The Over-Training of Apprentices by Large Employers in Advanced Manufacturing in the UK

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
The Uk

The Impact of Advanced Manufacturing Technology on a Mature Industry

1986 ◽  
Vol 200 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-255
Author(s):  
G R Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Tube Output ◽  
Manufacturing Competitiveness ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

TI Group plc is the largest private sector tube-maker in the UK. Group companies manufacture specialist and bearing tube as well as commodity welded and cold-drawn carbon seamless tube. A substantial proportion of tube output is exported from the UK. Continuing competitive pressures and the changing nature of demand from both home and export markets are forcing reappraisal of TI Group's approach to tube manufacture. TI Group sees the maintenance of manufacturing competitiveness as a key element of securing a profitable future, and policy now requires operating subsidiaries to give full weight to manufacturing considerations when formulating their business strategies. Against this background, TI Group tube manufacturing companies are devising plans and making fundamental changes to apply advanced manufacturing technology to their processes and manufacturing control systems so as to give a more flexible response to market demand whilst achieving further cost reductions.

Investment appraisal of advanced manufacturing technology in the czech republic, usa and united kingdom

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Hájek ◽  
Josef Hynek ◽  
Václav Janeček ◽  
Frank Lefley ◽  
Frank Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Investment Appraisal ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

The results of a survey large Czech manufacturing companies are presented which shows the current levels of investment in advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), the techniques and criteria used to assess AMT capital projects, and attitudes to the need for further investment. Comparisons are made with the results of earlier identical surveys in the UK and the USA. The comparisons reveal numerous statistically significant differences. The current levels of AMT investment in the Czech Republic are relatively low, the techniques used for evaluation relatively unsophisticated, the investment criteria used are more short term, and there is less concern about the need for AMT.

Key Role for UK Companies in Boeing's New Dreamliner

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Keyword(s):  
Aerospace Industry ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
The Uk

The UK has Europe's biggest, and the world's second largest, aerospace industry by number of employees. The head of Boeing UK explains how British companies, like Rolls Royce and Smith Instruments, and institutes like Sheffield University's Advanced Manufacturing and Research Centre, have contributed to Boeing's largest ever launch.

Promoting Manufacturing Excellence in SMEs

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-264
Author(s):  
Antony Lowe ◽  
Susan Goh ◽  
Geoff Heppell ◽  
Robin Scott ◽  
Keith Ridgway
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Process Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Manufacturing Equipment ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

The Ibberson Laboratory is a centre established at the University of Sheffield, partly financed by the European Community's Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to provide support for manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the South Yorkshire region of the UK. Initiated in November 1998, the Laboratory aids firms by providing technical expertise and access to advanced manufacturing equipment and manpower. These are applied in graduate placements and short-term projects that focus on new product/process development and technology transfer. This paper describes the background to the project and details the objectives, structure and operation of the Laboratory. A typical project scenario is outlined and the performance measures to be achieved in meeting the requirements of ERDF funding are discussed. Finally, the progress of the Ibberson Laboratory towards meeting these measures is reported.

scholarly journals Early Stage Investing in Green SMEs: The Case of the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-182
Author(s):  
Robyn Owen ◽  
Othmar Lehner ◽  
Fergus Lyon ◽  
Geraldine Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Transaction Cost Theory ◽  
Resource Complementarity ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk

How might a Green New Deal be applied to the early stage financing of Cleantechs? Amidst rising interest and adoption of Green New Deals in the US, the paper explores the need for more focused policy to address early stage long horizon financing of Cleantechs. We argue that insufficient focus has been applied to early stage investing into these types of innovative SMEs that could lower CO2 emissions across a range of sectors (including renewable energy, recycling, advanced manufacturing, transport and bio-science). Adopting a resource complementarity lens and borrowing from transaction cost theory, we illustrate and build theory through longitudinal UK case studies. These demonstrate how government policy can scale-up through international collaboration public-private, principally venture capital, co-finance to facilitate cleantech innovation with potentially game changing impacts on reducing CO2 emissions in order to meet the Paris 2015 Climate Change targets.

Overview of UK Policy and Research Landscape Relevant to Deploying Advanced Nuclear Technologies in the UK

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Underwood ◽  
Paul Nevitt ◽  
Andrew Howarth ◽  
Nicholas Barron
Keyword(s):  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk

Abstract The UK government is committed to tackling climate change through clean growth — cutting emissions while seizing the benefits of the low carbon economy [1,2]. In June 2019 UK government set a legally binding target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. Nuclear energy is seen as a vital contributor to decarbonising the UK economy as outlined in the Industrial Strategy [2] and subsequent Nuclear Sector Deal [3], and £180 million of funding has been provided by Government for a Nuclear Innovation Programme (NIP) over the period 2016–21, administered through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Initial phases of the NIP have researched advanced nuclear fuel cycles, digital reactor design methods and advanced materials and manufacturing techniques. Throughout this programme the UK has developed a better understanding of a range of Advanced Nuclear Technologies (ANT), including Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) and the opportunities that they provide in decarbonising a future energy system. In parallel, UK government has established a policy framework designed to encourage the development of Advanced Nuclear Technologies [4] and awarded an initial phase of development for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) [5]. These programmes of work are enabling the development of technologies towards commercialisation, whilst enabling regulations are advanced. For this paper, AMRs are defined as a broad group of advanced nuclear reactors which differ from conventional reactors that use pressurised or boiling water for primary cooling. AMRs use novel cooling systems or fuels and in order to achieve operational efficiencies and enhanced safety performance, they are typically planned to operate in harsh conditions, including high temperatures, radiation field and corrosive environments. As a result of this there are still many questions which need addressing in relation to how materials and fuels will perform in these more extreme conditions. Within the NIP, an Advanced Manufacturing and Construction initiative is supporting answering these questions. This paper provides an overview of the policy and research landscape that aims to bring AMR and SMR technologies to deployment in the UK, and how the Advanced Manufacturing and Construction initiatives are helping to underpin the R&D needs for AMR deployment in the UK. One example is a programme of work titled “Establishing AMR Structural Integrity Codes and Standards for UK GDA” (EASICS). The aim of this project is to establish guidance on the structural integrity codes and standards that are required to support the Generic Design Assessment (GDA), which is a UK licensing process, of an AMR design through technology innovation and transfer (primarily for high temperature reactors). An overview of project EASICS will be described in further detail in another paper presented at PVP2020, PVP2020-21721.

The diagnosis and management of factor VIII and IX inhibitors: a guideline from the UK Haemophilia Centre Doctors' Organization (UKHCDO)

2000 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. M. Hay ◽  
T. P. Baglin ◽  
P. W. Collins ◽  
F. G. H. Hill ◽  
D. M. Keeling
Keyword(s):  
Factor Viii ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
Viii And Ix ◽  
The Uk

1476: Prostate Cancer Detection in Men Aged 45-49 Years in the UK Protect (Prostate Testing for Cancer and Treatment) Trial

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 476-477
Author(s):  
Freddie C. Hamdy ◽  
Joanne Howson ◽  
Athene Lane ◽  
Jenny L. Donovan ◽  
David E. Neal
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Detection ◽  
Treatment Trial ◽  
Prostate Cancer Detection ◽  
The Uk

653: The Protect (Prostate Testing for Cancer and Treatment) Study: Evaluating Screening and Treatment of Clinically Localised Prostate Cancer in the UK

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 210-210
Author(s):  
◽  
Freddie C. Hamdy ◽  
Athene Lane ◽  
David E. Neal ◽  
Malcolm Mason ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
The Uk

597 Can we use BNP and NTproBNP to rule out heart failure in clinical practice? Results of the UK natriuretic peptide study

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
A ZAPHIRIOU ◽  
S ROBB ◽  
G MENDEZ ◽  
T MURRAYTHOMAS ◽  
S HARDMAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
The Uk ◽  
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