A specialist manufacturer from Redditch is celebrating its 35th birthday by pioneering a new solution to producing springs for the pharmaceutical industry.Read
Automotive and aerospace firm GKN is expected to make up to £80 million profits this year after it revealed to investors that trading had been better than expected.Read
More than half a million new engineers will be needed by 2017 to ensure the recovery of the national economy, a major new manufacturing report reveals.Read
The worst of the economic downturn for manufacturing is over, but signs for a strong rebound from recession next year remain "elusive", according to a new report today.Read
A new report claims more than half a million engineers and manufacturing workers will be needed over the next eight years in industries ranging from transport and construction to aerospace and defence.Read
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has promised to speak out on behalf of Cadbury workers if the business is sold overseas - but warned he cannot do anything to block a sale of the Birmingham firm.Read
Signs are emerging of an upturn in the global aerospace industry, according to Hampson Industries, the Black Country engineering group whose tools are helping build aircraft such as the Boeing Dreamliner and the Lockheed F-35 strike fighter.Read
