Women in technology – the importance of influencing parents 17th June 2019

Savoy Place, London’s leading tech venue, is celebrating equality, diversity and inclusion for Pride Month by flying the rainbow flag throughout June and again on the 5 July for LGBT STEM Day. The venue, which is also the UK flagship home for the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), is showing visibility to raise awareness and increase support for LGBTQ+ people in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). There are also flags flying at IET’s Stevenage site as well as at IET Birmingham: Austin Court.

GMB, the construction union, has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve gender equality in the construction industry. The analysis, revealed at GMB’s annual Congress in Brighton today, shows at the current rate of growth, the number of women in construction will equal men by the year 2194.

Though compressed air is a key element in many commercial and industrial set-ups it is extremely expensive to produce. To improve economic performance and reduce their environmental impact plant operators can adopt a few simple strategies to get the most out of their compressed air system, BOGE’s general manager, Mark Whitmore explains how.

The Institution of Primary Engineers and The Institution of Secondary Engineer has named Nick Ellins, CEO of Energy and Utility Skills as its first honorary fellow in the energy and utilities sector. The Institutions, launched at the House of Lords on 17th May, set out to continue the work of Dr Susan Scurlock MBE, who’s Primary Engineer organisation currently utilises a range of programmes to engage with over 60,000 pupils across the UK and over 4,000 teachers from primary schools upwards.

Providing support at different levels of the manufacturing process, Chemigraphic is a company that aims to help manufacturers along the customer journey, providing guidance every step of the way. Chemigraphic, a design-led Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider works for OEM customers across a number of industries.

Another finalist of the Subcon launchpad awards is ES Precision, a provider of laser processing services for marking, engraving and surface/thin material processing. This is the first year the launchpad awards will take place at the Subcon show and six engineering and manufacturing startups have made the final to try and impress and win a lump sum of money plus a stand at Subcon 2020.

Remote intervention tooling and subsea engineering specialist, ToolTec has reason to celebrate: Its offshore inspection unit has won the manus award 2019 - a prize awarded by igus for the creative use of high-performance plastic bearings. Second place went to a floating catamaran, and third place to a driver assistance system for people with limited physical mobility.

Subcon is introducing the Launchpad and Launchpad Awards to this year’s event, this is to propel start-ups in the engineering and manufacturing industry by giving them a platform to share their innovations with thousands of engineering and manufacturing professionals with the power to influence and guide them to future success. With this is mind we spoke to one of the Launchpad finalists The Data Analysis Bureau (T-DAB), a data science and engineering agency specialising in machine learning.