PECM Issue 34 2018 | Page 3

Sections Editors Choice Advanced Engineering Show PPMA Show TCT Show Preview Automotive Engineering Boilers & Maintenance Cables Calibration Solutions Coatings Connectors & Fittings Control & Automation Electrical & Electronics Fasteners Facilities Management Fluid Handling Gears Drives & Motors Health & Safety Hydraulics & Pneumatics Machining & Machinery Measurement & Monitoring News & Events Process Technologies Product News Software & Systems Pumps Training & Recuitment Valves & Flow Control 6 46 52 58 66 76 78 80 81 83 89 102 118 120 122 127 128 134 138 152 166 171 176 178 185 186 190 Engineering MANUFACTURING Inside... Process Inside Issue 34 FRIENDLY RIVALRY CAN DRIVE SUCCESS SUPPORT IN THE DIGITIZATION OF COMPANIES Trade associations, such as the AEMT, exist to serve given markets, both supply-side and demand-side. Their membership consists mainly, often exclusively, of the companies serving the market. Since July, the Free State of Thuringia has been supporting companies that are aiming for digitization with the “Digital Bonus Thuringia”. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Academy steps up programme to address diversity in early career engineering UK MANUFACTURING PREPARING FOR NO-DEAL BREXIT Asia and the Americas among targets for UK manufacturers post Brexit. Race to innovate Britain’s factory floors in bid to retain competitive advantage on global scale GETTING BACK ON YOUR FEET Many of us could not begin to fathom the feeling of being told we may never walk again, but for one motorcycle enthusiast this was his reality. EEF Will the Government’s Productivity Review help fix manufacturing productivity growth? Issue 34 PECM 3