AGAINST A traumatic background of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit worries, the subcontract manufacturing market showed some resilience – with the Contract Manufacturing Index (CMI) ending the year 1% up on the final quarter of 2019. The index for the final quarter of 2020 (Q4) was 67, compared to 66 for Q4 2019.

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SUPPLY CHAIN risk management expert, CHAS, has appointed Andrew Turner as business development manager in the latest phase of the company’s Strategic Growth Program.

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Leading industrial IT solutions partner, SolutionsPT is celebrating the launch of its Apprentice Academy; this is on top of marking its tenth consecutive year in attaining the annual 'The Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For' award.

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GSM GRAPHIC Arts has launched its new GSM Online Label Sales website which offers a quick and convenient way of ordering bespoke, off-the-shelf labels, online.

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AN INDEPENDENT specialist of pneumatics, air compressors and fluid handling equipment, Thorite has moved from its Laisterdyke premises to a new UK headquarters near the centre of Bradford.

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BLACK COUNTRY SME Alphadrive Engineering Services is working with Aston Business School to help customers embrace the sustainability agenda. The company joined the school’s Advanced Services Group SME Partnership programme to tap into free academic expertise to develop a range of bespoke recycling products, services and solutions.

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CAMBRIDGE-BASED engineering firm, Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), is part of a consortium of organisations that have won an InnovateUK grant to dramatically reduce the installation costs of the world's largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

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THE LARGEST trade associations in the UK have collaborated to launch an innovative platform to help SMEs understand the potential risks they may face as an international trader.

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THIS WEEK saw members of the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) meet online for the association's first ever virtual AGM. As part of this meeting, the MTA welcomed new President Andy Hodgson, Strategic Lead: Digitalisation at Siemens. Hodgson has played an active role in the MTA for many years as a Board Member and has served as the Technical Committee Chairman for that last two years, stepping down to take on this new role.

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A CONSORTIUM of Midlands businesses has slammed the UK Government for providing what it has labelled 'inadequate and inappropriate' Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) sourced from abroad during the Coronavirus crisis and is calling for Ministers to stop overlooking UK manufacturers that have both the capacity and capability to produce vital equipment.

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Panduit has joined ETIM International (a classification standard for technical products) and incorporates the classification model into its product development, reference systems and documentation.

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FROM JANUARY 2021, those shipping goods into the European Union face big changes. Dale Patterson, MD of Exporta, outlines what this means for pallets and why he believes companies should consider recycled plastic as an alternative to wood.

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LAC CONVEYORS & Automation, part of the LAC Group, has been awarded exclusive rights to sell and promote a wide range of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) designed and manufactured by Prime Robotics.

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DIRECT AIR has placed an order with Gardner Denver for eight off Ultima oil-free compressors.

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MANUFACTURERS IN Greater Manchester are being invited to start 2021 with a fully-funded programme aimed at enhancing manufacturing excellence and enabling growth.

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INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR of welding equipment, welding consumables and air compressors, Wilkinson Star is now UK and Ireland distributor for Weltek airfed grinding and welding systems.

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THE GLOBAL technology company from Electrocomponents, OKdo has announced availability of Raspberry Pi 400, an all-in-one personal computer, created by Raspberry Pi and based on the popular Raspberry Pi 4 single-board computer.

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has published proposed Tariff Rate Quota allocations for the UK steel exports into the EU from 1 January 2021. Without this UK specific allocation of steel export tariff-free quota, the UK sector could have faced an £80m bill, from EU Steel Safeguard tariffs in the first half of next year.

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UK safety expert Arco has joined forces with the National Emergencies Trust (NET), an independent charity that raises and distributes funds at speed during domestic crises, with a major donation to support its core funding.

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HUMIDITY SOLUTIONS has won 'Sustainable Product of the Year' in the HVR Awards 2020, for its desiccant dehumidifier from Danish manufacturer, Cotes A/S.

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