Industrial agility is under strain and transformation is getting tougher. HSO’s 2025 Industrial Agility Assessment, produced in partnership with The Manufacturer, reveals that only 45% of ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the backbone of modern manufacturing in the UK, turning traditional factories into intelligent ecosystems. However, as some manufacturers pull ahead with AI ...

Despite electric passenger vehicle sales slowing across many markets this year, Forrester believes last-mile vehicles will witness an electric spurt in 2025. From vehicles used for last-mile ...

94% of UK manufacturers believe the industry has fallen behind the US due to a lack of digital investment, new research shows. According to the the Manufacturing Digital Productivity Report from ...

The value of UK manufacturing output grew to £155.8bn in Q2 2025, up 1.5% (£3.8bn) from the same period in 2024, driven primarily by a 5.8% (£1.8bn) increase in the value of output from the automotive ...

Lance Owide, General Manager of B2B at BigCommerce, recently spoke with The Manufacturer about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing and B2B ecommerce. In this first instalment of ...

Dr Veronica Martinez, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, explains how new technology is transforming the satellite industry. As new space tech ...

We hear a lot about sustainability – how to live more sustainably, how to make more sustainable decisions and how to buy sustainable products. But what role does sustainability play in the car ...

Providing a safe working environment for employees is a paramount concern for business owners and managers in the manufacturing industry. A big component of workplace safety is proper training—workers ...

The UK manufacturing sector’s downturn continued in January, with output, employment and new orders all falling further in the first month of the year, new figures released today show. The latest ...

One of the UK’s leading metal pressings and stamping specialists has set its sights on growth after sealing its latest strategic acquisition. Pre-Met, which operates from a 50,000 sq ft factory in ...

In this exclusive op-ed for The Manufacturer, Invest Buffalo Niagara’s Thomas A. Kucharski looks at how the U.S. manufacturing resurgence faces a critical skills gap and highlights Buffalo’s ...