This month’s cover of The Manufacturer says it all. The team at Penlon sending off the first 1,000 ventilators to the NHS conveys everything we have always known about UK manufacturing.
Inside, we cover in detail how companies are stepping up and placing themselves and their products at the service of the nation. We also explore how reshoring production may help global manufacturing supply chains adapt to life post-Covid-19.
Elsewhere, we have expert advice as to how executive teams can balance future growth with their more immediate concerns; we outline the different financial support currently available to businesses; and we identify the hurdle that may be preventing the mass production of a vaccine.
With an eye on the horizon, we reveal how Brompton is steering the future of electric bicycles; how a revolution in biodegradable plastic technology could transform sustainability efforts; and how hybrid additive manufacturing project offers not just a different way of making things but how and where.
