Applied Automation (UK) has officially opened its new headquarters in Plymouth, UK, which it moved into last year. The 13,000m2 (140,000ft2) site is more than twice the size of the two factories that it occupied before. The company now employs...
Luxury car maker Aston Martin is reportedly considering a switch to the use of more robots in its manufacturing processes to lower cost and boost profitability. Remarks by CEO Andy Palmer at a Financial Times conference suggest that the company is prepared...
A new £1.2 million Advanced Manufacturing & Automation Centre (AMAC) has been officially opened in Blackburn by David Bailey, CEO of the North West Aerospace Alliance, and Edwin Booth, chairman of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership. The AMAC is a unique...
A new £1.2 million advanced manufacturing and engineering facility has opened in Lancashireâs industrial heartland. Around 120 people attended the launch event for the Advanced Manufacturing & Automation Centre (AMAC) at Training 2000, a training provider base in Blackburnâs Furthergate...
Coventry manufacturing firm RDM Group has given the first public demonstration of its full size driverless vehicle. The company employs 65 people at its base in the heart of the city and is planning to use its debut at the...
West Midlands industrial controls and sub-contracting manufacturer, PP Control & Automation, will invest more than £1 million in a new extension that will add 1,000m2 of production space to its site in Cheslyn Hay, including a new logistics department and...
Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost has urged Formula 1 to keep its existing engine specification until 2025, as he believes this could then make it more attractive to new manufacturers. In 2014, the current generation of 1.6 litre V6 turbo...
Global manufacturing firm HydraForce has opened up its new £10 million factory at the Advanced Manufacturing Hub in Birmingham. The company makes high performance electrohydraulic controls and was the first business to commit to the Aston Hall Road site. Thanks...
UK manufacturers are leading the field in robotics development, with nearly a third (32%) saying they have already invested in robotics, compared to just 18% globally, according to KPMG’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Outlook. The increased focus on technological innovation comes...
The ex-CEO of McDonald’s has suggested substituting workers for robots after protests about the minimum wage freeze. The fast food giant has faced an enormous retaliation from its workforce because of its reluctance to increase the minimum wage. And now...
