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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has secured £50k early-stage funding for the Advanced Machinery and Productivity (AMP) Institute in Rochdale. The funding has been awarded through the UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Strength in Places Fund (SIPF). Driving innovation for the UK’s advanced machinery manufacturers, the AMP Institute will create the …

The gender gap in the engineering sector has always been there, women make up just 12 per cent of the engineering workforce, but new research from EngineeringUK suggests that for young people in particular, the Covid-19 pandemic is deepening gender differences in career aspirations in engineering or technology. As part …

AVEVA has donated over £100,000 (GBP) worth of 3D visualisation shipbuilding software to support the restoration of the TS Queen Mary, an iconic steamship built in 1933 to serve Glasgow and the West of Scotland. AVEVA will supply its purpose-built solution for shipbuilding that offers integrated 1D, 2D and 3D engineering and …

Finning UK & Ireland has made the switch to 100 per cent renewable electricity across all its UK and Irish operations. The commitment to procure green electricity is part of the company’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Finning has achieved its ambition to eliminate all electricity-related greenhouse gas emissions from its operations after signing an agreement to procure Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) electricity. REGO is certified by Ofgem (the UK government energy regulator), which guarantees that the electricity purchased through this scheme comes from renewable …

Electrocomponents has been highly focused during the COVID-19 pandemic on supporting the needs of customers, suppliers, employees and communities throughout this period of uncertainty, and on enabling a safe and efficient return to the workplace. Numerous employees across the Group’s businesses in Asia Pacific, EMEA and North America have been …

A new, handheld device from air quality specialist South Coast Science has been instrumental in pinpointing variation in air quality across Oxford. OxAir, a partnership of independent experts dedicated to monitoring the quality of air in Oxford, selected the handheld monitor to fulfil their mission of measuring air pollution from …

TE Connectivity has unveiled a long-term sustainability and corporate responsibility strategy to better focus on the company’s vision for the future. TE’s One Connected World strategy details a series of goals to make the world a better place as the company serves its employees, customers and shareholders. “At TE, we have had an …

In Christopher Nolan’s 2010 masterpiece Inception, the protagonist is a corporate spy who steals information by infiltrating people’s dreams, exploring the different layers of his victims’ subconscious to find a path to the desired information. Deep learning, a specialised form of machine learning, works in a similar way, recreating the complex …

As an Industry 4.0 pioneer, Bosch believes 5G will be a key building block of digitalization and connectivity in manufacturing and logistics. The company is now starting compatibility tests and channel measurements for setting up a 5G network in its wafer fab in Reutlingen. “We at Bosch started researching and …

Containers are often used when transporting bulk cargo, including wood chip and biomass, by rail. A manufacturer of bulk-cargo containers has developed an innovative unloading system that uses only a modified forklift, eliminating the need for specialist handling equipment. The forklift has two pairs of lifting forks. The main forks, …