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At this year’s EEF Manufacturing conference it is safe to say, the day did not disappoint. With a lot riding on the consequences to UK industry and companies with Brexit looming, the largest number of people to date attended the day to hear answers and truths about what the professionals and our Government think it will happen.With speeches from Liam Fox Secretary of State, and Leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn, there was a definite fe...

Blu Wireless hasannounced that it has won two pilot project bids from the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS). As part of the UK’s 5G Strategy, Blu Wireless has successfully secured funding for testbeds that will prove the commercial and public viability of its 5G technologies – which will help to bring about tangible social benefits.

A record number of UK manufacturers have been shortlisted for The Manufacturer MX Awards. Thirty-three percent of the 2017 shortlisted companies are new finalists, and overall, entries are up more than 25% compared with 2016, with some categories witnessing increases of 40-70%.

Next month, our capital city will be hosting the World’s Top 50 Innovators from the Industries of the Future event by Codex at the BT Auditorium.The event taking place from 27th to 29th September will see companies such as NASA, Rolls-Royce, Intel, McLaren and many more speaking about the industries of the future.

This Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix will see McLaren adopt a slightly different approach to providing parts to its Formula 1 cars. The Woking-based racing team are planning to 3D print parts at trackside, which it believes will give the team an advantage if they need to make last minute changes.

Not so long ago discussions around artificial intelligence in robotics were limited to theoretical ideas and possible applications. But now the existing systems are already capable of taking advantage of advanced AI to help make robotics and automation more efficient.And it doesn’t have to stop at laboratories and research facilities either. Artificial intelligence is already being used in production lines and other practical applications.

A four-year partnership has been announced between McLaren Racing and Stratasys, in which Stratasys will supply McLaren Racing with a suite of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, as the Official Supplier of 3D Printing Solutions to the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team.

Engineering firms are warned to take control of their own futures and establish vibrant apprenticeship and training partnerships, as they are faced with the chronic skills shortage.That is the view of Edward Grainger (pictured), a Director of Grainger & Worrall (GW).

McLaren Automotive has celebrated the manufacture of its 10,000th car – a McLaren 570S – marking the latest milestone in a major UK automotive success story, for which Ricardo is the supplier of the engines – designed and developed in partnership with McLaren, and manufactured at Ricardo’s purpose-built performance engine factory.

A collaborative project has been announced between Ilika and McLaren Applied Technologies and Sharp Laboratories of Europe (Sharp) to create an autonomous energy harvesting power source, thanks to funding of over £500,000 from Innovate UK.