Manufacturing Biz #6 - Magazine - Page 5
Inside
26 SAFER SIGNAGE
Beating ‘Sign Blindness’
27 KING IMPRESSED BY MANUFACTURER
Made in Britain visit a success
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WELCOME
By Adrian Hawkins OBE
28 WOMEN IN MANUFACTURING
Opportunities growing
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CONTENTS
What’s on in this edition
31 ALUMINIUM DEAL
Egypt manufacturing boost by EBRD
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ROBOTICS RESEARCH
Barclays sources $200B market
32 FOCUS ON ELECTRONICS IN THE REGION
Celebrating Nemco
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MANUFACTURING AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS
US Manufacturers speak out
34 FOCUS ON ELECTRONICS IN THE REGION
Arkle Electronics
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MANUFACTURING AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS
UK announces defence contract
35 FOCUS ON ELECTRONICS IN THE REGION
Alan Anderson
10 MANUFACTURING AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS
Drone factory opens in Suffolk
36 FOCUS ON ELECTRONICS IN THE REGION
ABL Circuits
11 MANUFACTURING AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS
UK Manufacturers comment on war
38 UK HEADS TO SPACE
Space enabled manufacturing
12 BOMBARDIER EXPANSION
New project for worldwide growth
42 BizCRUNCH
The business data you need
14 AEROSPACE DEAL
Swift Acquired
15 US PRODUCTIVITY LEAPS
Rise in output and GDP
16 SEMI-CONDUCTOR GROWTH
China starts push
18 CONVENIENCE FOOD DEAL
Greencore leads the way
19 LUTON REGENERATION
£400m Vauxhall deal
20 UK MOTOR INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Grey leads the battle of the colours
22 UK MOTOR INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
One in four new car buys is electric
24 POTASH PROJECT COSTS RISE
Jansen makes new estimate
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