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- “15 minutes bakers, 15 minutes!” Bake Off stars join forces to create an edible, working clock to celebrate National Engineering Day (02/11/2022)
  
  Engineers & former Great British Bake Off (GBBO) contestants Rahul Mandal, Andrew Smyth & Giuseppe Dell’Anno created the cake to celebrate National Engineering Day.
- Industry urged to showcase engineering during the 10th Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (27/10/2022)
  
  Employers & engineers are being asked to flood social media with positive images, stories & messages about engineering careers to show young people the real face of engineering.
- Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2023 to integrate recent Nineteen Group event acquisitions (24/10/2022)
  
  Nineteen Group will integrate recent acquisitions into its manufacturing & engineering event series. Smart Factory Expo will move from its current November date & location to run during Manufacturing & Engineering Week in June 2023 at The NEC in Birmingham. The newly acquired Drives & Controls, Fluid Power Systems & Airtech events will also feature as part of M&E Week, with a dedicated zone in 2023, before returning as standalone events in June 2024.
- Big Bang is inviting young people to get involved in STEM projects (06/10/2022)
  
  The Big Bang is inspiring students to think big, problem solve and come up with amazing ideas to solve real issues in science & engineering. Young people can get creative following easy step-by-steps with The Big Bang Challenge, a new resource to guide students through the stages of STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) project work.
- Show preview: electronica returns to showcase the future of electronics – sustainably (01/10/2022)
  
  After a tough period for industry trade shows & live events – with most having to cancel or postpone events during the COVID-19 pandemic & global lockdowns, and many offering digital alternatives – electronica (forced to cancel its usual biennial in-person event & move to a virtual event in 2020), the world’s leading trade fair & conference for electronics, finally returns from November 15-18 2022 at Messe München, the renowned exhibition halls in Munich, Germany.
- Farnell looks to bright future as global HQ re-opens after multi-million pound redevelopment (07/09/2022)
  
  500 staff return following £6million of improvement works to make the Leeds, UK global Head Office more sustainable, comfortable & fit for modern ways of working.
- Supply chain intelligence: Allocation is back on the table (01/09/2022)
  
  There may be electronics design engineers reading this tutorial that haven’t ever experienced allocation during their time working with their purchasing departments or electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider. Here, Matt Carefoot, Purchasing Manager at electronics manufacturing service provider, SMS Electronics starts off by explaining exactly what allocation is…
- STEM subjects on the rise at A Level, new IET research reveals (18/08/2022)
  
  New research from the IET also reveals that the gap between the proportion of girls and boys who want to pursue STEM careers is shrinking.
- Mouser breaks ground on major new expansion of global distribution centre (18/08/2022)
  
  Electronic components distributor, Mouser Electronics is greatly expanding its large global headquarters & distribution centre to continue meeting the needs of its customer base well into the next decade. The company recently broke ground on a 416,000-square-foot, 3-story building that will expand its distribution centre, located south of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- Digi-Key celebrates ribbon cutting of Product Distribution Center expansion (17/08/2022)
  
  The 2.2 million square foot facility makes Digi-Key one of the 10 largest warehouses in North America.
- Last chance to participate in Farnell’s Global Women in Engineering Survey 2022 (09/08/2022)
  
  Farnell’s global survey is designed to gather direct insight from the electronics/engineering industry to better understand the current barriers to achieving equality in the workplace.
- UK’s first magnet refinery gets financial boost as first-ever strategy for supply of critical minerals published (22/07/2022)
  
  Multi-million pound investment in UK’s first-ever magnet materials refinery – the second-largest outside of China – launches alongside UK Critical Minerals Strategy.
- Vacancies in engineering continue to grow – and so do applications, according to trade body (06/07/2022)
  
  The number of engineering job vacancies have risen consistently over the past 15 months, with the first half of 2022 also revealing an encouraging uptick in application numbers for the sector, according to recent research from recruitment trade body, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
- Engineering Open House Day is back! (06/07/2022)
  
  The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) is teaming up with well-known organisations across the country again for this year’s Engineering Open House Day, taking place Friday 29 July, to offer behind-the-scenes access to the inspiring world of engineering & technology.
- Tomorrow’s Engineers Week set to take place 7 to 11 November 2022 (05/07/2022)
  
  The tenth Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (#TEWeek22) will take place from Monday 7 to Friday 11 November 2022. The Week will encourage young people to experience the world of engineering and provide exciting interactive opportunities to explore what modern engineering careers have to offer.
- UK’s first Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre to help build more resilient economy (04/07/2022)
  
  CMIC to boost UK resilience & growth by providing up-to-date data & analysis on supply of critical minerals, like cobalt, lithium & graphite – all essential to manufacturing products such as EV batteries, wind turbines & fighter jets. Centre to be run by British Geological Survey in Nottingham; will help keep UK ahead of increasingly competitive global market for critical minerals.
- Editor’s comment: Progress – but not enough... (03/07/2022)
  
  With women still hugely under-represented in engineering, INWED (International Women in Engineering Day) continues to play a vital role in raising the profile of women in engineering – helping encourage more young women & girls to take up engineering careers. Despite progress in the last decade, engineering remains an overwhelmingly male-dominated field…
- ecsn Chairman’s viewpoint: Same problems, different causes... (01/07/2022)
  
  In his last report for EPDT’s Distribution supplement, in January 2022, ecsn Chairman, Adam Fletcher predicted that 2022 would throw up ever more challenges for the global electronic components supply network, and for the many technology OEMs that depend on it. Of course, he couldn’t foresee the dramatic swing in geopolitical tensions ahead – and the additional disruption it would create!
- Q&A with Digi-Key: European market update (01/07/2022)
  
  2022 is already well on its way to being another strong year for the electronics distribution sector, despite tight supply from component manufacturers & continued supply chain disruptions. In this Q&A, EPDT talks to Ian Wallace, Digi-Key VP of Americas & EMEA Business Development, who provides an update on how the firm is faring in 2022, what he's looking forward to & new developments that electronic component distributor, Digi-Key is working on to better serve customers…
- Q&A with Mouser: Market challenges & opportunities (01/07/2022)
  
  In this Q&A, EPDT talks to Mark Burr-Lonnon, Mouser Electronics’ Senior Vice President of Global Service and EMEA & APAC Business, who provides an update on electronics industry market challenges & opportunities that component distributor, Mouser Electronics has observed – including his thoughts on COVID, Brexit & ongoing supply chain turbulence…

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