Category Archives: metals

Eurozone crisis leaves UK Steel output at standstill

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

UK steel output in 2012 remained at a virtual standstill compared to 2011, according to annual data published today by UK Steel. According to the data, output in 2012 was just 1% higher in 2012 than 2011. This equated to … Continue reading →

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Global manufacturers predict tough times ahead – PwC survey

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Global manufacturing firms are bracing themselves for more tough times ahead, according to a new survey from the business advisory firm PwC. Asked for their perceptions, aspirations and concerns for the industry, manufacturing leaders were particularly sceptical about the economic … Continue reading →

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‘Enemy aliens’ help Brandauer celebrate 150th birthday

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

A mother from Vienna has brought her son to Birmingham to join in the 150th anniversary celebrations of her great-great-grandfather’s engineering firm – 98 years after the British Government branded her family as ‘enemy aliens’. Dr Ruth Brandauer and her … Continue reading →

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Garador factory now ‘most modern in Europe’

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Garage door manufacturer Garador has extended its Somerset-based factory (pictured) making it “the most modern of its kind in Europe”. The 1,600 sq m extension of the Yeovil, Somerset, production plant provides valuable additional capacity and will help the company … Continue reading →

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ONS reports ‘disappointing’ fall in UK manufacturing output

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Official UK manufacturing suffered another disappointing month of contraction in November, according to new official figures posted today. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the index of manufacturing falling by 2.1% in November 2012 when compared with … Continue reading →

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New products and markets raise manufacturers’ hopes for growth

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

UK manufacturers are planning a three-pronged attack on the gloomy economic outlook for 2013. According to a new survey from the manufacturers’ organisation EEF, innovation, product development and fresh markets are destined to raise manufacturers’ prospects in 2013. The survey … Continue reading →

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Majorfax sponsors student engineering award

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Majorfax, a specialist suppliers of machined and finished castings is to sponsor a student engineering award for the Black Country University Technical College with the aim of encouraging the next generation of skilled engineers into the manufacturing industry. The Walsall-based … Continue reading →

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Barnshaws balconies provide new London view

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

West Midlands plate bending specialist Barnshaws is helping to give Londoners a new outlook from a new Barratt development in Wandsworth. The urban development at Osiers Gate is a key brownfield plot that was been occupied by light-industrial work sheds … Continue reading →

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Anopol scores a hatrick

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

Anopol, the Birmingham based metal finishing specialists scored a hat-trick on the same day by winning three awards for outstanding achievements. The firm won the Surface Engineering Association’s ‘Outstanding Company Achievement’ Award for its participation in the “Godiva Awakes” (pictured) … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing investment holds steady – ONS

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Investment in the UK manufacturing sector held steady in the third quarter of the year but remained at a low ebb compared with the same period in 2011, according to official figures announced today (27 Nov). The data from the … Continue reading →

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