The Manufacturer Podcast

Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 20 October.

- British steelmakers face widening electricity price gap – but solution could cost just 42p per household, UK Steel reveals

- F1 battery component maker battles global giants for pole position

- Yorkshire manufacturers double down on digital skills

- Women in Manufacturing Conference 2026 brings industry together to tackle manufacturing’s talent challenge

- Flyber founders take on ambassador roles after aerospace start-up success

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 19 October.

- UK manufacturing drives unexpected economic rebound

- Babcock and BAE Systems join forces to connect apprenticeship talent with defence SMEs

- UK manufactured world’s largest hairdryer enters Guinness Book of Records

- Derby manufacturer Charterhouse targets £100m as growth plan gathers pace

- Essity donates 3.3 million hygiene products in first half of 2026Head over to The Manufacturer website now to read the full stories.

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 16 October.

- Brandauer wins major grant to move into the electric vehicle market

- Reducing cabin emissions through better material choices

- Ceramics sector marks health and safety advances at key event

- Jo Passingham appointed permanent Chief Executive of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

- Barrier Group crowned North East’s fastest-growing business

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 15 October.

- GE Aerospace to invest £30m in Prestwick expansion, creating 150 jobs

- New report reveals 10,800 jobs boost for UK castings and forgings from offshore wind push

- Entrepreneurs open advanced manufacturing factory in Milton Keynes

- Hive Composites doubles floorspace to meet demand for specialist engineering

- Lighting partnership wins double award for aluminium recycling innovation

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 14 October.

- New UK-India partnership to fund circular materials research with £2.9m backing

- Manufacturers praise Made in Britain ESV certification

- AWI enjoys positive ‘nuclear reaction’ with £150,000 contract boost

- The best manufacturing leaders don’t spend their lives in meetings

- Lawton Tubes worker celebrates 50 years of service

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 13 October.

- From slag heap to world-class innovation cluster: AMRC celebrates 25 years of innovation

- Black Country engineering and manufacturing skills initiative reaches 800 young people in first year

- New Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing Centre takes shape in Rochdale

- Solent Freeport secures subsidised AI training for advanced manufacturers

- Rhodes Interform invests in young engineer with a passion for robotics

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 12 October.

- £370m Kuwait air defence deal to create 100 UK engineering and manufacturing jobs

- Renishaw completes first phase of £70m Welsh manufacturing site expansion

- Goodfellow drives home the importance of advanced manufacturing during MP visit

- GTK UK appoints new MD

- ADS appoints new Executive Director of Aerospace

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 09 October.

- Bio-Techne opens new GMP manufacturing facility in Bristol

- Ceramics UK shines a spotlight on new apprenticeship programme

- UK manufacturers turn to new sales channels as input prices rise 6.1%

- Manufacturing leader Claire Umney to head Make UK’s West Midlands industry panel

- Roy Graves: from factory floor to future workforce – 5 tips to building skills that last

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 08 October.

- UK manufacturers paying £11bn more for energy than US rivals, report finds

- Shortages are here to stay: electronics manufacturers are learning to adapt

- Forza Doors launches recruitment drive as business continues to grow

- innocent and Felix set to deliver 175,000 portions of fruit & veg to people across the UK

- Newport Galvanizers hosts Leader of the Conservative party

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Here's your 2-minute manufacturing roundup today, 07 October.

- Rivan Industries opens first UK manufacturing facility
- Lesters invests £2m in new Cannock HQ as packaging demand surges
- 7 Steel UK expands role of rail in UK-wide supply chain
- Glass makers urged to act now to prepare for the furnace of the future
- UK engineer builds world’s fastest remote-controlled car in just eight months

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