Around the Industry

New research from Merchant Machine has revealed the jobs that are most at risk when it comes to automation and which nations are at most risk. The research offers insight into which industries are at highest risk around the world. It seems those in the service industry are going to be the most impacted as automation continues its rise through society. This could create an even more difficult start for obtaining a first job as these roles will be filled by tech leaving even fewer roles deemed more profitable to be fulfilled by a people.

Elisa Smart Factory, a leading industrial IoT and data analytics provider, has announced a collaboration agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation. Under this collaboration, Elisa Smart Factory and TCS will jointly undertake efforts to market and deploy Elisa Smart Factory IIoT and advanced analytics solutions to a broad spectrum of industry manufacturers.

The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) and Primary Engineer have announced 2019's recipient of the BCAS Rogers Knight Award 2019 as Allan Crawford from ARC. The award is presented each year at the annual BCAS charity ball to an engineering professional in recognition of the impact he or she has had working with pupils and teachers as part of the Primary Engineer programmes.

Engineering firms across the UK are being encouraged to make 2020 a new year of success for the industry by joining forces at a ground breaking event. The East Midlands Engineering Expo will showcase some of the best businesses within the industries. It is a business to business event to help build and maintain long-term business relationships bringing together clients, contractors, consultants and many more across the country.

Britain’s manufacturers are backing the new Government’s aim of driving growth more evenly across all UK regions, with the results of a survey showing that performance in manufacturing continues to diverge across the UK. According to the Regional Manufacturing Outlook survey for 2019 Q4, published by Make UK and business and advisory firm BDO LLP, industry in London and the South East is booming, with growth indicators far outstripping any other UK region in five out of six survey indicators, in most cases by a substantial margin.

The margin between success and failure couldn’t be finer in the most prominent sports endurance events. There are often just fractions of a second between a competitor finishing in first or second place – which is why a highly accurate race timing and management solution is critical for successfully capturing endurance sports results. Andy Bird, Managing Director at GTT Wireless, explains how race organisers must look to adopt comprehensive race solutions that encompass timing, participant management and transponders to ensure race integrity.

From oil and gas to heavy equipment and manufacturing, industrial systems rely on embedded devices that run on Windows 7. However, on January 14, 2020, Windows 7 will reach end-of-life and thus will no longer be supported by Microsoft. Running unsupported versions of Windows is incredibly risky because vulnerability to the latest security threats grows exponentially when the operating system is no longer receiving regular patches. Guest blog written by Ricky Watts, Wind River. 

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Cloud and smart devices are bringing a new era in manufacturing. Creating a ‘Smart Factory’ or ‘Industry 4.0’ production model, they offer a way for the electronics industry to stay ahead of the curve, producing increasingly sophisticated devices with greater efficiency and reliability than ever before. Does this mean a move away from manufacturing execution systems (MES) to a production model that only uses the IIoT? Are MES redundant in this new manufacturing age? If MES is selected, does that mean systems will not use the power of IIoT?

A MULTI award-winning company has taken its cue from nature to develop an  innovative transferable robot system which could hold the key to future engineering solutions around the world. UK company Createc collaborated with a range of businesses to develop its engineering solution as part of an £8.5m industry competition.

Edwards Engineering has successfully managed the development and installation of a £700k, new Blend Centre for Broxburn Bottlers. Incorporating tanker receivals, transfers and dispatch, large vats, and cask filling and disgorging, the project was delivered in parallel with a Bonded Warehouse development.