There is no shortage of discussion about the pressures facing UK engineering and manufacturing. Skills shortages remain stubborn. Supply chains are being rethought in response to geopolitical instability and changing trade relationships. AI is moving from possibility to application. New...

Citizen Machinery UK has supplied six of the sliding-head CNC lathes most recently installed at the Wishaw, near Glasgow, factory of turned parts subcontractor Swissmatic. Ian Corbally, son of the company’s founder Jim, says it is principally because the Japanese-built,...

For metrology specialists, accuracy does not stop at the surface. Customers in aerospace and defence require full validation of internal geometries, material integrity and casting quality. This creates a fundamental challenge. Measurement technology can capture external form with exceptional fidelity,...

Cold climate and fast-changing demand make reliability and resilience central to utility operations in the Arctic, where severe disruptions can quickly escalate. Neve Oy, a Finnish utility that delivers electricity, heat, water and connectivity to the Arctic city of Rovaniemi, needed a way to anticipate...

The gear is one of the five simple machines in the Universe and so deceptively simply. It is also a high-performance part in many applications and therefore requires micron accuracy and high-quality surface finish. The previous generation of machine tool...

Industrial risk is moving faster than periodic monitoring can handle. Science-grade Earth observation offers a more consistent way to track change across assets, sites, and portfolios. By Chris Johnson  In heavy industry, problems usually have a long tail before they...

Award-winning energy consultancy Advantage Utilities is helping UK manufacturers protect margins, cut carbon and stay competitive in an increasingly volatile energy market. Advantage Utilities, recently named Consultancy of the Year (Large Customers) at the 2025 TELCA Awards, is demonstrating how...

The economic fallout of recent events in the Middle East will be a bitter blow for manufacturers across the country. Just as green shoots started to appear for the industry, a new energy crisis looms, that looks far worse than the...

For decades, UK manufacturing has been framed around a simple equation: volume versus cost. But in today’s industrial landscape—shaped by persistent cost inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and accelerating technological change—that model is rapidly becoming obsolete. Competitiveness is no longer determined by...