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Episode two of our People & Skills Series features the winners of the Special Recognition category at The Manufacturer MX Awards 2023, Evtec Automotive.

These guys are truly phenomenal, proving to us that with patience, flexibility and training, anybody can work in a production facility. With just over 40% of their workforce having some form of disability, Evtec are removing the barriers that exist in our minds.

As well as that, we'll look over the latest headlines in our People & Skills section, and one of the UK's increasingly maligned public transport service is under the microscope, in 'Made by a Moron.'

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Hello there listener, well done for making it through another week. Your reward? A podcast for your ears.

Episode one of our People & Skills Series also doubles as a preview episode for the highly anticipated Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week in June.

In this episode, we feature interviews from Dr Hilary Leevers, CEO of Engineering UK, and Russell Smith, Managing Director of industrial recruitment specialists, Hunter Selection.

Your editorial team for this episode is Tom, Joe and James, discussing some of the latest news.

Have a listen.

Here you go listener, a belter of an episode to round off a splendid series.

Our series sponsors Analog Devices join us on this episode, as we have the great pleasure of interviewing Fiona Treacy, Managing Director of Industrial Automation.

In our round up of news, we touch on the latest S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI® figures, that have revealed an upturn in growth for first time since July 2022.

And in this week's Made by a Moron, a controversial one perhaps - the iPhone. 

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Here you go listener, a belter of an episode to round off a splendid series.

Our series sponsors Analog Devices join us on this episode, as we have the great pleasure of interviewing Fiona Treacy, Managing Director of Industrial Automation.

In our round up of news, we touch on the latest S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI® figures, that have revealed an upturn in growth for first time since July 2022.

And in this week's Made by a Moron, we ask why on earth Adidas made the number 4 on the back of the latest Germany shirt look so much like an S on the SS rune - a symbol worn by Nazi SS Units in World War Two.

Since the time of recording, fans have been told they'll be banned from wearing a number 44 shirt to Euro 2024. Yep, good one👍

Happy Good Friday listener,

This is an Easter Special, where we discuss our thoughts on Easter. Who likes it? And who among the team do you think "gives volleys to chocolate?" (it's Joe, Joe gives volleys to chocolate)

If you find yourself browsing the website this week then there's loads of great content on there. And now, you can sit back and have our stories read to you, with our new audio story function.

'Made by a Moron' returns with yet more poor purchase choices from the Devonshire household.

And we welcome the latest member of the editorial team, Molly Cooper, for her debut podcast episode.

In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, Asif Moghal, Autodesk’s Director of Market & Industry Development, cuts through the jargon when it comes to discussions about digital, and explains the five superpowers of digital transformation.

This was first heard at our Manufacturing Leaders' Summit in November 2023.

Oh hi there, listener.

In Ep 5 of this Digital Transformation Series, sponsored by Analog Devices, we visit a new chocolate factory in Barnsley set up by JJA Snack. Along with Siemens, the company is aiming to teach school children about engineering process and the innovative technology that runs through the entire chocolate bar.

We also discuss a couple of recent articles on our website, including the seeming lack of urgency around protection from cyber attacks.

And in this week's 'Made by a Moron,' hotel key cards. We discuss the various times we've had to suffer a malfunction.

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We've got loads to chat about in this episode. Joe discusses his recent trip to Siemens in Spain, where he visited a string of food and beverage manufacturers.

We also discuss the annual Make UK conference which took place in Westminster this week. The industry body has called for a 15% GDP target for UK manufacturing

Then, to round things off spectacularly, we hear about the latest disaster from the Devonshire household, as a fascination with cheap kitchen products continues, leading his wife to declare a potato chipping device to be officially "gawang tanga." (Made by a moron)

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In the first of two episodes this week, we have the second of our Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week preview episodes.

This episode is on the theme of sustainability, which will be a huge focus area at SMEW, which takes from 5th-6th June at the NEC in Birmingham.

We have a keynote speaker from one of our Design and Technology Theatre at the show - Geoff Mackey,

We also feature our show sustainability partners Forest Nation, with Andrew Frankland joining us for a chat.

Book your place at SMEW 2024! Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2024 | NEC Birmingham (mandeweek.co.uk)

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The warmest of welcomes back to you, dear listener.

We've got a belter of an episode today. From a recent site visit to Aurrigo International plc, we peered into the world of autonomous vehicles.

From its manufacturing facility in Coventry, Aurrigo designs and builds auto-vehicles for use on the road, but the real area of recent growth has come in aviation support.

Partnering with airports across the world, Aurrigo has deployed its vehicles to assist with baggage transportation. The latest of these deployments is the Auto-DollyTug®, at Changi Airport.

We've got a feature on that, as well as some other fascinating stories on digital/tech innovations and a truly catastrophic entry for 'Made by a Moron.'

Have you heard about our upcoming summits that will run as part of Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week?

Register your interest now for the Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit and the Industrial Data & AI Summit.

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