Stuart Greer

Technology Business News - Made Smarter is to deliver a virtual conference to show manufacturers how to leverage and fast-track digital technology and tools for a year of recovery, growth and resilience. The free-to-access online summit, Made Smarter The journey to digital manufacturing, will take place on Wednesday, March 10, from 9.00am-5.00pm.

Education Business News - Siemens degree apprenticeship programme is on target to deliver its 25th Industry 4.0-trained engineer. The innovative skills solution added a top up year to the four-year Higher Apprenticeship programme, giving participants a BEng Bachelor of Engineering in Control and Automation.

Technology Business News - Siemens is bucking the downward trend in early careers opportunities by offering 26 school leavers, university students and graduates a pathway into manufacturing, automation and digitalisation.

Technology Business News - North West manufacturers supported by Made Smarter, the movement helping SMEs join the Industry 4.0 revolution, are forecasting the creation of more than 750 new jobs from 12.

Technology Business News - Siemens technology helped postgraduate MSc Mechatronic Systems Engineering students to complete a vital academic project after Covid-19 closed the campus and stopped them accessing any physical equipment in their labs.

Technology Business News - Manufacturers are risking wasted time, money and effort adopting digital technology without a strategic plan for digital transformation, research by Made Smarter North West Pilot has revealed.

Technology Business News - SME manufacturers are to pioneer an innovative, high impact programme designed to upskill their workforces to accelerate the adoption and application of additive manufacturing AM .

Technology Business News - Treatt, an ingredients manufacturer and solutions provider to the global flavour, fragrance and consumer goods markets, has partnered with Siemens Digital Industries DI to build a world class digital manufacturing facility at its 41m new global headquarters.

Technology Business News - An innovative leadership programme equipping business leaders with the vision and the skills to pursue smarter manufacturing is being rolled out to leading universities in the North West.