Cristina Diaconu, Author at Manufacturing & Engineering

Medicine Manufacturing Facility to Open in Scotland

Renfrewshire, Scotland, is to become the home of a new £56 million medicines manufacturing innovation facility, which will help strengthen innovation in the UK pharmaceutical industry. The Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) will be led by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in partnership with the University of Strathclyde, the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP), …

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Herbert Parkinson Employs 70 People at New Facility

Manufacturing / By Cristina Diaconu

Herbert Parkinson, a UK soft furnishings manufacturer, is set to recruit 70 new employees into next year as it is developing a secret new product line. Stuart McDonald, managing director of Herbert Parkinson Ltd, revealed the future plans as he showed the town’s MP Jake Berry around the company’s new £3 million ‘bespoke’ goods department. …

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John Morley Foods to Supply SlimBiome Products

Consumer Goods, Food & drink / By Cristina Diaconu

OptiBiotix Health, the life sciences firm, has reached an exclusive manufacturing and supply agreement with John Morley Foods for weight management technology, SlimBiome. According to the agreement, John Morley Foods will take 50% of the profit following its time spent in the last six months developing a range of products containing SlimBiome to be sold …

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Adidas and Nike Believe in Smart Factories

Consumer Goods, Textiles / By Cristina Diaconu

Nike and Adidas are planning to increase the output of speed factories in the US and Germany, making sure that the data generated in its Far East sites also helps to further optimise future design and production processes. A report by Deutsche Bank has shown that the Adidas factory in Germany can produce a pair …

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Belfast Opens New Tech Centre

Automation, Manufacturing / By Cristina Diaconu

A new £7.5 million manufacturing technology centre has been opened by Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with the government. The centre will benefit a number of manufacturing companies, with the aim of making them more competitive through increased productivity. The business partners include RLC Global Point; Moyola Precision Engineering; JW Kane Precision Engineering Ltd; Travan …

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Further Investment at Kettle Foods

Consumer Goods / By Cristina Diaconu

Crisps manufacturer Kettle Foods will be investing £2.7 million in its Norwich site and develop a new potato intake building. The development is being funded with £1.7 million by the company itself, while almost £1 million is grant-funded through the Growth Programme of the Rural Development Programme for England, provided by the European Agricultural Fund …

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OPRO the Official UFC Partner

Consumer Goods, Textiles / By Cristina Diaconu

The world’s largest manufacturer of mouthguards, OPRO, has announced that starting with Thursday, the 21st of June, its UFC-branded products will be available for consumers to purchase. The UFC branded mouthguards will be available from the Custom Fit, Self-Fit and Snap Fit ranges opromouthguards.com and through a network of key global retail partners, such as …

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Water Improvement Scheme in North Uist

Civil & Structural Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure / By Cristina Diaconu

A £15 million Outer Hebrides water improvement was dismantled into 12 modules before being carried 128 miles by road and sea from Ross-shire Engineering’s base in Muir of Ord to Lochmaddy, in North Uist, where it will be put back together. Assembling and testing the equipment under factory conditions offered huge advantages when compared to …

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Virus to Help Treat Advanced Cancers

Healthcare / By Cristina Diaconu

A small-scale clinical, presented by scientists from the University of Leeds at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, revealed the potential of a virus to treat some advanced cancers. The specifically-engineered virus was able to infiltrate tumour cells, begin to destroy them and also boost the body’s immune system. The study …

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Supporting Women Ahed of Women in Engineering Day

Manufacturing, Technology / By Cristina Diaconu

Ahead of Women in Engineering Day on the 23rd of June, Lucy Speed, HR advisor at engineering solutions provider Boulting Ltd, looked into was employers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) industries can do to attract more females into the sector. Role models and mentors Adopting a mentorship or simple ‘buddy’ system can help …

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Birmingham Manufacturer Expects Turnover of Over £100m

Manufacturing, Tooling / By Cristina Diaconu

HydraForce Hydraulics, an award winning Birmingham manufacturer, is expecting its turnover to be around £110 million by the end of its current financial year. The winner of an Insider Made in the Midlands award has reported a turnover of £78.7 million for the year to 31 December 2017, a rose from £58.7 million in 2016. …

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Deal with Bombardier for Belfast-Made Aircrafts

Aerospace, Transport / By Cristina Diaconu

Bombardier sealed a new deal with Latvian carrier airBaltic to provide 60 Belfast-made C-Series aeroplanes. The deal is thought to be worth as much as £4.5 billion and Bombardier will produce 30 CS300 passenger jets, with an option for a further 30. The aerospace firm employs around 4,000 workers in Northern Ireland and it currently …

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