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12/06/2026

Here are the latest UK manufacturing stories on The Manufacturer website today, 12 June.

- Haleon invests £175m to improve oral health for rural communities in India
- Willerby celebrates holiday homes industry’s most loyal workforce
- Unilever-University of Liverpool partnership delivers 350 patents in almost two decades
- Government backs NMITE to build UK’s defence skills pipeline
- Call for closer trading ties at major European fastener manufacturers’ assembly

Head over to The Manufacturer website now to read the full stories.

Marsden Precision Weighing Solutions is celebrating a significant milestone this year: 100 years of manufacturing precis...
12/06/2026

Marsden Precision Weighing Solutions is celebrating a significant milestone this year: 100 years of manufacturing precision accuracy scales from its site in Rotherham.

In this exclusive op-ed for The Manufacturer, MD Lewis Davis argues that weighing technology has evolved from a simple background tool into a strategic source of operational intelligence, helping manufacturers improve efficiency, compliance, traceability and sustainability through connected data, automation and emerging AI-driven capabilities.

Read the full op-ed here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0w0lFj0

A new report has warned that while the UK possesses world-leading strengths in manufacturing and artificial intelligence...
09/06/2026

A new report has warned that while the UK possesses world-leading strengths in manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI), many manufacturers remain stuck in the experimentation phase and are struggling to deploy the technology at scale.

Read the full story here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0w0Z460

Marsden Precision Weighing Solutions is celebrating a significant milestone this year: 100 years of manufacturing precis...
09/06/2026

Marsden Precision Weighing Solutions is celebrating a significant milestone this year: 100 years of manufacturing precision accuracy scales from its site in Rotherham.

In this exclusive op-ed for The Manufacturer, MD Lewis Davis argues that weighing technology has evolved from a simple background tool into a strategic source of operational intelligence, helping manufacturers improve efficiency, compliance, traceability and sustainability through connected data, automation and emerging AI-driven capabilities.

Read the full op-ed here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0w0kcq0

It's never too early for good insights! 8am, croissants and commercial discussion - our 2026 Breakfast Club was buzzing ...
08/06/2026

It's never too early for good insights!

8am, croissants and commercial discussion - our 2026 Breakfast Club was buzzing with solutions experts exploring the best approach to support manufacturers in scaling their digital initiatives.

A big thank you to our panellists for sharing their perspectives on the challenges facing manufacturing today:
Andrew Carr, Head of Engineering Governance & Delivery, BAE Systems
- Alison Beard-Gunter, Independent Consultant
- Joe Bush, Editor, The Manufacturer
- Henry Anson, Director, The Manufacturer

Stay connected with us here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0v-_SG0

Scaling digital beyond the pilot is where the real work begins. Our panelists tackled the barriers, the momentum killers...
08/06/2026

Scaling digital beyond the pilot is where the real work begins. Our panelists tackled the barriers, the momentum killers, and the organisational changes needed to make scale stick. 🏭 Special thanks to: David Forrest (Manager. AMIEO Digital Manufacturing, Nissan) Sharon Lloyd (Executive VP Operations, Oxford Gene Technology) Sergey Konstantinov (Automation Project Manager, Samworth Brothers)

08/06/2026

Here are the latest UK manufacturing stories on The Manufacturer website today, 08 June.

- Skills shortages threaten UK manufacturing’s AI opportunity, warns Make UK
- Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards celebrate Yorkshire’s next generation of manufacturing talent
- New engineering-focused technical education programme set for Barrow
- Sheffield Forgemasters appoints new Non-Executive Director
- MOON opens mill doors to Women in Tailoring network

Head over to The Manufacturer website now to read the full stories.

08/06/2026

As the final keynote sessions, Pahramjeet Pahdi, Senior Operations Director at Carlsberg Britvic, delivered a reminder of what successful digital transformation really looks like on the factory floor.

His message was clear: technology alone doesn't drive change. Digital initiatives must be built around operational challenges and developed with the people who use them every day.

As Pahdi put it: “If digital transformation feels like something being done to the factory rather than with the factory, it will struggle to land.”

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