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Hasnain Hussain, an apprentice
at Leeds control panel
manufacturer Saftronics
Leeds Manufacturing Festival
The Leeds Manufacturing Festival
launches this week with a
programme of online events
designed to connect young people
at schools and colleges across the
city with some of Leeds’ most
innovative and inspiring
manufacturing businesses.
At a live online launch event on
5 November, organisers will
announce the schedule for this
year’s festival, which will include
virtual career panels, practice
interview sessions, speed networking
and employment bootcamps, with
many of Leeds’ 1,800 manufacturing
rms taking part.
Keynote speakers at the event
will be Sean Spencer, managing
director of Herida Healthcare, which
manufactures medical mattresses,
and James Lyall, who heads custom
print business Awesome
Merchandise. The challenges of
recruitment and adapting the
workplace to maintain productivity
and ensure employee safety are key
for both rms as they plan for growth
beyond the Covid crisis.
Festival chair and managing
director of Daletech Electronics,
Tracey Dawson says: “There really is
a wealth of opportunity out there
among Leeds’ dynamic and
innovative manufacturers, despite
the disruption caused by the
pandemic.” The festival is now in its
third year.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ Class
of 2020 apprentice intake
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has
welcomed 18 new Apprentices –
the ‘Class of 2020’ – to the Home
of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood,
West Sussex.
Drawn from a wide variety of
backgrounds and from across the
UK, the new apprentices are the
latest group to join the programme
since its launch in 2006. In total,
more than 150 young people have
taken part, spending between two
and four years learning high level
practical and technical skills
alongside Rolls-Royce specialists,
and gaining formal quali cations at
local colleges.
The ‘Class of 2020’ includes
seven candidates for the Sir Ralph
Robins Degree Apprenticeship
scheme – a record number.
Launched in 2019, this is a fouryear
apprenticeship leading to a
degree from the University of
Chichester.
In addition to the apprenticeship
programme, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
is providing industrial placements
lasting from six to 12 months for
over 50 university students. The
company also runs a highly
successful graduate programme,
with new positions made available
every year.
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AESSEAL plc has reached a major environmental milestone by achieving net zero
carbon emissions at its UK operations. This achievement covers all scope 1
and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, plus those associated with
business ights.
The Rotherham-based company, which designs and manufactures
mechanical seals and support systems, is now on target to achieve global
net zero GHG emissions across all its locations worldwide by 2029.
AESSEAL has launched a global campaign – Betterworld – to drive
collective action to mitigate climate change across all industries, with
website ‘Betterworld.solutions’ launched to demonstrate how sustainable
policies and practices can lead to net zero carbon emissions, without
negatively impacting on productivity or pro t.
To meet the United Nations target as part of the Paris agreement to
limit global warming to 1.5 °C by the end of the century, and avoid
serious negative environmental impact, global GHG emissions must drop
by roughly half by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.
Chris Rea, managing director of AESSEAL, says: “I believe the move
towards net zero is not a matter of choice for industry – it is an urgent
imperative.”
“What happens if you combine a car and a robot?” asked John Suh, Hyundai’s
founding director of the company’s recently announced New Horizons Studio based
in Silicon Valley, California. To many, the answer is easy: Transformers.
Hyundai’s New Horizons Studio believes that the combination of driven
wheels and powered legs will result in ground vehicles that boast
unprecedented locomotion capabilities. The studio aims to contribute to
Hyundai Motor Group’s core automotive business as it seeks to expand
into new markets that enhance transportation on and off the road.
Something that drives and walks presents dif cult design and
engineering challenges, one being to make parts that are lighter yet
stronger. Hyundai turned to Autodesk to collaborate, employing the
software giant’s generative design technology within its cloud-based
Fusion 360 platform (listen to Machinery’s podcast: www.is.gd/zegile).
The resulting vehicle, Elevate, exists only as a 5:1 scale prototype at
this point. Nevertheless, wrapped in its Transformer-inspired trappings are
examples of the bene ts offered today by a platform that breaks down
barriers between design, engineering and manufacturing; makes broad
collaboration seamless by standardising data; and gives teams access to
a state-of-the-art, cloud-powered new process like generative design.
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