Renewables

China has been installing a large amount of renewable energy capacity in recent years. Image courtesy of Wikipedia - WiNG.

China doubles solar power capacity

Savortex hand dryers will be IP-enabled so that advertising messages and (very) short films can be served to individual dryers – image courtesy of Savortex Intel - IoT.

Digital Transformation

The IoT solution hanging rivals out to dry

The Annual Manufacturing Report 2017 reflects a surprisingly resilient mood among UK manufacturers- image courtesy of DFC

Annual Manufacturing Report 2017 published

The Manufacturer Best Blogs 2016 - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Digital Transformation

The Manufacturer: best blogs of 2016

Ford recalls 400,000+ vehicles due to safety and compliance issues - image courtesy of Ford.

Ford CEO calls for reducing fuel economy targets

Republican candidate Donald Trump has claimed victory in the 2016 US election - image courtesy of Gage Skidmore

People & Skills

Trump talks with Tesla and Apple about making US manufacturing great again

NS Dutch Railways CEO, Roger van Boxtel, recently strapped himself to a windmill blade to celebrate every Dutch electric train running on wind power - image courtesy of NS Dutch Railways.

Dutch trains first in the world to travel by 100% wind power

The New Routemaster bus, manufactured by Wrightbus, in front of Big Ben in London - image courtesy of Wrightbus

London Mayor dumps iconic Routemaster buses as part of election pledge

A commitment to develop carbon capture and storage technology, which stops greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, was made ahead of a summit in Edinburgh - image courtesy of BSCSP

Carbon capture and storage takes a leap forward thanks to basalt

Solar energy is set to become the world's most efficient energy source.

Winds of change as solar becomes world’s cheapest form of energy

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has declared Canada's Arctic waters off limits for oil companies - image courtesy of Pixabay

Canadian PM puts arctic drilling on ice but leaves companies in limbo