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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Two

Gigafactories, factories, recycling plants, recruitment drives, new facilities and major investments aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We discuss The Royal Mint’s new ‘world first’ facility in South Wales, Alstom’s recruitment drive, good news for the UK’s steel industry, the SMMT’s new analysis of the automotive industry’s recent investment, BP’s £1 billion investment,  Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ new £75m manufacturing plant, British emergency vehicle manufacturer Venari’s humanitarian project for Ukraine and much more. Our special guest is Sarah Black-Smith, Head of Factory Operations at Siemens in Congleton.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty 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 Cummins’ new £14m Powertrain Test Facility in Darlington, Dutch-owned paint and coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel’s £10m investment in Slough, sweet manufacturer Swizzels’ new factory in Middlewich, a new production facility in the UK for American-owned packaging manufacturer Crown, AESSEAL’s new Rotherham-based ‘Factory of the Future’, Leicester’s new £100m Space Park and lots more. Will Butler-Adams, CEO of innovative British bicycle manufacturer Brompton, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty

Major recruitment drives, new factories, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Triumph’s UK expansion programme, Vauxhall’s new Ellesmere Port facility, Aston Martin’s partnership with Britishvolt, GS Yuasa’s new UK headquarters, Ball Corporation’s new Kettering plant, the refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy and lots more. Michael Gibbs, Managing Director of Lesjöfors Heavy Springs UK, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Nine

Major recruitment drives, new factories, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Brompton’s new £100 million factory and global HQ in Kent, Dyson’s recruitment drive, Lockheed Martin’s plans to invest £50m establishing a new site in the UK, British Steel’s new £26m facility, Panattoni’s £700 million redevelopment of Honda’s former plant in Swindon, Pukka Pies’ latest investment, Ultimate Battery Company’s new £28m factory in Sheffield and lots more. James Fudge, the Manufacturing Technologies Association’s Head of Operations, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Eight

We don’t make anything anymore? With an annual output of £183 billion, the UK is the 9th largest manufacturer in the world. 2.5 million people are employed in this vital sector. James Brougham, Make UK’s Senior Economist, discusses the organisations’ latest annual analysis of the sector – https://bit.ly/MakeUK22 – (which debunks multiple myths) on this week’s special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We also feature major recruitment drives by Aston Martin and MBDA, a host of new factories, a raft of major investments and lots more.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Seven

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s bumper edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature SeAH Wind’s £300m manufacturing plant on Teesside, Essar Oil’s £45m investment, Polestar’s new facility in the Midlands, Indian-owned Piramal Pharma Solutions’ ££55m investment in the UK, a significant milestone for Orbex, new factories for Hybrid Air Vehicles and Stovax & Gazco, Aston Martin’s latest recruitment drive and lots more. Dr Graham Cooley, ITM Power’s CEO, is our special guest

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Six

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s bumper edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Jaguar Land Rover, Britishvolt, Rolls-Royce, OLA Electric, Airbus, Gordon Murray Automotive, Bentley Motors, Noble Automotive and much more. Sterling Thermal Technology’s CEO, Emrah Gozturk, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Five

Gigafactories, battery recycling plants, new facilities, hundreds of new jobs and major investments aplenty on this week’s special episode of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We discuss the new £2.5bn West Midlands Gigafactory, Veolia’s new battery recycling plant, BAE’s huge contribution to the UK, MSC’s new technology centre, Excell Metal Spinning’s expansion programme, In-Comm Training’s recruitment drive and positive news from Lotus, Bentley and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Our special guest, Lee Rowley MP, Minister for Industry at BEIS, discusses the importance of the British manufacturing sector, the government’s inward invest strategy, skills and regional growth.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Three

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BAE Systems’ major recruitment drive, BioPure Technology’s new factory, Frog Bikes’ expansion, Invertek Drive’s £10m investment, British Offsite’s new production facility, BMW Group’s 2022 apprentice recruitment programme, very positive news for the British manufacturing sector in the latest UK manufacturing PMI data and much more. Troy Barratt, Contract Engineering’s Managing Director, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Two

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Sheffield Forgemaster’s partnership with Rolls-Royce’s SMR programme, an update regarding Rivian’s plans to potentially build a factory in the UK, a major milestone for Triumph Motorcycles, a new £110m offshore wind tower production facility in Scotland, Magtec’s new factory in Rotherham, REE Automotive’s new UK facility, Renishaw’s recruitment drive and much more. Peter Graves, ITC Tooling’s Managing Director, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty One

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Nissan’s £13.2 billion electrification programme, the return of historic British marque BSA Motorcycles, Griffon Hovercraft’s record £25 million Japanese export order, Babcock’s new ‘frigate factory’ and plans to create 500 jobs, Smurfit Kappa’s £34m investment programme, Harrison Spinks’ recruitment drive, Owen Mumford’s new £14m factory, BP’s new hydrogen plant and much more. Matt Pearson, MANN+HUMMEL’s Industrial Key Account Manager, is our special guest.

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