Young female engineers make national final 15th October 2020

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has increased its match funding scheme to £2m in order to support and inspire more future engineers. The original target of £1m, set as part of its 150th anniversary, has been met and the IET has agreed to continue matching donations for its Diamond Jubilee Scholarships, Engineering Horizons Bursaries and Education 4-19 programmes up to the value of £2m.

Quality assurance is mandatory in all industries, tiers and geographies. But existing machine vision solutions are often so complex, that end-customers have no choice but to rely on machine vision experts and systems integrators to commission expensive, slow to deploy and highly tailored solutions. But quality shouldn’t be a luxury. Here Harel Boren, CEO and Co-founder of Inspekto, the company that developed Autonomous Machine Vision (AMV), explains why it’s time to democratise industrial quality assurance.

A civil engineering firm in Pegswood has developed a new family of workstations offering a one stop central point for first aid and emergency resources which enables employees to quickly respond to onsite incidents and emergencies. The latest addition to the family is proving popular in the worldwide fight against COVID-19.

By most measures, the UK industrial sector has returned to an overall state of growth in recent months, following the downturn caused by the COVID-19 lockdown. However, it’s important that electronics and electrical businesses adapt their operations and supply chains based on what the events of 2020 so far have shown us. Here, Steve Hughes, Managing Director of REO UK, outlines some of the lessons to be learned from COVID-19 in relation to electrical supply chains and how REO has adapted.

Sixteen engineers and technologists have been awarded for their outstanding contribution to the engineering and technology industry, with an Honorary Fellowship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Pioneering woman engineers and technologists: Kimberly Bryant (Founder of Black Girls CODE), Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon (Co-founder and CEO of Stemettes) and June Angelides (Founder of Mums in Technology), lead the line-up alongside Dr Eben Upton (Chief Executive of Raspberry Pi).

Global motor and drive manufacturer, WEG has developed a new testing procedure that allows customers to witness the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) process without travelling to a WEG manufacturing plant. Used in Portugal since March 2020, the remote testing system helps to keep projects on schedule despite social distancing regulations limiting factory visits.

The Royal Academy of Engineering has established the first regional base for its Enterprise Hub - in Belfast. The Enterprise Hub: Northern Ireland, supported by Invest Northern Ireland, is based at Ormeau Baths co-working space in Belfast.

  The construction industry is rallying from the aftermath of the lockdown as builders report steady workflow and recovering revenues, finds a survey of 2,000 UK construction companies by Skrap, the on-demand construction hire specialist.