NEW RESEARCH has shown the huge impact the ongoing Iran war is having on businesses across the Midlands.

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TOPTICA PHOTONICS has appointed Diana Dreyer to the role of VP human resources (head of HR). In this role, she is responsible for the HR strategy of the TOPTICA Group and is driving the continued scaling up of talent acquisition, leadership development, and organisational culture.

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LABELS ARE often small, but their impact can be significant. A well-designed label does far more than display a product name or serial number: it communicates essential information, supports brand identity, guides users, and helps products perform safely and reliably in the environments where they are used.

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ENERSYS WILL demonstrate how smart battery monitoring can help fleet operators reduce unplanned downtime at Automechanika Frankfurt on 8-12 September.

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INTEGRATED LOGISTICS firm Raben Group has selected Nulogy's Shop Floor solution to digitalise its contract packing operations, with implementation in progress across seven sites in Poland, ahead of a planned second phase roll out for further European locations.

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In plastics manufacturing, the difference between a temperature control unit that lasts for years and one that fails within months often comes down to a single overlooked variable, says Dave Roberts

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A UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield Engineering academic has been honoured with the prestigious Achenbach Medal, a global award recognising outstanding contributions to Structural Health Monitoring.

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FROM THE power modules in electric vehicles (EVs) to the neural processing units driving generative AI, microchips are the defining technology of this era. Integral to the production of semiconductors are wafer thin support frames moulded from a special compound. Entrepreneurial photovoltaic and semiconductor experts Antonia and Marko Omazić selected the IntElect series from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to support their new European venture.

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The organisers of the PPMA Show 2026 have unveiled another high profile keynote speaker to appear at the event: former Dyson CEO and manufacturing powerhouse Martin McCourt.

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DELI 24 is the UK's leading contract HPP processor, supporting food manufacturers across a wide range of categories including baby food, meat, seafood, dairy and prepared products.

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LIGHTWEIGHTING HAS become a defining principle of modern engineering, but reducing weight introduces a critical challenge: how can manufacturers ensure that lighter products remain durable enough to withstand real-world use?Andrea Incardona, material engineer at materials testing instrumentation manufacturer Instron, explores the relationship between lightweighting and durability.

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AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY company Teagle has been selected to host the inaugural edition of Vocational Celebration Day, which is to be streamed and televised live from Cornwall on Thursday 6 August 2026.

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ENGINUITY HAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), marking the beginning of a strategic partnership to strengthen SME manufacturing skills, workforce development and employer engagement.

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AUTOMATE UK has aligned with a collective of European Trade Associations to found a federation dedicated to influencing policy around the key challenges impacting the industry.

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AIR CONTROL Industries has launched its first Engineering Graduate Programme as part of a long-term strategy to help address the UK's engineering skills shortage and build in-house capability across its manufacturing operations.

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AUTOMATE UK has appointed Dan Thombs as its new CEO, tasked with accelerating the organisation’s reach and impact across the complete industrial ecosystem.

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UK MANUFACTURERS looking to reduce operational risk and address labour shortages have received a boost with news that iconsys has signed a strategic partnership agreement with a leading global robotics expert.

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HAYLEY DEXIS’ TrackUp is an in-house platform that captures, quantifies, and reports on added value that reaches into the millions. In fact, in 2025, we recorded a huge £49m worth of TrackUp value, signed off by our customers.

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BAKERS BASCO, representing the leading UK plant bakers, has kept gross attrition rates for its reusable bread baskets and dollies below 10%, despite the continued loss of equipment through theft, misuse and illegal recycling.

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WHILE THE best industrial label printers are built to last, even the most reliable of them reach that tipping point where they’re more expensive to maintain than to replace.

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