Stronger leadership needed on gender balance 17th May 2019

Twelve young people recently enjoyed a day at Leicester’s National Space Centre, celebrating their achievements as part of educational outreach project Inspiration Rover. The project, which was led by mature student Henry Bennett from the University of Derby with support from fellow undergraduates, academics and alumni, saw the young people involved help develop a scale model of the Mars Science Laboratory Rover using a design from NASA Jet Propulsion Labs.

Having a global reputation for taking on complex and challenging thermal engineering problems that few others are able or willing to handle, GRE has expanded its workspace by 33% on the back of a growing order book. 

Good specialists are the backbone of any company. Employers therefore have to come up with novel ideas to make sure they do not lose these important assets. But how can employers raise their appeal in the age of digital transformation? How should companies recruit junior staff and how can they retain their existing employees? EMO Hannover 2019 provides answers to these questions.

DEM Sports recently revealed an updated Concertina Cricket Net and Multi-Sport Foldaway Net System, engineered by Gratnells Engineering. These unique fold away, space saving systems have been designed to promote cricket at grassroots level, primarily for use in schools without fields or where space is at a premium.  

The current perception of engineering is that of a traditional industry; engineers with their heads buried in squared paper and visiting building sites in garish, yellow hard hats. But, in reality, it is a sector which is rapidly developing to meet the evolving requirements of clients, updates in technology, environmental changes and social factors; and a new, Nottingham practice plans on proving this. 

A reseller and customer agreement has been announced between Elisa Smart Factory and NVision Czech Republic, to bring actionable, real-time insights to customers in manufacturing and industrial process businesses based on Elisa’s Smart Factory solution. The solution automates customer data collection and integration, creates a 3D visualisation of the factory and detects failures and bottlenecks in production.

Did you know 40% of UK manufacturers are worried about skills? Skills are not like they used to be as, Asif Moghal explained during a panel talk at the IoT tech Expo last week in London. He said the skills required now need to be able to take businesses through to the next stage, and people need qualities such as flexible manufacturing, customer experience, connected services and mass customisation.

The business-to-business buying process has changed with the digital explosion. And, today’s buyers are well informed, and the number of stakeholders involved in purchasing decisions has increased. So, who should you target to sell your products or services? Account-based marketing (ABM) aligns sales and marketing efforts to target key personnel in your key accounts. Sudhir Kumar, marketing director at Origin, shares the key steps to making this work in the electrical engineering sector, the benefits of ABM, and how it is different to traditional 'funnel' based marketing.