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Southern Manufacturing & Electronics reboots for 2022

- EPDT January 2022 issue (inc. Sensors & Medical features + Distribution supplement) now available online (02/01/2022)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Sensor technologies & Medical applications, plus the latest edition of EPDT's twice-yearly Electronics Distribution supplement.
- EPDT's H1 2022 Electronics Distribution supplement now available online (02/01/2022)
  
  Included in this month’s EPDT January issue, the latest edition of this year's twice-yearly Electronics Distribution supplement, covering the world of electronic components distribution, is now available in print or digital editions.
- e-Commerce success starts with customer trust (01/01/2022)
  
  In today’s crowded digital marketplace, where customers have seemingly endless options for online shopping, e-commerce components distributors must find ways to stand out, Tim Carroll, Global Head of Marketing & eCommerce at Digi-Key Electronics tells us here.
- CES 2022 to open with 2200+ in-person exhibitors from January 5-7 (now closing 1 day early) (31/12/2021)
  
  Show organisers, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) have today announced that CES 2022 will be closing one day early, and the in-person event will now take place in Las Vegas from January 5-7, 2022. The step was taken as an additional safety measure to the strong safety measures & current health protocols that have already been put in place for CES.
- Half of new engineering recruits lack the right skills, says new IET survey (16/12/2021)
  
  Less than half of new engineering recruits have either the necessary technical or soft skills needed for work within the industry, a new Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) skills survey reveals, prompting fears ‘the UK skills crisis will keep growing unless government & industry take action’.
- embedded world 2022 postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic concerns (16/12/2021)
  
  Change of date: in response to continuing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, embedded world Exhibition & Conference 2022 (originally scheduled to run from 15-17 March 2022 in Nuremberg) will now be held in June 2022. With the live event cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the 2021 event was held virtually online.
- Manufacturing & Engineering Week aims to bring 'festival of innovation & ideas' to 2022 industrial show calendar (16/12/2021)
  
  A new event series launches in 2022 featuring an exciting digital programme & live co-located exhibitions demonstrating the latest solutions to help tackle the key issues facing today’s industrial businesses. Taking place from 6th–10th June 2022, Manufacturing & Engineering Week will be a 5-day festival of British manufacturing & engineering innovation.
- Engineers one of UK's most trusted professions: 8 in 10 people (84%) trust engineers to tell the truth (07/12/2021)
  
  Engineers remain one of the most trusted professions in Great Britain, according to the latest Veracity Index from market research company, Ipsos MORI, published today.
- UK drone industry faces ‘cliff-edge threat’ unless Government speeds up post-Brexit accreditation (07/12/2021)
  
  The future of the UK drone industry – one of Britain’s prime opportunities for growth – along with many other UK-based manufacturing exporters, faces severe ‘cliff-edge’ threat once the UK’s eligibility for the EU’s CE accreditation regime expires at the end of December 2022.

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