announced the next phase of its Green Tech Innovation Platform (or Green TIP for short), which will see the company in collaboration with scale-ups to…
Posted on 13 May 2022 by Tom St John Tom, Joe and Lanna from The Manufacturer’s editorial team return to bring you the third episode in this Technology Series. How is a cloud-based manufacturing solution driving the future production of EVs? Hi there, listener. This week’s episode looks at the opportunities and misconceptions of cloud…
Posted on 10 May 2022 by The Manufacturer Tim Lawrence, DSCH Programme Director and Director of Digital Supply Chains at Digital Catapult, shares how the newly launched Made Smarter Innovation Digital Supply Chain Hub will be working to benefit UK industry over the next four years.Tackling UK industry priorities Global supply chains have taken a…
With sustainability becoming central to strategies and performance goals for manufacturers, maintenance, as a key function for better asset and resources utilisation, conservation, and useful life extension, would be expected to be a central area of inquiry in sustainability initiatives. However, this is not often the case, and many aspects of maintenance contribution to sustainability…
Manufacturing organisations can play a big part in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. For many businesses, this usually means changing their supply chain by employing more electric vehicles and using cleaner fuels when transporting goods and materials.But why stop there? Several aspects of manufacturing units, facilities, and warehouses offer more significant opportunities to go green…