You're back, listener. Back in the minds of The Manufacturer's editorial team.

What's new? I hear you ask. The Manufacturer MX Awards judging process has come to an end. Hear about some of the learnings and stories from three separate categories; Young Manufacturer, Smart Factory and Product Innovation and Design.

Within the round-up of news headlines, we have a look at some of the stories that make up our coverage of National Manufacturing Day - a Make UK initiative which took place yesterday.

And we welcome our editor Joe back from his holiday to Sardinia, find out about his needlessly nervous flying experience in this week's 'Made by a Moron.'

There's all that and more in today's episode.

Sign up to The Manufacturer's next webinar - Energy-Saving – Practical Steps that Reduce Consumption & Cost, with speakers from RS Industria.

Hi listener,

Second tech episode right here, in this series sponsored by PTC.

Today, we've got an explanation of the industrial metaverse - a technology that blends together the digital and physical world. This was explained to us at PTC LiveWorx earlier in the year.

No headlines today - you can still check those out on The Manufacturer.

But we still finish things off with 'Made by a Moron,' and an argument over plastic cutlery.

Hello listener, this is the first episode of our new Technology Series, sponsored by PTC.

In this episode: we discuss our favourite technological advancements - mobile phones, gaming graphics and Starlink internet.

We check out some technology related news stories that currently sit on TM.com. Including the development of the Striker II Helmet Mounted Display for the Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fleet. This is being developed at the BAE Systems site in Rochester, Kent, where our editorial team recently paid a visit.

And in this week's 'Made by a Moron,' we put paper under the spotlight.

Hello again listener - we hope your ears are ripe for this one.

We start this episode with a story from Joe. A giant cricket infiltrated his home this week, and we fear he may have to go home and fight the bloody thing. The winner presumably gets to live in his house.

The standout in the headlines this week - BAE Systems pledges it's support to Ukraine.

And see if you agree with this week's submissions for 'Made by a Moron.'

There's all that and more in today's episode.

Happy Friday listener - here's another podcast for your ears.

Last week, we announced the finalists for The Manufacturer MX Awards 2023. Hear the full rundown of award categories and shortlisted companies for this year.

You can hear what's new on The Manufacturer, with a rundown of some of the latest news headlines in the sector.

We also launch a new section of the podcast, fresh with it's own low budget jingle, 'Made by a Moron.' We pick out some products, be it the ones we use every day, be it an odd quirk in an otherwise solid product, or maybe it's a product that has been in the news recently. We question, 'How did that make it out of the factory?'

Do these products need improvement? Or do we just not know how to use them? Maybe we're the morons...

There's all that and more in today's episode.

The podcast returns with the first episode of a mini-series on the topic of leadership.

Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire discuss future events, namely The Manufacturer Live, taking place in Liverpool in November (14-15).

We also hear about recent factory visits to BAE Systems in Rochester, Nims Crisps, Phinia and RS Group in Corby.

We've got that, and some really stupid stuff - like Joe's "crappuccino" story and the time a friend of his took a dump in the wrong hotel room. ****HORRIFYINGLY LOW-BROW!****

If you're looking for something more cultured then, I don't know, stick on Radio 4 or something....

Hi listener, with your ears so ripe.

Allow us to treat you to a podcast on this year's International Women in Engineering Day.

As well as thoughts from Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire, we've got interviews from Dawn Childs – President of WES, Women’s Engineering Society, Joanna Whiteman, Head of Diversity at the Royal Academy of Engineering and Susan Scurlock, CEO and Founder of Primary Engineer.

Enjoy!

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The cameras are back on for this review of Manufacturing and Engineering Week 2023. We've got some more show content in this episode, namely exhibitors Prove Anything and ØRN Gloves. One company brought an eagle to the show floor, the other brought Darth Vader. We managed to evade an attack from the eagle, but not from Darth, much to the delight of James Devonshire.

Before James jumped on a plane back home to The Philippines, he was joined by Tom St John, Joe Bush and Lanna Deamer to record this podcast. This episode also features a pod debut from Nineteen Group CEO, Peter Jones, who reflects proudly on a successful MandE Week, and gives us a glimpse into what this show will look like in years to come.

Excited? Well then get your ripe ears around this latest episode.

In this live (or as live as we could make it) podcast from the show floor of Manufacturing and Engineering Week, we look at some of the companies and keynote speakers that caught our eye on the first day of the show.

Join Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire as they broadcast from The Manufacturer Studio.

What's new, listener?

Here is the final episode of our Sustainability Series, where we look back through the news headlines of the last few weeks, and look ahead to the upcoming Manufacturing and Engineering Week in Birmingham.

We also feature an interview from Debbie Lentz, President of ESG Solutions at RS Group plc.

Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire team up as the hosts.