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Manufacturing Research - a new approach
An initiative is launched today (November 26th 2001 )that will bring Manufacturing in the UK into a new stage of major development. Twelve Research Centres are being set up looking at areas ranging from laser processing and e-manufacturing to healthcare and transport. More than £60 M of funding for these Innovative... view more... (2001-11-16)
Manufacturing the Future
Stronger, lightweight car body structures New ways of developing pharmaceutical drugs Improved car safety and design for pregnant women view more (2004-09-14)
Malaysian Government Asks Warwick Manufacturing Group to Create Centre Giving Malaysia Leadership Role in South East Asian Manufacturing
On September 2nd the University of Warwick`s Manufacturing Group (WMG), and the Government of Malaysia, will sign a significant agreement to create a brand new Advanced Manufacturing Institute in Kuala Lumpur which will shape the future of manufacturing industry across all of South East Asia. The new multi million dollar Institute will have the... view more... (2002-08-22)
Giant leap in tiny technology
A £10 million project that aims to put the UK at the forefront of future micro-manufacturing technology is being launched at The University of Nottingham tomorrow. view more (2005-04-25)
Risk-takers most successful small-scale entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs who are quick to think along new lines, invest in new technology, and who dare to take risks are more successful than more traditional small-scale business people. This was found in a study carried out among 14 manufacturing companies mainly in the M'¤laren Valley in central Sweden. The focus of the study is on the so-called... view more... (2005-04-08)
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) offers $5,000 Prize for best European media article or video on "Manufacturing and its Impact on Society and the Economy"
The Intelligent Manufacturing Systems initiative (IMS) is offering US$ 5,000 prize in each of its seven member regions for the best newspaper article, magazine article or video on the topic of "Manufacturing and its Impact on Society and the Economy". The European region competition is open to any authors and journalists from EU Member States and... view more... (2005-01-18)
Environmental Manufacturing Could Stem UK Manufacturing Slump
Professor Sir Kumar Bhattacharyya , one of the UK's Leading Manufacturing experts, will, on Tuesday 20th April, tell an international conference at the University of Warwick that environmentally aware manufacturing is the one remaining thing that can stem the quarter century long slump in volume manufacturing in the UK and Europe. Professor Sir... view more... (2004-04-19)
The everydayness of electronics increases the demands set for design
The more everyday electronics become, the higher the demands for product design and manufacturing are set. An impartial Finnish specialist organization, VTT Electronics, carries out research work and develops technologies which are adapted to more and more complex environments. The challenge of manufacturing technology is to develop efficient... view more... (2001-08-21)
UK Manufacturers Buy Largest Number of Robots Since Records Began in 1978
Latest research figures from the University of Warwick show that UK manufacturers installed a record breaking 1 941 robots in 2001– the largest number of new robots ever installed in the UK in any one year since records began in 1978. view more (2002-04-22)
Opportunity for SME's to lean on Cranfield University
Cranfield University has won a £226,000 contract to offer a Fellowship in lean manufacturing to employees from small and medium-sized enterprises in the South East of England. This exclusive project, co-financed by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and the European Social Fund (ESF), provides nominated employees with the... view more... (2003-05-02)
Only 5 years left to deal with to Europe's End of Life Vehicle Directive - UK Vehicle Industry Looks to New German and Spanish Solutions at Special Conference: press invitation
The European End of Life Vehicle Directive has significant implications for all involved in the production, procurement, use and disposal of motor vehicles. Estimates of the cost of this exceed £75 million per annum. The UK government`s decision to make last users fund the cost of ELV processing lasts only to 2007. So there is considerable... view more... (2002-08-23)
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott launches New Research into Environmentally Friendly Plastics at University of Warwick
Rt Hon John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions will launch a research group dedicated to find more environmentally friendly ways to both and dispose of plastics. The launch will take place at 6pm today Tuesday 1st May in the International Manufacturing Centre at the University... view more... (2001-05-01)
Dismay at Collapse In UK Manufacturers Investment In Automation
The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) based at the University of Warwick is greatly concerned with UN figures just published that show In 2002, robot investment in the United Kingdom plummeted by 61%. Across the world as a whole robot orders in first half of 2003 were up by 26% - The UK however lags behind with proportionally less... view more... (2003-10-22)
Researchers Turn Executive Toy into Engineering Tool
Researchers at the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick have transformed an executive "pin art" toy that sat on many managers desks into a hi-tech industrial moulding tool that those same mangers can now use to create new products. view more (1998-11-04)
Investment in Robots plummets in UK
Research by the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) at the University of Warwick, has found UK manufacturing has all but stopped investing robots. Robot sales to UK manufacturers in the latest quarter have almost halved to 110 from 199 in the previous quarter. This contrasts sharply to what is happening on the continent, where sales... view more... (2002-10-17)
Procognia and Xcellerex Sign High Speed Glycoanalysis Agreement
September 29th, 2003, Maidenhead UK and Marlborough, MA, US - Procognia Ltd and Xcellerex LLC announced an agreement to provide Procognia's rapid glycoanalysis to Xcellerex customers. Xcellerex is the leader in the application of advanced biomanufacturing technologies in the biologics contract manufacturing industry. Procognia has developed... view more... (2003-09-30)
NEXT, future generation of machine-tools
NEXT (Next Generation Production Systems) is the most ambitious research initiative ever conceived in Europe in the field of production systems. The project, led by the Basque Research Center Fatronik, has 25 European members; universities, technological centres and companies - in a number of different countries. view more (2004-11-10)
Software advance helps computers act logically
Computers just respond to commands, never "thinking" about the consequences. A new software language, however, promises to enable computers to reason much more precisely and thus better reflect subtleties intended by commands of human operators. view more (2005-06-17)
MANUFUTURE 2020: EU launches technology platform and strategic research agenda to support the future of European manufacturing
An invited audience of around 300 leading industrialists, academics and policy-makers with a shared interest in the future of European manufacturing met today at the MANUFUTURE 2004 conference in Enschede, the Netherlands. Held under the auspices of the European Commission and the Dutch Presidency, the event marked the launch of the... view more... (2004-12-07)
Aston University and pharmaceutical giant sign for medical future of Midlands
Aston University in Birmingham, UK has just signed a long-term agreement with pharmaceutical manufacturing giant, Mayne Pharma Plc , to run the first dedicated medical manufacturing clean room in the region. view more (2004-10-11)
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