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Weber launches European manufacuting and distribution centre

Weber launches European manufacuting and distribution centre

Weber Barbecues - a world leader in outdoor cooking innovation, technology and products - has officially opened its new European manufacturing and distribution centre. Weber is confident that the launch will help it to streamline its UK production capacity, as well as...

Manufacturing accounts for two thirds of UK’s R & D

Manufacturing accounts for two thirds of UK’s R & D

Data released from a report carried out by Make UK shows that although the UK manufacturing sector makes up only 22% of the value of all Research & Development tax expenditure, it is however responsible for 64% of all UK research and development (R&D)...

Volvo trucks press on with electric vehicles plan

Volvo trucks press on with electric vehicles plan

Volvo trucks announced details of its new battery assembly plant in Ghent, Belgium last week as the company continues to make encouraging headway in its drive to electrify its truck transportation. The Ghent plant is the first of its kind that the company has launched...

Carbon announces acquisition of ParaMatters

Carbon announces acquisition of ParaMatters

Carbon, the Californian-based manufacturer of production-ready resin 3D printers for industry, has announced its acquisition of ParaMatters, a startup company specializing in advanced generative 3D model design. This deal comes as no surprise as Carbon has long been...

Stellantis invest heavily in 3 assembly plants

Stellantis invest heavily in 3 assembly plants

Stellantis has announced that it will invest $99 million in three North American assembly plants for production of a new four-cylinder turbocharged engine. The company revealed that it will invest in the Dundee Engine Complex in Michigan, the Kokomo Casting Plant in...

Manufacturing output slumps in the UK

Manufacturing output slumps in the UK

Manufacturing output in the UK fell for the first time since February 2021 in the three months to August, with no growth expected in the three months ahead. That’s according to data provided bythe latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey from the CBI and Accenture. The...

Bosch to host NEXEEDit Summit for factory of the future

Bosch to host NEXEEDit Summit for factory of the future

Bosch, the German engineering and technology giant, is hosting the NEXEEDit Summit, a webinar based on the factory of the future, on October 12, 2022. The NEXEEDit Summit 2022 is designed to enable participants to find out how to turn changes and challenges into great...

Smart Factory Expo

Smart Factory Expo

One of the UK's largest factory of the future expos is taking place in Liverpool on the 16th and 17th of November. This year will be the 7th edition of Smart Factory Expo, a showcase which is billed as the industry's biggest digital manufacturing show. The show is...

Ford to shed 3000 jobs in US

Ford to shed 3000 jobs in US

Ford Motor Co. announced on Monday, August 22 that it would cut 3,000 jobs, most of them in the United States. According to a company-wide memo from Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford and CEO Jim Farley, the cuts are meant to reduce costs as the company reorganizes around...

Emerson and BayoTech team up for Hydrogen venture

Emerson and BayoTech team up for Hydrogen venture

Global industrial software and technology leader Emerson has announced a multiyear strategic framework agreement with BayoTech, an innovator in hydrogen solutions, which is designed to accelerate the delivery of hydrogen around the world. Emerson claims it will...