Manufacturers from China’s traditional industrial heartland are targeting West Midlands businesses as they seek new technologies to improve efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint.Read
More than 100 jobs have been lost and more are under threat after a a manufacturer and installer of curtain walling and commercial windows went into administration.Read
Defence sector supplier Lightning Aerospace is on course for a record £3 million turnover after being the subject of a buy-out – and has signed up to a manufacturing collective as it seeks further sales growth.Read
David Cameron has insisted a high-profile Government scheme to provide millions of pounds to West Midlands businesses will be a success – even though firms still haven’t received a penny.Read
The Prince of Wales is due to visit a number of historic sites, including the Victorian Middleport pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, as he continues a two-day programme of engagements to champion regeneration projects.Read
A fresh campaign aimed at persuading girls to consider a career in engineering and manufacturing has been launched amid warnings that the UK was in danger of losing its competitive edge.Read
Safeguarding the jobs of Cadbury’s 2,000 workers in Birmingham and ensuring the city remains at the heart of Kraft’s plans for the chocolate-maker will be top of the agenda when Mike Whitby meets top officials at the company next week.Read
Warwick Manufacturing Group will work on major research and development programmes with aerospace giant BAE systems after agreeing a wide-ranging deal.Read
Pre-tax profits at GKN rose by just per cent at engineering giant GKN in the third quarter after the final charge of £11 million relating to its plant closure in the US.Read
A funding deal has been agreed to continue the work of Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) in the West Midlands by establish a new nationally-operated body.Read
Strong take-up locally of the £30 million project to get electric vehicle charge points in place across the UK could spell a multi-million pound bonanza for car component makers in the West Midlands.Read
One of Birmingham’s oldest manufacturing companies is using high-tech engineering to recreate shop blind and awning components not made since the art deco 1920s.Read
