EDITOR’S CHOICE
OFF TO A FLYING START
UKMFG
Manufacturers unite to target reshoring
opportunities and new supply chain capability
A new initiative designed to build UK
industrial capability and increase reshoring
has got off to a flying start after £625,000 of
orders were placed in the first few weeks.
UK Manufacturing Unite (#UkMfgUnite) has
been launched in response to the national
effort to produce more critical components
and essential equipment at home and is the
first step in the sector’s fightback against
the damaging effects of Covid-19.
Created and run by manufacturers for
manufacturers, the movement is urging
more firms to come together to collaborate,
share practice and find practical solutions
for developing domestic supply chains.
Over 35 companies - ranging from
AW Precision, Brandauer, Bruderer UK
and Composite Integration to ENL, Fife
Fabrications and Photofab - have already
signed up to the online platform that will
act as a central place for sourcing supply
solutions or getting answers to issues
businesses are facing.
“We wanted an idea that would bring the
manufacturing community together by
simply asking, ‘what do you need help
with and are you in a position to help
others?’ Why? Because as a nation, we
need something to happen, right now,”
commented Garry Myatt, Collaboration
Director at #UkMfgUnite.
“Covid-19 has underlined the need for
engineers to pull together, to innovate as
allies and to build our networks closer to
home so we can mitigate supply chain risk.
Ultimately, what we need are collaborating
engineers - ‘sharing networks, disciplines
and advice’.”
He continued: “Collaborationeers, if you
like, are a new breed of manufacturer
evolving day by day to tackle the critical
challenge of helping to care for a nation,
to build economic stability, to increase
UK productivity, encourage reshoring and
ultimately lay down a foundation for future
generations to come.”
10 PECM Issue 45