Telford’s Protolabs opens new €16m European 3D Printing Centre

Nov 16, 2021

The world-leading source of digital manufacturing services is boosting its additive manufacturing capacity by 60% thanks to a €16m investment. Protolabs, which employs about 450 people at its UK headquarters in Telford, has opened its new European 3D printing centre in Putzbrunn near Munich, providing a world-class facility that contains future-oriented technologies, highly skilled employees and...

Needham Group unveils £30m expansion blueprint

Nov 4, 2021

One of the UK’s leading family-run technology companies is setting its sights on an ambitious growth plan that will see it target £30 million in sales. Needham Group, which operates three specialist laser, coding and ink technology businesses, has launched an expansion blueprint that will see it more than treble revenues between now and 2025, with the possibility of creating 30 jobs in the...

£150,000 solar investment powers PP C&A’s green credentials

Oct 22, 2021

One of the UK’s leading strategic manufacturing outsourcing specialists has increased its green credentials after investing more than £150,000 into a new energy solution. PP Control & Automation (PP C&A), which works with 20 of the world’s largest machinery builders, has completed the installation of 450 sq metres of solar panels on the roof of its world-class facility in Cheslyn Hay....

International investment platform for Aurrigo’s autonomous technologies

Oct 18, 2021

One of Coventry’s leading manufacturers will showcase its latest autonomous technology at the Global Investment Summit taking place in London tomorrow. Aurrigo, which employs 70 people at its Advanced Engineering Centre in the city, is part of a ‘green dozen’ that have been selected due to their ability to drive the UK’s sustainable future. The company will have its electric-powered 4-seater...

AWI boosts its green credentials with carbon-neutral status

Oct 12, 2021

Alloy Wire International has achieved a major environmental milestone this week to mark its 75th anniversary. The specialist producer of high-performance nickel alloys has now been confirmed as carbon-neutral after it committed to several internationally approved initiatives designed to offset the emissions it directly creates at its two factories and in supplying more than 5,000 customers...