Talking Industry LIVE in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) took place on the 25 April and featured some of industry’s most renown and upcoming figures to offer visitors a unique professional learning experience. The event, which took place at the MTC, Coventry, provided an environment for delegates to learn about cutting edge technologies and best practice through unscripted panel discussions, presentations, live demos, and workshops.
Innovate UK, the UK’s national innovation agency, has unveiled BridgeAI, a new programme which aims to drive growth and competitiveness in the UK economy through the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The £100m investment comes partly from Innovate UK & the Technologies Mission Fund (TMF), launched by HMG/UKRI on 6 March 2023, and will bring together businesses from priority sectors with AI experts and developers, to foster an AI innovation network in the UK.
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is hosting a free two-day conference – Robotics and Automation – A New Perspective 2023 on 10-11 May which will explore the future of automation in UK industry and demonstrate the opportunities available to UK industry.
The HVM Catapult has launched a series of open access awareness modules to increase understanding of hydrogen across multiple sectors and stimulate the UK’s transition to a hydrogen-based economy.
Engineers Without Borders International has announced a strategic partnership with infrastructure engineering software company, Bentley Systems.
Nineteen Group has announced that Manufacturing & Engineering Week www.mandeweek.co.uk has named Engineers Without Borders UK as its official charity partner. Taking place in June 2023 at Birmingham’s NEC, the week-long festival combines both live and digital events and celebrates the best that the UK industrial sector has to offer.
The Coventry-based centre for advanced manufacturing technologies, the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has appointed Dr Graham Hoare OBE to succeed Dr Clive Hickman OBE as its new CEO. Dr Hoare brings more than 35 years’ top-level industrial and commercial experience to the role.
The inaugural Talking Industry LIVE (25 April 2023) keynote address at the MTC will be an interactive, engaging and informal podcast style discussion by Mike Hague-Morgan, Executive Director of Autocraft Solutions Group, and Dr Megan Ronayne, Head of Industrial Technologies & Manufacturing at Innovate UK KTN.
Manufacturing and Engineering Week (www.mandeweek.co.uk) 2023 is living up to its promise of becoming ‘the festival of industrial innovation’ with a number of extra events being added to the current programme, largely due to the addition of Smart Factory Expo and the Drives & Controls events, which include Air-Tech and Fluid Power and Systems. H&P reports.
Swiftool Precision Engineering based in Sutton and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire has struck gold at the Make UK National Manufacturing Awards held in London. The company which supplies precision machined components for safety critical parts to the nuclear, petrochemical and aerospace markets picked up three national awards, having won three awards at the Make UK Midlands Regional ceremony back in November.
Hannover Messe 2023 (17–21 April) is set to focus not only technologies for connected, climate-neutral industry, but also provides a forum for a global policy discussion among industry, government, science and social representatives.
Digitalisation and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) represents the next level of industrial automation. Consultant editor at DFA and chair Andy Pye summarises some of the discussions from the latest Talking Industry episode. There are many ways to catch up if you missed it: Talking Industry episodes are available on demand, and as Podcasts.
Rotec Hydraulics is celebrating after being named finalists in two categories at the Somerset Business Awards 2023.
Two MTC Training apprentices are featuring in a permanent exhibit at London’s Science Museum. The exhibit aims to promote STEM (science, technology and mathematics) subjects to youngsters.
William G Search has won Atlas Copco Compressors’ Distributor of the Year Award 2022.
