Manufacturing and engineering, and COVID-19.
Our current stance on the Coronavirus Situation Just a week ago our world looked very different. This week we’re in the midst of one of the biggest health crises the world has ever seen. We have been thinking long and hard about how we respond to this awful situation. One of the serious concerns right […]
£17M uni investment, blue economy, engineering marvels and EV/AVs
Engineering facilities expand at Lancaster University Business Desk are reporting that Lancaster University is going all-out to expand their engineering department. There’s a fantastic new three storey £17m building on the cards, packed with cutting-edge labs and a 3D lecture theatre specially designed to deliver newly-developed teaching concepts via complex virtual imaging. The new facility will […]
Scottish manufacturing jobs, nuclear fusion, remarkable batteries and Tesla’s Chinese ambitions
Diodes saves 300 jobs at Greenock’s ex-Texas Instruments facility As reported by the Herald Scotland, the massive US firm Diodes is planning to invest £47 million to upgrade the Greenock-based semiconductor manufacturing plant it bought from Texas Instruments in 2019. The plan is to transform it into a facility to develop sophisticated microchips, and they’re taking […]
Siemens ‘game changer’, UK manufacturing shrinks, Tim Peake makes demands
Selective laser melting magic from Siemens As reported by The Telegraph, the UK-based manufacturing firm Materials Solutions, bought some time ago by the German giant Siemens, is about to roll out a ‘game-changing’ metal additive manufacturing tech so innovative it’s tipped to resolve even the most complex global engineering challenges. Siemens bought Materials Solutions in […]
Japanese loo tech hits the UK, recruitment issues, Scottish manufacturing
At long last Japanese toilet tech makes an impact in the UK According to The Engineer, one of the biggest cultural gaps between Britain and Japan – the technologies we apply to our toilets – is about to start closing as Japanese innovations finally start to arrive on our shores. Japan’s electronic toilets are quite […]