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Construction underway on state-of-the-art NMIS facility
The new NMIS headquarters is being built next to Glasgow Airport
but also, more opportunities will
be there for the taking.
“The continual growth of NMIS
will ensure manufacturers in
Scotland and beyond are able to
access the latest technologies and
expertise that will help de-risk their
innovation efforts and boost the
skills of the manufacturing
workforce of today and tomorrow.”
Government sets
out energy plans
Construction has started on the
agship National Manufacturing
Institute Scotland (NMIS) facility at
the heart of the Advanced
Manufacturing Innovation District
Scotland in Renfrewshire.
Main contractor Morrison
Construction has begun laying the
foundations of the building with two
piling rigs installing controlled
modulus columns into the ground.
Since late-October, work on
ground stabilisation activities and
bulk earthworks has been taking
place at the 3.5-hectare site next to
Glasgow Airport.
The HQ of the NMIS will house a
fully digitalised factory of the future,
skills academy and collaboration
hub that will bring manufacturers
together to work on development of
innovative new manufacturing
technologies and products.
The facility is set to be the
linchpin for the future of
manufacturing in Scotland.
John Reid, CEO of the NMIS,
said that despite a challenging year
for the industry, it has also brought
“real opportunity”.
He added: “As we look to the
future, taking into account the
climate emergency and Brexit, as
well as the recovery from the
pandemic, as a sector it is certain
we will face many more challenges
The UK government has set out
ambitious plans to clean up the
country’s energy system, support
up to 220,000 jobs and keep
bills affordable as we transition
to net zero by 2050.
The Energy White Paper sets
out steps to be taken over the
next decade to cut emissions
from industry, transport and
buildings by 230 million metric
tonnes. The government said
affordability is “at the heart” of
the shift away from fossil fuels
and it will boost competition in
the energy retail market.
It has also entered
negotiations with EDF over a
Sizewell C project in Suffolk, as it
considers options to invest in at
least one nuclear power station
by the end of this Parliament.
Transformation a priority for
manufacturers in 2021, report nds
Four in ve UK manufacturing
executives (86%) are planning to
transform their business in the next
12 months, according to a new
report from Parseq.
The business process outsourcer
surveyed 50 C-suite executives as
part of its Big Business Ef ciency
Report, nding the operations those
planning transformation in 2021 will
focus on.
Marketing (42%), sales (40%)
and production (37%) were the
most popular operations identi ed
by executives. In the back of ce,
nance and administration (23%)
was the function area of focus.
Every C-suite executive polled
(100%) will also take steps to make
their business more ef cient in the
next 12 months, indicating how the
UK’s biggest manufacturers will
realise their transformation plans.
L&D for staff (46%), use of AI
and machine learning (40%),
measures that improve governance
(35%) and diversify and rationalise
supply chains (35%), and new or
extended exible working policies
(35%) are the most popular steps
manufacturing executives will take to
increase business ef ciency.
When asked how they will use
capital unlocked through ef ciency
gains in the next 12 months, almost
half said they will invest in L&D for
staff (48%), more than two fths will
invest in new technology (44%) and
a third plan to improve customer
experience (33%) and expand into
new markets (33%).
Executives also cited barriers to
making their businesses more
ef cient, notably cost (34%),
complexity (34%) and a reliance on
legacy systems (34%).
4 January 2021, issue 1 - Machinery Classifi ed
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