Made Smarter to go UK-wide in £4.5bn manufacturing plan
20 November 2023 The UK Government has announced plans to expand the Made Smarter Adoption programme to the whole of the UK as part of its newly-announced £4.5bn… Read More
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UK manufacturers now expect output to fall this year
18 September 2023 The positive picture of the UK manufacturing sector during the first half of 2023 has gone sharply into reverse, with recruitment being put on hold… Read More
Programme will fast-track SME leaders for digital transformation
8 March 2023 The Made Smarter digital adoption scheme has launched a fast-track leadership programme to help SME manufacturers to accelerate their digital transformation. In three months, the… Read More
Made Smarter has supported more than 250 manufacturers
26 January 2023 The Made Smarter initiative, launched in 2019 to help SME manufacturers to digitalise, decarbonise and drive growth, has now backed more than 250 manufacturers with… Read More
Plug-and-play cobot costs €4,970 and carries 2kg
12 May 2022 igus has announced a smart cobot (collaborative robot) which costs just €4,970 (£4,230) and can be up and running within days. The plug-and-play cobot –… Read More
First bearings with bioplastic cages cut emissions by 91%
21 April 2022 NSK has announced what it claims are the world’s first rolling bearings to have cages made of a bioplastic material derived from renewable biomass sources… Read More
Made Smarter manufacturers expect to create 750 jobs
22 December 2020 Manufacturers in North West England that have been supported by Made Smarter, the initiative that is helping UK SMEs to adopt Industry 4.0 principles, are… Read More
Sensor detects metal in plastics with micrometre accuracy
6 May 2020 A German start-up has developed a sensor that, it claims, can detect metallic structures embedded in plastics or other electrically non-conductive materials precisely “for the… Read More
SMEs invested £5.4m in first year of Made Smarter programme
4 March 2020 In the first year of the Made Smarter North West pilot, 300 small and medium-sized manufacturers have have invested £5.4m in new technologies, aided by… Read More
Commission aims to boost UK productivity and create jobs
27 September 2018 A group of UK manufacturing business leaders and academics have joined forces with the government to create the Made Smarter Commission, which aims to make… Read More
