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Supply chain award boosts Hermitage 04/04/2013

Hitchin-based manufacturer Hermitage Sheet Metal has become one of the smallest engineering companies in the UK to secure a silver World Class Supply Chains for the 21st Century Award (SC21).

Britain’s best factories share their formula for success 12/02/2013

The winners of the 2012 Best Factory Awards will reunite at the Best Factory Conference in Kenilworth next month (19-20 March), to share with others in the industry how they transformed their factories into showcases of lean excellence with empowered workforces and high-performance processes.

BSI publishes new sustained success standard 09/12/2009

BSI has published a new edition of its ISO 9004 standard which provides organisations with a framework for achieving long-term success.

Saint-Gobain boss McLenaghan moves on 08/12/2009

Saint-Gobain Glass UK boss and world class manufacturing exponent Alan McLenaghan (pictured) is to leave his Eggborough, North Yorkshire-based post to take up a new job in the United States.

Renishaw warns on profits 23/01/2009

Long established measurement specialist Renishaw plc today (23 January) issued a profits warning, blaming lower demand for its products than anticipated.