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Last chance: apply for A4I funding to tackle productivity problems in UK industry

9 in 10 businesses want extension to Article 50 says CBI survey

Booming electronics sector fuels almost two-thirds of UK manufacturing growth

Women’s Engineering Society launches 2019 WE50 Awards

NAO publishes report assessing value for money of DfE's apprenticeships programme

Contrinex inductive sensors beat the heat on PCB reflow ovens

- Focus on National Apprenticeship Week: shout about the benefits of apprenticeships says Make UK (04/03/2019)
  
  As NAW 2019 (#NAW2019 #BlazeATrail – 4th to 8th March) kicks off, Make UK (formerly EEF), the voice of UK manufacturing & engineering, is calling on the manufacturing industry to promote apprenticeships as the perfect pathway to a fulfilling career.
- 2D or not 2D, that is the question (01/03/2019)
  
  The use of automated optical inspection (AOI) machines is a popular method of inspection – especially with today’s increasing use of microelectronics – and is fast becoming an integral solution for the surface-mount technology (SMT) electronics manufacturing industry.
- How OEMs can manage component obsolescence (01/03/2019)
  
  The list of challenges facing electronics OEMs today includes: Brexit, and the associated risks of disruption arising, in many different guises; the rise of electronics industries in low cost geographies, such as Asia; the rapid pace of technological change; and the concurrent need for faster production lead times.
- Why customers outsource contract electronics manufacturing (01/03/2019)
  
  To improve its manufacturing efficiency and levels of quality still further, contract electronics manufacturing (CEM) firm, Offshore Electronics recently conducted a detailed research survey of its customers.
- STEM Matters: Guest column – STE(A)M education is the future for electronics manufacturing (01/03/2019)
  
  UK-based EMS provider, Dynamic EMS is like many other companies in its field: aware that it is home to an aging workforce. But perhaps unlike some others, the firm is working to put succession plans in place, and to promote an accurate, compelling picture of UK electronics manufacturing through various STEM education outreach initiatives.
- Electronic component market review – Q1 2019 (01/03/2019)
  
  As 2019 begins, challenges surrounding lead times within the electronic component market look set to continue for some time to come. For OEMs, this drives the continued need to make adjustments to the design, and choice of components, for their printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs).
- WANTED: AI Translators, Systems Farmers & Human e-Sources Managers (to start in 2040) (14/02/2019)
  
  New research by BAE Systems reveals three-quarters of Generation Z (or centennials) want to know more about future job roles and the skills they will need – and more than half are worried about the right training to future proof their career.
- UK manufacturing & electronics in rude health... (07/02/2019)
  
  Along with many of you, I recently visited Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2019 in Farnborough, the first major exhibition in the sector's trade show calendar. The show was refreshingly big, busy and buzzy – with exhibitors encouragingly and overwhelmingly positive and upbeat about the show, the industry and their business. Bravo, Southern – and UK manufacturing!
- Improving patient quality of life with new piezo valves (01/02/2019)
  
  Pneumatic valves are found in a myriad of medical applications, from the precise control of fluid flow for dialysis, to pneumatically-operated surgical tools, or the regulation of gas flow and pressures in medical mattresses for nursing beds.

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