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Great British Manufacturing Podcast S2 Ep1

The Rt Hon Grant Shapps, MP for Welwyn Hatfield and Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, discusses new factories, inward investment, electric vehicles, graphene, renewable energy, net zero and much more on this special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifty Two

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature a range of aerospace stories to celebrate the return of the internationally renowned Farnborough Airshow, including contract wins for BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo and Team Tempest. On a packed show, we also discuss Johnson Matthey’s new £80m hydrogen gigafactory, Raytheon’s new Livingston facility, Stannah’s Andover factory, PragmatIC Semiconductor’s new £68m plant, Pensana’s £150m rare earths refinery and much more. Edward Pigg, Axil Integrated Services’ Managing Director, is our special guest Axil provides comprehensive and long-term business waste

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifty One

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature MAHLE Powertrains’ two new UK facilities, SeAH Wind’s new £400m manufacturing plant, Lunaz’s major expansion and recruitment drive, Sheffield Forgemasters new forge building, Skyrora’s new rocket production facility in Scotland, Red Bull’s new British-built hypercar and engine factory, Rolls-Royce SMR’s £200m manufacturing plant and much more. Ken Scott, Tevva Trucks’ Chief Engineer, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifty

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Renishaw’s £50m investment at its Welsh site, Knauf’s new factory, Nissan’s plans to create 300 new jobs, BAE’s £500 million Spanish Air Force Typhoon contract win, the return of Lola, JCB’s latest recruitment drive, McMurtry’s record-breaking Spéirling electric car, Tevva’s new hydrogen electric truck and much more. Phil Hamlyn Williams, author of the recently published ‘How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World’, is our special guest. Buy Phil’s book here: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/How-Britain-Shaped-the-Manufacturing-World-Hardback/p/21375 Link to Phil’s blog: https://www.philiphamlynwilliams.co.uk/

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Nine

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature British Steel’s £80m investment, Alexander Dennis’ new Farnborough facility, Hybrid Air Vehicles’ huge export order, Ciner’s £390m glass manufacturing plant, Meggitt’s new £130m ‘super site’ in Coventry, Rolls-Royce’s new Manchester HQ, GSK’s new £90m factory, SeAH Wind’s £300m monopile production facility, Smith+Nephew’s new £80m factory, TopHat’s plans to create 1,000 jobs, Astra Zeneca’s £16.5m investment and much more. Malcolm Earp, COO and CCO of The Ultimate Battery Company, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Eight

Welcome to a special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We typically feature an array of positive industry stories but this week we are dedicating the podcast to an exciting new collaboration. IPG, developers of renewable generator technology; the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), a collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing; and SDE Technology, tier-1 and tier-2 manufacturing experts, have formed an alliance to co-develop the blueprint for volume manufacture of the IPG Flameless Generator – the firm’s clean-and-green replacement for the diesel generator. We discuss the project with Toby Gill, CEO of IPG, Dr Marcos Kauffman, Director of

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Seven

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BMW’s new multi-million pound steel pressing facility in Swindon, Airbus’ new Zero Emission Development Centre in Filton, Britishvolt’s new £200 million West Midlands facility, British supercar manufacturer BAC’s new Mono R, Ballymena-based Wrightbus’ huge German export order, AB Dynamic’s £10 million Engineering Design Centre and much more. Will Wilson, Siemens Mobility’s CEO , is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Six

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Babcock’s £30 million Royal Navy contract win, Oatly’s new production facility in Peterborough, £120m finding for the UK’s nuclear energy sector, REE Automotive’s new Coventry plant, Ulster’s new £50m Smart Manufacturing Data Innovation Hub, Circular Fuels’ proposed £150m plant at Teesworks, Megger’s major investment programme, McLaren F1’s apprenticeship partnership with the AMRC and much more. Paul Davies, Alexander Dennis’ President and Managing Director, is our special guest. About Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL)

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Five

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce’s new £2 billion-plus contracts to build the Royal Navy’s largest ever submarines, Green Lithium’s proposed new UK plant, .Airbus’ £100m investment at Broughton which is set to create 500 jobs, Vauxhall’s new facility at Ellesmere Port, Orbex’s  full-scale prototype of its Prime orbital space rocket, Rolls-Royce’s new Nuclear Skills Academy in Derby, Aston Martin’s new DBX707 model, Molson Coor’s £13m investment at its Aspall Cyder production facility in Suffolk and

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Four

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Airbus’ £100m investment at Broughton which is set to create 500 jobs, Lotus’ new sports car manufacturing facility in Hethel, Sertec’s £5.9 million investment, Rolls-Royce’s contract win from Qantas, Howmet Fastening System’s recruitment drive, Porr UK’s proposed new factory in Somerset,  Inspired Pet Nutrition’s £6m factory investment, Babcock’s £1.25 billion Type 31 frigate programme, positive UK Manufacturing PMI figures and lots more. Christopher Greenough, SDE Technology’s Chief Commercial Officer, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Three

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BAE Systems’ multi-million-pound redevelopment of its Kent site, the latest major recruitment drives announced by Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Sheffield Forgemasters and Rolls-Royce, ITM Power’s new £70m factory in Sheffield, a significant milestone for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, Numatic’s new £30m factory in Somerset, Diageo’s £40.5m investment, Indian-owned Hero’s expansion in the UK, Norton Motorcycles £100m investment programme and much more. Willian Santos. ABI Electronics’ International Sales Manager, is our special guest.

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