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Steel’s inner strength

09 Jun 2014

A long-term collaboration between the University and industry has resulted in a super-strong form of steel, which is now being manufactured in the UK...

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Airbus A380 Final Assembly Line

Streamlining manufacturing

11 Oct 2013

The small plastic tags developed by a University spin-out are helping make modern assembly lines up to ten per cent more efficient, by tracking...

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Factory

The shape of things to come

02 Oct 2013

Researchers are providing a vision for creatively rethinking how the manufacturing industry can perform sustainably in a changing world.

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Green lego

Water waste! Manufacturers look to go green

22 Jul 2013

Programme launched to revolutionise green credentials of UK manufacturing

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Microcapsules

‘Smart’ microcapsules in a single step

10 Feb 2012

A new, single-step method of fabricating microcapsules, which have potential commercial applications in industries including medicine, agriculture...

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Shaking hands

Cambridge Service Alliance

01 Sep 2010

BAE Systems and IBM have joined forces with the University of Cambridge to launch a new research initiative designed to equip business with the...

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Manufacturing

Making the most of ideas: Institute for Manufacturing

01 May 2010

Cambridge has never been short of ideas but the Institute for Manufacturing is dedicated to putting ideas into action.

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Industry

Call to drive the next industrial revolution

23 Sep 2009

Industrialists, academics and government should join forces to drive a new industrial revolution which would help tackle climate change, says a new...

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BAE

Increasing value generation from product-related services

01 Sep 2009

Cambridge will lead a consortium of universities awarded £2.2 million as part of an initiative to take an integrated approach to knowledge transfer...

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abandoned marble factory (10)

What are the real costs of outsourcing abroad?

01 Sep 2008

Many UK manufacturers have transferred their production to low-cost regions to reduce costs. But a new study has discovered that these savings are...

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