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SUMMIT TO SHARPEN REGION'S COMPETITIVE EDGE
Over 600 North West manufacturers with the drive to sharpen their competitive edge will be attending the region's first UK-US Manufacturing Summit in June.
"The two-day Summit - 'Beating the manufacturing competition today and tomorrow' - is being staged at Bolton's Reebok Stadium by the Manufacturing Institute.<BR> Keynote speakers are due to include representatives from the UK and US governments along with manufacturing executives from Boeing, Jaguar, Leyland Trucks, Rolls Royce, Kellogg's, Wolstenholme
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ENGINEERING FIRMS CELEBRATE QUEEN'S AWARDS SUCCESS
Outstanding companies from the engineering sector are celebrating after being awarded the UK's ultimate business honour - a Queen's Award for Enterprise.
"In total, Her Majesty The Queen announced 112 Awards - 66 for International Trade, 39 for Innovation and 7 for Sustainable Development. Last year 123 Awards were granted and nearly 5,000 Awards have been bestowed since the Scheme was launched in 1965.<BR> This year's winners range from small businesses of just 2 or 3 people, up to a giant organisation emp
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P: AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR FOR PROCESS-ORIENTED PACKAGING PRODUCTION
The process is the name of the game!<BR>P will be the trade fair for everyone involved in the production of packaging and packaging aids.
"It will therefore close a gap, because the industry has long been looking for a platform to present its technologies, innovations and services. This platform is now available: P will show the entire packaging production process.<BR><BR>High-tech product packaging<BR>The production of packaging and packaging aids places very high demands. P therefore doe
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TECHNOLOGY TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHIER WORK LIFE BALANCE
"According to an estimate from the Gartner Group, by the end of 2004 there will be more than 130 million home workers worldwide. 94% of employers think people work best when they can strike a healthy work/life balance"
"In 2000 the Government launched a new Work-Life balance campaign aiming to help employees achieve a healthy balance between the stresses of working life and all important family time. The campaign aimed to help employers recognise the benefits of adopting policies and procedures that enab
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MANUFACTURERS SEE ORDERS GROWTH HIT NINE-YEAR HIGH
"The manufacturing recovery gathered momentum over the last three months with total orders increasing at their fastest rate for nine years, according to the CBI's closely-watched Quarterly Industrial Trends survey published recently. "
"But the survey suggests that the strength of the pound, especially against the dollar, is holding back overseas sales with the expected acceleration in export orders largely failing to materialise. <BR> Twenty per cent of manufacturers said total new orders were dow
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&POUND;50 MILLION CALL FOR INNOVATIVE R&D PROPOSALS UNDER NEW <BR>TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
"Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, has called upon Britain's businesses to put forward new project ideas for a £50 million programme now available to support technological innovation. "
"Speaking to over 500 business leaders, researchers and university academics at the Government's Technology Strategy and Programme Information Day at the Business Design Centre in London, Lord Sainsbury said: ""We have put aside at least £150 million over the next three years to support resea
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MILLIONS SAVED IN PRODUCTIVITY BOOST
New figures released show that North West manufacturers have amassed a total of £15.2 million in cost savings through the support of The Manufacturing Institute in just two years
"The Institute is one of ten regional centres set up as part of the national Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) to help manufacturers raise productivity and competitiveness.<BR> The Manufacturing Institute has been delivering the service in the North West since April 2002 and has achieved the greatest productivity impact
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NEW LEVELS OF SAFETY FROM PROSPECTA
Prospecta's current range of safety styles have been totally upgraded to a higher standard and now offer increased levels of protection and improved comfort features.
"All styles now deliver higher technical specification whilst maintaining the premium quality full-grain leather upper standards. <BR><BR>New Flexi-sole<BR>One advancement that Prospecta is particularly pleased with is its new flexi-sole system. Now featured on all Goodyear welted styles, the two colour flexi-sole with enhanced comf
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EUROPEAN SAFETY SYSTEMS ACHIEVES EXTENSIONS
"European Safety Systems, E2S, has been granted an extension to its ATEX approval for its entire BEx range of EEx d and EEx de sounders, loudspeakers, beacons and combined sounder/beacons. "
"The units are now approved for use in Zone 21, where combustible dust is likely to be present during normal operations, and Zone 22, where combustible dust may occasionally be present for short periods. Zones 21 and 22 are the combustible dust equivalents to the long-established Zones 1 and 2 for gaseous hazards. E2
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Supposedly the construction
materials of the future, composites are increasingly seen in
applications where optimum efficiency is paramount including
aircraft construction and renewable energy. As two research
examples show in this video, composites really are the future
for efficiency.
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