New group will champion uptake of automation in the UK
27 February 2024 A new organisation has been launched to champion the uptake of automation in UK manufacturing. Called the UK Automation Forum, it brings together industry experts,… Read More
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UK manufacturers want more support to help SMEs to grow
6 December 2021 Britain’s manufacturers are calling on the Government to improve access to funding for small and medium-sized firms to help them to boost their productivity and… Read More
Mach exhibition is postponed from January 2021 to 2022
29 September 2020 Mach, the UK’s largest manufacturing trade event, which had been due to take place at the NEC Birmingham in January 2021, has been rescheduled to… Read More
Move to greener manufacturing, ‘could create up to 1m jobs’
27 July 2020 If the UK transitions to “green” manufacturing, it could add £8–20bn to GDP and create up to 1 million jobs, according to a new report… Read More
Gambica members are back to working at 75% of full capacity
8 June 2020 Members of the Gambica, the trade association which represents companies in the UK’s automation and instrumentation sectors, are now running their operations at about 75%… Read More
Lockdown length will determine future of UK machine tools
6 May 2020 The latest economic forecast from the MTA (Manufacturing Technologies Association) predicts that the UK market for machine tools will fall by 21% in 2020 before… Read More
MTA moves Mach to 2021 in response to Coronavirus
11 March 2020 The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), which owns and runs the UK’s largest manufacturing trade event, the Mach exhibition, has announced that it is rescheduling the… Read More
Digital manufacturing projects win £11.4m of EPSRC funding
3 July 2018 The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded £11.4m in funding to seven projects aimed at creating novel digital tools, techniques and… Read More
UK manufacturing is twice as big as usually thought
8 May 2018 Manufacturing accounts for nearly a quarter of the UK economy and more than 7.4 million jobs depend on it – far more than usually thought… Read More
Motion Tech acquires the sensor-maker, Lion Precision
8 October 2015 The US motion control specialist, Motion Tech Automation (MTA), has acquired the Minnesota-based precision sensor manufacturer, Lion Precision. The acquisition will enhance MTA’s position-sensing capabilities and… Read More
