The challenge of decarbonising manufacturing operations can be a difficult and bewildering process for companies across the spectrum, but it’s often particularly challenging for the smaller firms and SMEs who make up more than 90 percent of the UK’s manufacturing base.
In this online panel session - the second in a series produced by the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and The Engineer - we brought together a panel of experts from across the UK manufacturing landscape to explore some of the processes and technologies that SME manufacturers can deploy to reduce their environmental impact.
Featuring:
- Leah Rider, SME Lead NCC (National Composites Centre)
- Chris Wells, Director, Christopher Wells and Associates
- Helena Simmonds, Innovation Manager, WMG SME Group
- Steven West (Head of operations) & Will Thomas (senior Design process engineer) Armac Martin
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...