Articles
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
This year's model
Parametric modelling has advanced steadily since it gained widespread acceptance in the 1990s. Ruari McCallion looks at the current state of play and new developments.
February 2010
The rise of the virtual factory
Costly product flow reconfigurations 0; Virtual factories 1. Manufacturing process simulation is saving companies thousands of pounds. And software vendors are integrating CAD to product simulation, to test multiple physical stress scenarios, reducing costly prototype tests.
Malcolm Wheatley reports on a convincing scoreline.
January 2010
CAD-simulation harmonies cut the need for expertise
Once upon a time, manufacturers designed products and components, and subjected them to lengthy test programmes to see how they withstood the real world — and to establish if they worked as intended.
January 2010
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Interviews
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
Business Profiles
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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