Showing 75 articles for: Production and Manufacturing
Range Rover...with a twist
Roger Stansfield
The winner of the 2012 MacRobert Award, the Range Rover Evoque, combines off-road capabilities with a more energy-efficient engine and a lighter body
Brompton Folding Bikes
Will Butler-Adams
From its start with handmade prototypes to becoming the largest-volume bicycle manufacturer in the UK, Brompton Bicycle Ltd has become a manufacturing success story through engineering
Design Winner
Emily Bick
Design team Barber Osgerby worked with UK engineering companies to develop a lightweight, functional, safe and memorable Olympic Torch for London 2012
Imaging in Four Dimensions
Professor Phil Withers FREng and Professor Peter D Lee
Improvements in 3D X-ray tomography have allowed researchers to create movies to study processes including tumour growth and permafrost thawing
Offsite Construction
Hugh Ferguson
Laing O’Rourke’s Explore Manufacturing precast concrete facility uses techniques from the automobile and aerospace industries to improve precision and efficiency in construction
Knowledge transfer success
Emily Bick
An innovative plastics recycling process has resulted from collaborations between businesses and academic institutions
Sir John Parker FREng - Engineering Success
Michael Kenward OBE
The new President of The Royal Academy of Engineering, talks about how his engineering background has helped shape his business experience.
Industrial Systems – the vital role of manufacturing
Professor Stephen Garwood FREng
Response to: Value of apprenticeships; Response to: Autonomous systems
Doug Oughton FREng; Anthony Finn and Richard Grover
Responses to: Value of apprenticeships; Limited resources; Response to: Femtocells; RedR responds to Pakistan floods; Druk White Lotus update
Damon de Laszlo; John Davis FREng; Dr Gary Evans; Erin Noordeloos; Philip Cornwell
Carol Burke FREng - A vision for manufacturing
Michael Kenward OBE
An engineer in the automotive business, she describes some of the ways Unipart intend to tackle the economic crisis.