The Manufacturer Podcast

Episode two of Digital Transformation, you're welcome, listener. Today, we take a visit to a taster day at Myco Foods to try Hooba mince, a meat-free, mushroom-based protein that is created through an on-site automated vertical farming system. We also take a look at some news headlines on The Manufacturer website. And, ahead of this weekend's racing at Leopardstown, James reveals his horse...

Greetings listener - how 'bout a new podcast series? To kick off our Digital Transformation series, sponsored by Analog Devices , and Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week preview series, we've got a bumper episode. Asif Moghal of Autodesk chats to us as part of an Manufacturing Leaders' Summit round-up which will feature in our first edition of The Manufacturer Magazine. We trawl...

Great have you back along for a new year, listener. We quite aggressively kick this year off by bringing you news from The Manufacturer. This includes a survey revealing the sector's positive outlook for 2024. It's a story that drew comment from Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt. We also look back at the New Year's Honours List, which included a raft of names from manufacturing...

In this very Christmassy episode of The Manufacturer Podcast: We say a devastatingly sad goodbye to Lanna Deamer as she sits on her last podcast with the team before moving into another role within Nineteen Group. The team reflects on a wonderful year of content; hear about their favourite moments, interviews and trips from 2023. We also talk Santa revelations, Christmas tat, and a nod towards the...

In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we interview David Lott - CEO of IfM Engage at The University of Cambridge.

In this bumper episode of The Manufacturer Podcast, we've got coverage of both days of The Manufacturer Live at The ACC in Liverpool. In this behind the scenes look at our two day event, you'll learn what goes through the heads of our team at The Manufacturer, you'll hear thoughts and interviews from some of the UK's best manufacturers, and you'll see the emotion and the drama,...

Back again, listener? Good job. This one is a good one. We look back on possibly the most audience engaged conference of the year after attending 'Changing Perceptions' this week at The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry. We take a granular look into the current gender gap in manufacturing. Many factors contribute to this disparity, with social and historical aspects playing...

Hi listener, thanks for sticking around until the end of our tech series. We've had a great time looking through the various technologies that our series sponsors PTC have brought to the industrial market. This episode continues in that vein, as we look at how PTC's Creo Computer Aided Design (CAD) solution has helped several manufacturers. In an interview from earlier in the year at PTC L...

Oi there, listener! How about another podcast? In today's episode we have an interview from Rash Jayasekara, the former Chief of Digital Manufacturing at Rolls Royce. We bumped into him at PTC LiveWorx in Boston earlier in the year. He gave a keynote entitled, Scaling Smart Factory Beyond Pilots. Watch the full keynote here . We also look at some of the news stories on The Manufacturer current...

Howdy there listener, In today's episode of The Manufacturer Podcast, we kick off with an interview taken from PTC LiveWorx 2023 in Boston. Paul Haimes discusses where the solutions lie for some of the world's big manufacturing problems. We have a chat about upcoming content and current headlines, including a look ahead to an event being run at the end of October by Institute for Manufactu...

You're back, listener. Back in the minds of The Manufacturer's editorial team. What's new? I hear you ask. The Manufacturer MX Awards judging process has come to an end. Hear about some of the learnings and stories from three separate categories; Young Manufacturer, Smart Factory and Product Innovation and Design. Within the round-up of news headlines, we have a look at some of the sto...

Hi listener, Second tech episode right here, in this series sponsored by PTC . Today, we've got an explanation of the industrial metaverse - a technology that blends together the digital and physical world. This was explained to us at PTC LiveWorx earlier in the year. No headlines today - you can still check those out on The Manufacturer. But we still finish things off with 'Made by a Moro...

Hello listener, this is the first episode of our new Technology Series, sponsored by PTC . In this episode: we discuss our favourite technological advancements - mobile phones, gaming graphics and Starlink internet. We check out some technology related news stories that currently sit on TM.com. Including the development of the Striker II Helmet Mounted Display for the Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon...

Hello again listener - we hope your ears are ripe for this one. We start this episode with a story from Joe. A giant cricket infiltrated his home this week, and we fear he may have to go home and fight the bloody thing. The winner presumably gets to live in his house. The standout in the headlines this week - BAE Systems pledges it's support to Ukraine. And see if you agree with this week'...

Happy Friday listener - here's another podcast for your ears. Last week, we announced the finalists for The Manufacturer MX Awards 2023. Hear the full rundown of award categories and shortlisted companies for this year. You can hear what's new on The Manufacturer , with a rundown of some of the latest news headlines in the sector. We also launch a new section of the podcast, fresh with it&...

The podcast returns with the first episode of a mini-series on the topic of leadership. Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire discuss future events, namely The Manufacturer Live, taking place in Liverpool in November (14-15). We also hear about recent factory visits to BAE Systems in Rochester, Nims Crisps, Phinia and RS Group in Corby. We've got that, and some really stupid...

Hi listener, with your ears so ripe. Allow us to treat you to a podcast on this year's International Women in Engineering Day. As well as thoughts from Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire, we've got interviews from Dawn Childs – President of WES, Women’s Engineering Society, Joanna Whiteman, Head of Diversity at the Royal Academy of Engineering and Susan Scurlock, CEO...

Hello to you, listener/viewer The cameras are back on for this review of Manufacturing and Engineering Week 2023. We've got some more show content in this episode, namely exhibitors Prove Anything and ØRN Gloves. One company brought an eagle to the show floor, the other brought Darth Vader. We managed to evade an attack from the eagle, but not from Darth, much to the delight of James Devonshir...

In this live (or as live as we could make it) podcast from the show floor of Manufacturing and Engineering Week, we look at some of the companies and keynote speakers that caught our eye on the first day of the show. Join Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire as they broadcast from The Manufacturer Studio.

What's new, listener? Here is the final episode of our Sustainability Series, where we look back through the news headlines of the last few weeks, and look ahead to the upcoming Manufacturing and Engineering Week in Birmingham. We also feature an interview from Debbie Lentz, President of ESG Solutions at RS Group plc. Tom St John, Joe Bush, Lanna Deamer and James Devonshire team up as the host...

Ahoy hoy listener, This is the next episode of our M&E Week series and today we're talking innovation. Make UK CEO, Stephen Phipson, talks with pride about the breadth of innovation that exists within UK manufacturing, but also touches on the potential to build on this. He discusses the need for greater alignment between business and government by way of a clear industrial strategy, and re...

Listener, what an episode this is! Hear about Tom St John and Lanna Deamer's visit to Sweden to see steel manufacturer, Ovako. In the quiet, picturesque town of Hofors, they got drunk on shnapps, sung a variety of Scandinavian drinking songs - including ABBA songs with alternative lyrics, and were shown a true example of sustainable manufacturing in the European steel sector. Joe Bush and Jame...

Here’s another one, listener. Churned out at the end of a busy 4-day week, but hopefully not lacking in the quality banter department. We discuss how the chicken ever made it into chicken pox, why doesn’t a Fitbit record your steps properly if you’re pushing a pram? And what unwelcomed household pest is worse, snake or mouse? And in a bid to make the episode slightly about manufacturing, we discus...

Alright listener? In episode three of this Sustainability Series, we catch you up on editorial goings on, as well as the usual rundown of headlines in the Sustainability section of The Manufacturer website. We also take a look at an excellent feature that appeared in the latest edition of our magazine – an article on EV trucks and the good work that manufacturers Tevva and OX Delivers are doing in...

Hi there, listener. Our podcast series in promotion of Manufacturing and Engineering Week continues with a Supply Chains Special episode.  Your host Tom St John chats with colleagues Stuart Biddle (and maybe Henry Anson) about the partnerships and solutions that are being sought out by manufacturing companies, as the headaches over raw material supply, managing emissions and general global disrupt...