The Manufacturing Technologies Association
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Bridging the skills gap: Free half-day seminar

The MTA and Manufacturing Technologies Centre (MTC) have teamed up to present a seminar on ‘Bridging the Skills Gap’. The free half-day seminar will take place on 12th May 2015 and will include a number of speakers, lunch and a tour of the MTC’s facilities.

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MTA wins award for MACH

Congratulations to The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) which has been awarded Best Association Exhibition 2015 for its show, MACH 2014, at this year’s Association Excellence Awards.

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Skills: Shortages and successes

Skills shortages are one of the main difficulties that manufacturers face. The technicians who make the business work are approaching retirement and an entire generation is missing. So, how are we to source the recruits that manufacturing needs to be successful in the 21st century? The MTA (Manufacturing Technologies Association) ponders the question

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Healthy, but not without risk

The big event for the UK in 2015 is likely to be May’s General Election, and it already appears that it’s going to be the economy that will play centre stage. With claims and counter claims likely to be in abundance, the MTA’s economic expert Geoff Noon takes a look at the evidence and what this will probably mean for Advanced Manufacturing

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Helping members to close the skills gap

James Fudge, education and training co-ordinator at the Manufacturing Technologies Association believes that, as well as bringing enthusiastic young people into the sector there is a need to harness the talent that is already there

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Buy camera, get a free iPad

While stocks last and before 31st December 2014, Fluke UK is offering a free iPad to purchasers of one from a range of Fluke Thermal Imaging cameras.

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Rising to the challenge

The struggle to attract the brightest and best young people into manufacturing engineering is one of the most pressing problems facing our sector. Here, the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) outlines one of its initiatives to promote engineering to students

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The importance of innovation

Addressing the recent Advances in Machining conference, Mark Ridgway OBE, president of the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), focused on the role that innovation can play in stabilising a business in volatile markets. He emphasised the importance of innovation in manufacturing but said the take up of this message has been surprisingly slow, quoting regional and national figures on the relatively poor innovation performance of SMEs.

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