Daily Manufacturing News Digest – the industry stories you should be aware of today

Posted on 28 Aug 2025 by The Manufacturer

Each day The Manufacturer compiles the top manufacturing news stories from around the web and compiles them into this daily digest to make your life a little easier. Don't forget to bookmark this page and check back daily for all the latest manufacturing news.

Additive manufacturing helps British cyclist beat 200m world record

Renishaw’s metal additive manufacturing technology has helped Great Britain’s track cyclist Matthew Richardson, to become the first cyclist in history to break the nine-second barrier in the UCI Men’s Elite 200m Flying Start. Matthew then broke his own world record 24 hours after setting it, by 0.084 seconds, with a new time of 8.857 seconds. Read more via The Manufacturer

Newly-released certification could usher in new orders for British manufacturers

Made in Britain, a not-for-profit trade organisation that champions British-made products, has launched a new and purpose-built Environmental & Social Value (ESV) Certification, strengthening its offer to UK manufacturing companies. Read more via The Manufacturer

Novelis successfully completes UK first aluminium recycling furnace hydrogen trial

Novelis has announced that it has successfully completed the UK’s first full-scale hydrogen fuel switching demonstration in the aluminium industry at its Latchford plant, marking a major step toward industrial decarbonisation. Read more via The Manufacturer

Sheffield Forgemasters and AMRC sign four-year training deal

Sheffield Forgemasters has agreed a four-year engineering training contract with the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre. Read more via The Manufacturer

John Crane helps power UK carbon capture milestone

John Crane is playing a major role in supporting one of the UK’s most significant carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives with the supply of advanced dry gas sealing technology for high-performance CO₂ compression. Read more via The Manufacturer