PCL’s Partner+ performance programme gains momentum

11 September, 2020

PCL’s Partner+ performance programme has continued to flourish despite COVID19, with distributors signing up for wraparound support which will help them to recover and thrive.

Impusle Automation launches new website

09 September, 2020

Impulse Automation, a worldwide supplier of machine automation equipment, has officially launched its new website offering a wide range of timers, counters, solenoids, pneumatic components and process control equipment used within industrial, medical, automotive, marine, wind energy and agricultural sectors.

Shared vision cements new partnership

07 September, 2020

Reynolds Contamination Control has entered into a new partnership agreement with components and system supplier Argo-Hytos.

Atlas Copco Bolting Solutions expands rental operation

03 September, 2020

Ensuring that companies operating across the energy production arena have fast, flexible and cost-efficient access to tooling and equipment for infrastructure assembly and maintenance projects is the objective of an extended agreement between Atlas Copco and its bolting distributor, Torque Solutions.

Enginuity partners with Filtered

01 September, 2020

Millions of skilled workers in the UK are currently prevented from working. Enginuity, a skills organisation backed by the UK’s biggest brands in engineering and advanced manufacturing, has partnered with Filtered to support the engagement of the sector’s labour force. Engage, a custom version of the magpie platform, takes seconds to suggest focus areas and builds a personalised plan from the industry’s best existing digital learning resources to grow knowledge and skills.

Construction and engineering strengthen UK’s job market

27 August, 2020

Construction and engineering noted the greatest increase in vacancies of all sectors across the UK in the second week of June, according to the latest real-time statistics from the world’s largest network of job boards, Broadbean Technology.

£5.5million grant will create production line nanoscale error sensors

24 August, 2020

Scientists at the University of Huddersfield have been awarded millions of pounds for a five-year research project that will accelerate a new industrial revolution by developing techniques for ultra-accurate measurement on a nanoscale.

BPMA reaches record membership number

18 August, 2020

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) – the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related pumping equipment - has further increased its membership to a record number of 98 companies.

Call for manufacturers to create the next generation of innovators with Government apprenticeship giveaway

14 August, 2020

From August 1st the Government will pay employers £2000 for every new apprentice aged 18-24 they take into their business to train in the latest skills and technologies available in manufacturing. And there is a £1500 bonus for companies which hire apprentices aged 25 and over.

How innovative leadership is helping SME manufacturers

12 August, 2020

Manufacturers, supported by Made Smarter, have embraced a new approach to leadership during the coronavirus crisis.

MTC partnership to help workplace social distancing

07 August, 2020

The Coventry-based Manufacturing Technology Centre has partnered with advanced robotics manufacturer Tharsus to support the roll-out of cutting-edge wearable technology which will help social distancing in the workplace.

Inaugural Talking Industry digital broadcast tackles key manufacturing issues

04 August, 2020

Talking Industry, a series of digitally broadcast panel discussions, featuring leading experts from the automation and manufacturing industries, has been launched by DFA Media - the publisher of Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Plant & Works Engineering, Smart Machines and Factories and Drives & Controls, took place of July 14th. H&P takes a look at one of the key discussions during the inaugural event.

How children can still get into STEM during lockdown and beyond

30 July, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing many parents became substitute science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers without the training while they waited for the schools to re-open. However, there is still a lot that can be done to help children learn these key skills. These academic STEM disciplines are taught to children through school curriculums and are used in practice by adults who choose to go down one of the four routes for their career.

New digital engineering platform to upskill Britain’s engineering and manufacturing workers

28 July, 2020

Made Smarter and engineering skills organisation Enginuity have worked together to launch an online platform that delivers digital engineering skills in one place to Britain’s engineers and manufacturers at a time when they are needed more than ever.

Rockwell Automation launches Corporate Responsibility Report

22 July, 2020

Rockwell Automation has launched its annual Corporate Responsibility Report (CRR), highlighting the company’s efforts during 2019. The CRR reflects Rockwell Automation’s commitment to placing corporate responsibility and sustainability practices at the core of its approach to customers, employees and communities.