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Bryan Betts

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Bryan Betts is the Manufacturing editor. Click here to contact the editor.

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  • Rivalling the world, from Germany

    ABB's plant at Ratingen, Germany, is proof that, with the right processes, plans and communication, efficient and productive manufacturing can be based almost anywhere in the world, as E&T discovers.

  • Building bicycles in the UK

    E&T visits a cross-section of Britain's bicycle industry, to discover that, for those who've found their niche, business is booming.

  • Non-visual feedback and the blind driver

    The innovative use of non-visual feedback techniques is enabling blind people to drive a car, and could have important lessons for other technologies that must interface with humans, reports E&T.

  • Sikorsky keeps its production flying high

    E&T learns how the US helicopter maker's ACE operating system enables it to keep effective control of an extremely complex manufacturing process, supplying military and civilian customers around the world.

  • Engineering time

    When production lines are under pressure, time needed for process improvements is one of the first casualties. But, as E&T discovers, there are ways to avoid postponing necessary downtime.

  • Plus ça change

    “Tea, Earl Grey, hot.” If only life in manufacturing were as simple as it is in the milieu of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, where matter converters called replicators handle all the basics and provide near-exact copies of inanimate items on demand.

  • A Stirling idea

    This innovative manufacturer found that the real block to selling its hot idea was not the skills gap, but a shortage of cold cash, reports E&T.

  • Partners who deliver

    Collaborating with a university can bring great value, but manufacturers also need to be aware of the potential pitfalls, says E&T.

Previous articles

Working with wind

With wind energy moving in to the mainstream, turbine manufacturers are striving to increase productivity and quality while driving down costs. E&T visited several Vestas facilities in Scandinavia to assess their improvement efforts.

Going undercover

More than a century after their discovery, new uses are still being found for X-rays, with manufacturing being one of the latest sectors to adopt the technology, says E&T.

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