Industry Updates – Manufacturing 4/4/19
04/04/2019
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APOLLO TYRES LEVERAGES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION IN THE TYRE MANUFACTURING
Date: 3/4/2019
Source: Gigabit
Lisa Zinn, Head of Global IT & Business Services at Apollo Tyres, discusses how her company is leveraging new technology in the manufacturing sector amidst Industry 4.0 read more
MICROSOFT AND BMW DEVELOP OPEN IOT PLATFORM FOR MANUFACTURERS
Date: 3/4/2019
Source: New Statesman
Microsoft and BMW have teamed up to develop an open manufacturing platform that they claim will speed up the adoption of industrial internet of things (IIoT) solutions read more
UK MANUFACTURING GROWTH VULNERABLE TO POST-BREXIT TARIFFS
Date: 2/4/2019
Source: Financial Times
The recovery of UK manufacturing over the past decade has relied heavily on growth in just four industries – including those potentially most exposed to new trade barriers after Brexit read more
VAUXHALL JOINS BMW, JLR AND HONDA IN FACTORY SHUTDOWNS FOR BREXIT
Date: 3/4/2019
Source: The Week
Vauxhall has temporarily closed its production facility at Ellesmere Port in a bid to minimise the impact of a possible no-deal Brexit read more
‘WAKE-UP CALL FOR UK’ AFTER NINE MONTHS OF FALLING CAR PRODUCTION
Date: 28/3/2019
Source: The Guardian
Car manufacturers have said their anxiety over Brexit is now “at fever pitch” after latest monthly production figures showed another major decline, with a 15% year-on-year drop in output in February read more
BREXIT STOCKPILING: MANUFACTURING SURGE AS COMPANIES PREPARE FOR NO DEAL
Date: 1/4/2019
Source: Daily Express
Brexit stockpiling has sparked a record jump in the amount of goods held by British factories in a bid to avoid being caught short ahead of Britain’s departure from the EU read more