Manufacturing and the creative arts meet at June’s National Festival of Making in Blackburn, as visual artist Liz Wilson exhibits her new work, inspired by Liverpool’s cutting-edge robotic machining sector. The large scale installation will be presented as part of the National Festival of Making’s Art in Manufacturing programme, sees Liz Wilson working alongside engineers […]
STRUCTeam, the independent composite engineering consultancy, continues their expansion into the automotive sector with the appointment of Tom Cowan as Senior Engineer and Automotive Sector Technical Lead. Tom joins from Williams Racing, the British Formula 1 motor racing team and constructor, where he held the position of Head of Structural Engineering. Tom brings considerable experience […]
On November 2 and 3, Advanced Engineering will return to the NEC, Birmingham for its 13th edition. With 80 per cent of exhibitor space already sold, engineering and manufacturing businesses should act fast if they want to secure a stand. Last year, over 7,000 people attended across the two days, including representatives from Airbus, Jaguar […]
To celebrate Earth Day, a ground-breaking project sees the launch of an alliance of International Federations, leading sports manufacturers, composite specialists, and academics collaborating to support a demonstration project to reuse and realign carbon fibres. The Carbon Fibre Circular Demonstration Project is being run by the World Sailing Trust, the charitable organisation affiliated to World […]
Lineat Composites Ltd, a spin out of the University of Bristol, has successfully raised significant funds through their initial seed round of investment. This brings the total investment to date in Lineat to over £1m. Investors led by UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), together with SFC Capital and the corporate venture capital arm […]
Hankuk Carbon has finished the first stage of life cycle assessment (LCA) for its carbon fibre prepreg, in order to quantify the CO₂ emissions of its materials and find solutions for a more sustainable future. In various applications composite materials contribute to sustainability and reduce through-life carbon impact by enabling the manufacture of complex lightweight […]
The Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Conor Burns MP visited Newry based testing company, Resonate Testing on Wednesday 20th April 2022 to engage and gain a detailed understanding of the company’s work, the sectors it services and the ongoing challenges it faces, as well as its future plans for growth. Established in 2016, Resonate […]
Scott Bader, a global manufacturer with headquarters in the UK, recognise the significant opportunities in India and is committed to bringing industry leading composite and adhesive technology to its Indian customers for wind energy, electric vehicle battery technologies and light weighting in transport such as rail and infrastructure projects. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, […]
KUKA initiated a tiered system partner programme to establish strategic partnerships intended to bring in-depth knowledge of automated applications, and specialist industry skills to the benefit of customers across all UK manufacturing sectors. CNC Robotics has become an integral member of the KUKA programme, and a thought leader within the partner framework that is now […]
The Composites Leadership Forum (CLF), working with organisations across the composite materials supply chain, developed a combined industry response to the recent BEIS call for evidence on advanced materials. The main points provided in the response can be read here. Key points highlighted in the response: Net Zero Composites are an essential part of the […]