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Digital Transformation

How did digital technology turn a suburban Cheshire factory into a world-beater?

Self-navigating tugger trains are being piloted to narrow the gap between individual warehouses and assembly areas – image courtesy of BMW Group.

Digital Transformation

How is every single link in the BMW supply chain being tightened?

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Digital Transformation

Solar power brings cool solution to vaccine preservation problem

The Michelin Dundee plant from the air

Scotland’s First Minister pledges £50m to support manufacturing across Tay Cities Region

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Manufacturers not matching transformational pace of digital tech

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Business groups call on government to prevent no-deal Brexit

The MiR200 base robots moving around Factory 2050 independently during trials - image courtesy of AMRC.

Airbus working to transport aircraft wing assemblies autonomously in Wales

Graphcore's Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) is set to revolutionise AI. It is designed for Machine Intelligence and delivers between 10x and 100x greater speed compared to today's hardware - image courtesy of Pixabay

UK chipmaker Graphcore raises $200m in unicorn funding

The robotics market, due to the increase in demand for artificially intelligent robots, is estimated to grow by almost 14% annually from 2016 to 2025

AI and robotics: don’t think of asking for faster horses

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Digital Transformation

1 million more UK manufacturing and hi-tech jobs needed by 2030

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Digital Transformation

Autonomous shipping: The future of seafaring