Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, has opened its eleventh office in China with a new liaison office in Wuhan.

Birmingham-based CADCAM developer Delcam has announced that the company achieved record annual sales of £47.1 million and record profits of £5.1 million during 2012.  Sales increased by 12% over the previous record of £41.9 million set during 2011.

Creaform, leader in portable 3D portable measurement technologies and 3D engineering services, has announced its financial results for 2012.

From 8.30 am until 3.30pm on Thursday, 9th May 2013 the GTMA will host its Manufacturing UK event. It will take place Yamazaki Mazak’s Worcester plant.

Third Dimension, a UK-based manufacturer of optical metrology solutions for the manufacturing sector, in particular the Gap Gun range,, has reported record year on year growth (2012 vs 2011), with sales up 50%.

According to a new study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), released today to mark National Apprenticeship Week, 3.8 million people will complete an Apprenticeship in the next decade, contributing £3.4 billion to the UK economy a year in productivity gains by 2022.

One of the more surprising statistics about the UK is despite almost flat growth, our employment figures keep going up, with nearly 30 million in work at present. These admittedly good figures mask a very big problem indeed - that of youth unemployment. The Office of National statistics figures indicate that the last three months of 2012 witnessed the highest rise in youth unemployment for over a year. The number of 16 to 24 year-olds increased by 11,000 to 974,000 - that means more than 20% of the under 24 year-olds in this country are without employment or training at the moment.

David Willetts, the UK Minister of State for Universities and Science announced the investment of £25 million in the new Advanced Metrology Laboratory at National Physicalal Laboratory  on 24 January 2013, during an event at the Policy Exchange in London.