Dino-mite fun! Burnley College Opens Doors for Biggest Ever Science and Technology Festival
Walking with dinosaurs! Healing Teddy Bears! Getting soaked by a crazy, out-of-control futuristic robot! Just another day at Burnley College’s Science and Technology Festival. The unrivalled celebration has become a key event in the calendar for families from across the North West and this year’s was bigger and better than...
VERICUT provides safe machining of complex aerospace parts
A leading supplier of complex aerospace components is enhancing the reliability of its machining operations since investing in VERICUT verification, simulation and optimisation software from CGTech. Among many benefits, the implementation of VERICUT has seen this progressive manufacturing business reduce its scrap rate for FAI (first article inspection) parts to...
Burnley College and North West Business Training Join Industry Leaders in Charity Golf Day for Pendleside Hospice
Leading employers from across the region joined forces with Burnley College and North West Business Training to raise more than £3,000 for Pendleside Hospice at a successful charity Golf Day. Staged at Nelson Golf Club, the popular event enjoyed lovely weather and saw business leaders and golf enthusiasts join staff...
Ready for ‘Lift-Off’ With OPEN MIND
As the name would suggest, Hill Helicopters is a manufacturer of luxury light helicopters. Since its inception, the company has been on a fascinating journey that is seeing the team of 80+ engineers develop and manufacture a complete aircraft from the ground up. To achieve this, the Rugeley manufacturer has...
Airbus enters agreement with Spirit AeroSystems
Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has entered into a binding term sheet agreement with Spirit AeroSystems in relation to a potential acquisition of major activities related to Airbus, notably the production of A350 fuselage sections in Kinston, North Carolina, U.S., and St. Nazaire, France; of the A220’s wings and...
Why nurturing talent is critical for engineering excellence
Finding the people and the skills of the future in the specialist advanced manufacturing and engineering sectors has become a major challenge for the industry. Here, Chris Fleet, design manager at Airframe Designs, explains how the company has become a Platinum Partner of Blackpool & Fylde College by helping to...
