Joe Bush

1 week ago | themanufacturer.com | Joe Bush

An Oldham-based fire protection equipment manufacturer has nearly doubled the size of its headquarters and invested in new state-of-the-art machinery as it looks to increase its turnover by £13m over the next five years. Founded in 1969, R Tindall Fabricators manufactures and distributes the pipework for fire sprinkler systems, supplying approved contractors who then install the systems across a range of buildings, including warehouses, offices and retail stores.

3 weeks ago | themanufacturer.com | Joe Bush

Most manufacturers are familiar with terms such as machine learning and generative AI, and may well be deploying them within their organisations. However, an emerging AI technology has the potential to take artificial intelligence to a new level within the space. Tim Gaus, Smart Manufacturing Business Leader at Deloitte Consulting, puts forward the case for agentic AI. To date, most manufacturers have leveraged AI as an order-taker or manual-analyst on factory floors – but agentic AI can be more.

3 weeks ago | themanufacturer.com | Joe Bush

Each day The Manufacturer compiles the top manufacturing news stories from around the web. To make your life a little easier, we trawl through all the major trade publications, broadsheets and business magazines to find you the most important manufacturing news each morning. Don't forget to bookmark this page and check back daily. Last night (2 April), US President Donald Trump announced a swathe of sweeping trade tariffs on imported goods into the US.

3 weeks ago | themanufacturer.com | Joe Bush

Digital Catapult’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Keith Jackson as its new Chair. Professor Jackson will succeed Juergen Maier CBE from May 2025. A successful entrepreneur and engineering leader, Jackson brings wide ranging experience from industry and academia to Digital Catapult.

3 weeks ago | themanufacturer.com | Joe Bush

In industries that use cooling systems in their production processes energy use is a major concern. Energy costs have always been a factor in the profitability of these businesses, but recent events and price spikes have brought this into sharper focus. Chris Ferriday, Business Line Manager, Process Cooling Solutions, Atlas Copco discusses the merits of Seasonal Energy Performance Ratio (SEPR).