The UK electronics sector experienced the fastest growth of any manufacturing sector in 2018, according to a new report by Santander and Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation. Despite representing less than 5% of UK manufacturing output, the sector generated £19.4bn in turnover and £8.4bn in gross value added (GVA) in 2017. After a period of decline that started in the early 2000s, the sector experienced a major rebound ...

  Liverpool based manufacturer of high performance filters and capacitor products for supply to the automotive, defence, telecoms and other professional industries, MPE was a runner up in at this year’s EEF Future Manufacturing Awards.

A new training course to re-train and up-skill employees covering the knowledge and practical skills involved with robotic and automation engineering has been launched by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. This will make EEF one of the very few providers able to offer the training which will lead to the EAL Level 3 Certificate in Robotics and Automation.

The future of UK manufacturing is education. Leading the drive to plug the skills gap is UK welding products company Weldability Sif, who over the past four years has been diligently working to increase the number of welder training facilities available across the UK. Over the last year, Weldability Sif managed to decrease the deficit of available welders even further, when they joined forces with the manufacturers’ organisation EEF for the...

At the Technology Hub in Birmingham, NDI, the defence division of EEF, hosted a visit by the Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin MP, at a key meeting of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) SME Forum.

  NDI, the organisation representing Britain’s Defence, Security, Aerospace and Space industries, and a fully integrated division of EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is bringing together a ‘who’s who’ of speakers at its two day National Conference and Dinner in November.

  As a new Industrial Revolution begins, there is a risk that the industry that led the first Industrial Revolution, will be left behind. Manufacturers are ill-prepared for the next wave of technological developments, according to EEF, the manufacturer’s organisation.

The manufacturers Organisation, EEF, believes, the Parliamentary Advisory Group on Carbon Capture and Storage’s report regarding the future role of CCS in the UK is ‘on the money’ and should now encourage the Government to cement a firm strategy.

Government should move away from green taxes which penalise businesses and instead use tax incentives to reduce carbon, according to a major new report published by EEF. The Low Carbon Economy – From Stick to Carrot forms EEF’s response to the review of carbon taxes announced by the Chancellor in the Budget Statement and comes ahead of climate change talks in Paris later this year. In it EEF is urging the Government to use the review ...

Manufacturers are increasing their vigilance in key markets in light of growing risks and uncertainty in the global economy, according to a new survey of almost 300 companies published today by EEF. As a consequence of the stock market turbulence in China, the shadow of crisis talks in the euro zone and the potential for further trade restrictions with Russia, economic forecasters aren’t the only ones reviewing their outlook for the months ...

A recent report shows that manufacturers are not feeling the benefit of ‘green’ red tape culls and call for bolder Government action on environmental legislation. Seven in ten manufacturers (71%) say that cutting back on ‘green’ legislation is important to their business, but less than one in ten say that red tape culls to date have saved them time (7%) or money (9%).

UK manufacturers are using innovation to deliver productivity improvements and export growth, with innovation strategies varying according to the shape, size, and sector of companies and the challenges they are facing, according to a major survey published by EEF and Vodafone UK.

Forcam, technology leaders in shop floor networking, will be exhibiting at the EEF (Engineering Employers Federation) conference. The company has over 60,000 machine tools and processes connected by its Factory Framework software, which can increase productivity by up to 30%. In many cases the end user can achieve pay back in less than one year.