Weight + timescale + cost

Design constraints sharpen leadership Motorsport design has been pushed to excel by the intense delivery constraints of the sport and the physical stress to which the components are subjected. Clever design engineers, digital product development that avoids prototypes and powerful PLM software are keeping motorsport the leading industry for design-to-manufacture, says Will Stirling.
August 2010

Unlocking knowledge and understanding

The application of academic knowledge and expertise to industry through the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships scheme has enjoyed a long and prosperous history. Tim Brown finds out the latest from one of the most successful government sponsored programmes and investigates some other collaborative options.
01 May 2010

PTC's Heppelman targets PLM leadership

Product lifecycle management software is growing steadily in the UK and Europe, but growth is softer here than in the US. Jim Heppelman, CEO and President of PTC tells Will Stirling how PLM helps manufacturers and why the US software company is confident of global PLM leadership.
01 Apr 2010

Driving designers down the path to 3D

In the current downturn many manufacturers are cautious about making major investments in new design solutions, says Jaime Herrero-Velarde, EMEA retail industry manager at Autodesk.
01 Mar 2010

There's a Buzz about Autodesk

With 3D design software playing an increasingly critical role in 21st century manufacturing, Edward Machin meets Autodesk’s “Buzz” Kross to discuss digital prototyping, paradigm shifts and the onset of a menuless product environment
March 2010

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Space ace

Sir Martin Sweeting, businessman, manufacturer and research professor, tells Gay Sutton how he intends to place UK industry at the very heart of the global effort to conquer space
April 2008

Eyes on the pies

Pies remain an ever-popular staple food, especially in their home – the north-west of England. That’s where Holland’s Pies has been based for over 150 years
01 Jun 2008

Flooring the competition

Ben Naylor tells Debbie Giggle how fashion, innovation and continuous improvement work hand-in-hand at Amtico
01 Apr 2008

Breaking new ground

Didier Lermite, managing director of Interroll Dynamic Storage SBU, is proud to introduce Flex Flow – a ground-breaking new supply concept for lineside operations. Jayne Flannery reports
01 Mar 2008

Made to measure

Taylor Hobson has been producing market-leading precision measurement tools for over half a century. Its latest products and services are bringing the highest standards of metrology to a highly demanding global manufacturing base, Ian Lee-Bennett and Jon Gardiner told Ruari McCallion
01 Mar 2008

Building blocks

Now part of Wienerberger, the largest brick company in the world, Baggeridge Brick has strengthened its specialist role in the UK market, Ruari McCallion learned from Andrew White
December 2007

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