EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has welcomed today’s announcement that the new diplomas will be recognised by Universities as exceeding A levels in value and urged government to ensure their success by backing them with adequate resources.
The Diplomas offer a new model for learning and developing new skills and have the potential to raise the numbers […]
Southwest Skills Survey 2007
This report presents the results of research conducted into skills in the advanced engineering sector in the south west of England. The survey was undertaken in August and September 2007.
This research has been commissioned by the Advanced Engineering Skills Project and is the fourth annual report to be published.
Manufacturers continue to record healthy growth and remain upbeat about the future despite tougher trading conditions, according to a leading barometer of the sector published today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and Grant Thornton.
Furthermore, EEF also released figures showing that the recent credit crunch has had a relatively limited impact so far on manufacturers, with […]
Renishaw, a U.K.-based maker of metrology systems, developed RAMTIC, its unique approach to process control, in the early 1990s. When it first appeared, RAMTIC (Renishaw’s Automated Milling, Turning and Inspection Center) was characterized by two conspicuous developments in tangible machine tool technology. One was the use of portable carrousels for palletized workpieces and cutting tools. […]
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Four months in, managing director of the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing, Bob Gibbon, tells Laura Cork why industry’s training needs are not all academic.
Lambda, the leading power supply manufacturer has achieved registration to ISO 14001, the world class environmental management system with the British Standards Institution (BSI). The registration applies to both the company’s Ilfracombe sites in Devon UK.
While the registration process involved Lambda’s H,S&E (Health, Safety and Environmental) Manager, Andy Dorr virtually full time for six months […]