Engineering Group Avingtrans Reports Revenues of Over £100M
Cambridgeshire-headquartered engineering group Avingtrans has seen revenues jumping past the £100 million milestone, with the business also returning to the black. Avingtrans generated revenues of £105.5 million, up from £78.9 million 12 months prior to the year to 31 May 2019. The business also reported a pre-tax profit of £3.1 million compared to a loss of […]
Systra Acquires Engineering Firm TSP Projects
Systra Acquires Engineering Firm TSP Projects : Systra has acquired engineering firm TSP Projects. It will enable the firm to double the size of its UK & Ireland operations. It is the company’s first major engineering acquisition in the UK and follows the acquisitions of SIAS Transport Planners in 2016 and JMP Consultants Ltd in […]
Renishaw Supports INEOS TEAM UK in America’s Cup bid
Global engineering company Renishaw is supporting Sir Ben Ainslie and INEOS TEAM UK in their bid to bring the America’s Cup home to Britain. As the team’s official precision measurement and additive manufacturing (AM) partner, Renishaw will contribute its engineering expertise to aid and fast track the build process as they bid to win the 36th America’s […]
adi Group Looking at the Future with Pre-Apprenticeship Scheme
A leading engineering firm’s commitment to addressing the UK skills gap has been celebrated with the graduation of 11 students from its pioneering pre-apprenticeship scheme. In front of a packed audience of influential business leaders, mentors and proud parents, the youngsters, donning university-style graduate gowns, collected their course certificates at adi Group’s headquarters in Kings […]
FIDIC Launches Golden Principles to Safeguard Integrity of Its Documents
International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has launched its Golden Principles to set out the essential characteristics of its general conditions of contract that should not be amended if the contract is to be regarded as a genuine FIDIC contract. In a bid to safeguard the integrity of FIDIC contracts and […]
BAE Systems Calls for Nationwide Effort to Develop Skills for Industry 4.0
BAE Systems Calls for Nationwide Effort to Develop Skills for Industry 4.0 : BAE Systems has called today for a concerted and co-ordinated effort by industry, Government and the education sector to ensure the UK can fully benefit from the digital revolution and Industry 4.0. Nigel Whitehead, Chief Technology Officer at BAE Systems, stated that […]
Advanced Engineering Returns with the Medical Device Engineering Zone
The UK’s largest annual gathering of engineering professionals, Advanced Engineering, is back and bigger than ever on October 30 and 31, 2019 at the NEC, Birmingham. With a two-day attendance of some 15,000 engineering professionals, the eleventh edition of the trade show will provide companies with the opportunity to meet with OEMs and supply chain partners from […]
Simplified Programming Could Improve Britain’s Robotics Adoption
Until recently, the Industrial Revolution was largely associated with drastic engineering efforts that transformed Britain’s industry. Two centuries later, we are experiencing another shift in global manufacturing, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Nigel Smith, managing director of industrial robot distributor TM Robotics, explains how Britain can reclaim the robotics revolution with simplified robot programming. According to […]
Future Face of Engineering at HS2 Has Been Revealed
Marking International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on Sunday 23 June, HS2 Ltd has produced a short film which subverts the stereotype of what an engineer looks like, challenging the out-dated masculine preconceptions of an industry that is rapidly becoming more gender-inclusive. The short film stars Clara Lenzi, a Project Management apprentice at Britain’s new high speed […]
Thermprocess / METEC – Vacuum Solutions for Metallurgy
The need for energy-efficient, sustainable processes is increasing especially with regard to the frictions caused by high energy prices, increasing global warming and scarce resources. These requirements also have a direct impact on vacuum systems which are an elementary component in heat treatment plants and metallurgical processes. Leybold offers a wide range of highly innovative, […]
