Friday #UKManufacturing GOOD News ?? - 26th March

 ??Manufacturing outlook improves in March – CBI Industrial Trends Survey https://bit.ly/31ysmI5

??UK subcontractors report positive outlook and look ahead to post-COVID boom https://bit.ly/3rnOqzs

??LumiraDx to invest ￡78m and create 500 new jobs in Scotland https://bit.ly/3coxTqB

??Thousands of jobs are to be created following the award of government funding that will allow Wrightbus to further develop hydrogen double and single-decker buses https://bit.ly/3spNhZB

??Mura Technology starts work on new Teesside plastic recycling facility + 100 jobs https://bit.ly/3vTl2V8

?? Delivery vehicle bodybuilder Paneltex to create 87 jobs after funding success https://bit.ly/31mgFnG

??￡85bn to be invested in UK defence sector over four years https://bit.ly/39fnV9k

???￡23m plasterboard factory + 60 jobs for the Port of Newport https://bit.ly/3dapCpC

?? TT Electronics starts recruitment drive after ￡1.6m expansion in Northumberland https://bit.ly/3cosC2v

??3 projects in Cwmbran, Warwickshire and Ballymena forecast to secure nearly 10,000 jobs across the UK and save 45 million tonnes of carbon emissions.

??￡54m investment in UK automotive industry from government and industry for 3 innovative projects for cars, buses, heavy goods vehicles and vans across the UK, co-ordinated by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) https://bit.ly/3daqc6M

??Tata Chemicals Europe planning to build new ￡50 million plant at its Northwich site https://bit.ly/3fd0EbP

??Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre wins ￡48m funding https://bit.ly/39f2DbL

??￡20 million has been allocated to cutting emissions and creating 500 jobs across the South Wales region https://bit.ly/31nq5yY

??European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Scotland’s Orbex €7.45 million (approx ￡6.4 million) through its Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support (C-STS) programme, designed to support commercially sustainable space transportation services in Europe https://bit.ly/3snzkLv

??Innovate Recycle is investing ￡5m in the UK’s first carpet recycling facility in Northamptonshire https://bit.ly/3fgIeXK

???♀?JCB wins ￡3m pound order for its X-Series range of tracked excavators from Chasetown Civil Engineering https://bit.ly/3tTMKiO

??Low Carbon Ltd and PMAC Energy plan ￡300m state-of-the-art waste to energy centre on the site of the former Corus Steel works in Redcar https://bit.ly/3dbbbBF

?????Five new projects have been awarded a share of over ￡1 million of government funding to work with international partners on innovative space technology https://bit.ly/31gAwVa

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???Design for Triumph’s first electric motorbike revealed https://bit.ly/31kfjcT

????Make UK celebrates 125th year of championing #ukmanufacturing https://bit.ly/3w0p3ah

 ??Electric hypercar brand Rimac to open R&D centre in Warwick https://bit.ly/2PxUrMz

?????Plugging workforce skills gaps across the UK manufacturing industry could boost GDP by as much as ￡11 billion in less than a decade according to new research https://bit.ly/2OYuVQZ

??Lighting products maker Luceco achieved record results last year, almost doubling its profits https://bit.ly/3vVj6M1

??Scotland’s growing space industry has the potential to help put the UK at the forefront of the worldwide launch market for small commercial satellites over the next few years https://bit.ly/2P8Vjr9

???Eutelsat selects Airbus for key orbital slot with EUTELSAT 36D satellite https://bit.ly/3ckIXFk

??Kirkbymoorside based engineering business Sylatech ￡700K of funding https://bit.ly/3soUEQX

?Manufacturing in Yorkshire: Something special is brewing in God’s Own County https://bit.ly/3cotrZ9

???British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAS) week draws to an end https://bit.ly/39f3ycd

??The decarbonisation of the steel industry provides Britain with an opportunity to stimulate domestic production and take a lead in green technologies https://bit.ly/3cjsHEy

??Renishaw led project receives ￡26.4m funding from the UK Government and industry through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) program, which aims to revolutionize aerospace manufacturing in the UK https://bit.ly/3u8q5Q7

??First Milk announces First4Milk sustainability plan in ambitious net zero 2040 pledge https://bit.ly/3lRPDhj

???♀?Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), has launched a series of funding competitions in order to garner innovative ideas from industry and academia to support defence and/or security in the UK https://bit.ly/3lPdOgr

??The Water Breakthrough Challenge is a ￡40m competition to encourage innovators to collaborate with water companies to meet the needs of customers, society and the environment in the years to come https://bit.ly/3tUAQW2

??Government announces ￡54m funding for green transport projects creating the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-powered buses https://bit.ly/31ia2CR

??HyNet North West awarded ￡72m of funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the project’s consortium partners as it aims to transform the North West into the world’s first low carbon industrial cluster https://bit.ly/2P17FSs

???GKN Aerospace is leading a UK industry consortium, ASCEND (Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development to develop and accelerate composite material and process technologies for the next generation of energy efficient aircraft and future mobility https://bit.ly/3cocsGr

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Articles related to Inclusion, Apprenticeships, STEM, Education and other similar things

 ?????Jade Anderson, Coded Welder at Foodmek racks up over 40k likes on LinkedIn for showing a young-women succeeds in a role traditionally perceived as being a man’s domain https://bit.ly/2PbuTVV

?????Equality in STEM Launch Event https://bit.ly/3fd3dKZ

??How do we attract, retain and develop more female talent in STEM event https://bit.ly/3tVhcZN

??The High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) has been appointed by the DfE to lead an exciting new project to develop high-quality modular courses https://bit.ly/3fc3cH6

???Make UK event to discuss how the government’s Kickstart scheme can provide the next generation of talent and skills https://bit.ly/2PxLSBm

?????National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) is offering 30 recent STEM graduates from across Scotland the chance to work with its engineers and researchers as part of a new scheme aimed at helping those who are struggling to find work due to the economic impact of the pandemic https://bit.ly/2Psaxrl

?????The British Council’s GREAT Scholarship for a sustainable future 2021 offers students from Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey and Vietnam a chance to study at a UK university for a one-year postgraduate course in a climate change-related subject, with a minimum of ￡10,000 towards tuition fees https://bit.ly/3fedOFm

?????Assystem Leadership Graduate Scheme targets UK graduates to support pushing the frontiers of low-carbon technology development in the UK and its work on energy projects globally https://bit.ly/3tWL5sI

???♀?Next generation of engineers supported by Kickstart scheme https://bit.ly/3clcu1G

?????From Tooling Apprentice To Advanced Tool Designer - Gareth Clarke, talks about how he has progressed from a Tooling Apprentice to Advanced Tooling Designer https://bit.ly/2PrBDP9

?????Will Johnson, technical applications director and co-founder of ControlPoint, has been shortlisted for Engineer of the Year at the Gas Industry Awards 2021 https://bit.ly/3tYEXA7

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Each week I give a shout out?? to two small UK businesses

This week two companies from the ConeX Portal:

Protopart - A workshop that doesn't turn work away for too small an order! Hugely important if we are going to bring more SME projects to life. Protopart can help from initial concept ideas through to fully CNC machined products. - Francis Smith

Web Alliance - Providers of software solutions and consultancy, specialists in bespoke CRM software development, ecommerce applications, mobile apps in IOS and Android. Have a chat with Damien O'Dwyer and the team for more information.

The final mention goes to PLUS Automation and Contrinex sensors (aka my day job)

Contrinex’s Photoelectric?? sensors control bags of sweets?? being feed to Robots??

During high-speed production of retail bags, a confectionery manufacturer conveys individual bags of sweets to a pick-and-place packing robot for secondary packaging. A highly reliable diffuse-mode photoelectric sensor, mounted beside the conveyor, detects the presence of bags as they approach the packing station and inhibits the pick-and-place sequence if no bags are queued for the packing robot.

Read the application story and find more information at www.Fill.PLUSAx.co.uk

PRODUCT ADVANTAGES

??Long sensing range 3mm to 1.5m; ??Preventative maintenance ‘stability alarm’ – Output over IO-Link, or second switched output; ???Switching frequency selectable between 500Hz and 5kHz via IO-Link; ???IO-Link interface included for free – Ideal for Industry 4; ?? Low-cost solution

 PLUS Automation can help you #MAKE SENSE OF SENSORS, solving problems & saving money using Contrinex Inductive??, Photoelectric??, Ultrasonic??, RFID?? & Machine Safety?? sensors. – Download a catalogue at www.Catalogue.PLUSAx.co.uk or visit us at www.PLUSAx.co.uk

Mark Weymouth - Managing Director 07910 156 470

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