Things have changed; consumers now fervently care about the provenance of their products, this is perhaps most evident in the fashion and food industry. But, it has also infiltrated into many more ...

One of the UK’s leading metal pressings and stamping specialists has set its sights on growth after sealing its latest strategic acquisition. Pre-Met, which operates from a 50,000 sq ft factory in ...

Lance Owide, General Manager of B2B at BigCommerce, recently spoke with The Manufacturer about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing and B2B ecommerce. In this first instalment of ...

Digital Catapult has announced a £400,000 investment in deep tech startup Optimal Slope, a mining technology company on a mission to transform open-pit mining into a more efficient and environmentally ...

Ballymena-based Wrightbus has secured £32.5m in financing to fuel its global growth and ramp up production of its market-leading zero-emission buses. The funding forms part of a wider £150m facility ...

For years, the idea of a lights-out factory – running 24/7 with minimal human oversight – sounded more science fiction than business strategy. But that’s no longer true. It’s accessible, scalable and ...

The value of UK manufacturing output grew to £155.8bn in Q2 2025, up 1.5% (£3.8bn) from the same period in 2024, driven primarily by a 5.8% (£1.8bn) increase in the value of output from the automotive ...

The U.S. manufacturing industry may need to fill as many as 3.8 million jobs over the next decade, according to new research from The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education ...

Britain’s steelmakers have warned they face “perhaps the biggest crisis” in their history after the European Commission proposed doubling tariffs on steel imports to 50% — a move that could severely ...

Global attention continues to focus on climate change, with businesses in every sector being challenged to demonstrate genuine responsibility in how they operate. For the plastic packaging industry, ...

RS Components (RS) shares its white paper – part of a series covering best practice maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) procurement – exploring why its complexity can disguise the scale of its ...

Digital innovations are evolving and converging at an incredible pace and this trend will continue for decades. The combination of data, AI, automation and other advanced technologies are shaping the ...