How do we get to net-zero?
The latest report from UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) highlights various approaches and technologies to reduce carbon emissions today and in the future.
UK manufacturing mergers and acquisitions deals jump by a third surpassing pre-pandemic levels
Advisory firm BDO has found that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions involving UK manufacturers jumped by almost a third in 2021. This is more surprising that dealmaking surpasses pre-pandemic levels.
How is IoT Related to Big Data
Happy Monday everyone! Starting the week off with a useful piece by PTC about the importance of IoT and “big” data. But how is IoT Related to Big Data? Big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two hot topics top of mind for business leaders. Together they have been making a significant impact on companies’ …
Where does art end and manufacturing begin?
The Atos Manufacturing Art Exhibition explores the relationship between art, design, imagination and industry. It delivers an exciting and engaging display that promises to be an empowering playground designed to motivate manufacturers, engineers, and business leaders. So where does art end and manufacturing begin? The Atos Manufacturing Art Exhibition ‘22 brings together 16 renowned multi-discipline …
Manufacturing is cool again!
For much of the 20th century, manufacturing seemed like the industry most capable of grabbing the future with both hands, propelling itself forward, and bringing the rest of the world along for the ride. Innovations that mass-produced the Model-T were only separated from advances in robotics and automation by a few decades, all while manufacturers …
Reducing the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry through data sharing
A really interesting read about the need for data sharing needs to drive sustainability changes. Global manufacturing and production sectors are responsible for 20% of the world’s carbon emissions! While the need to reduce the industrial carbon footprint is high, the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is a first step to successfully measure and determine the …
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Driving sustainability in industrial clusters
This is a really interesting white paper from Microsoft and Accenture driving sustainability in industrial clusters to help cut emissions and accelerate the drive to net-zero. Industrial clusters are geographic areas comprised of co-located companies that represent a single or multiple industries, such as refining, cement or steel. With industry responsible for 30 percent of …
Reshoring manufacturing: How digital transformation is bringing back jobs
An interesting read from Ericsson on how reshoring manufacturing is helping to bring back jobs. A thoughtful reflection is the impact of automation in manufacturing and how this is affecting growth: “The fact is that automation is affecting jobs globally. For example, over the last 10 years, Chinese manufacturing has seen a 6% growth compared to a …
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The National Dilemma of the UK Steel Industry
Our founder, Nick Leeder’s grandfather-in-law was the General Secretary of the Nation Union of Blastfurancemen (NUB) in the UK in the 1970’s. He was a Welshman through and through and proud of the steel making industry in the country. At the start of the 1980’s he led the Union workers in industrial action against the then Conservative …