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Top ten articles
- Driving change: in pursuit of cobalt-free batteries
- The quantum leap
- Staying ahead of the curve: Rethinking Innovation at Domino Printing
- Machining the future: The AI advantage
- Changing how we talk — and think — about manufacturing
- A more sustainable cuppa: Driving sustainability at Kenyan tea factories
- Engineering superheroes: IfM Engage helps aerospace company spread their wings
- Manufacturing a more equitable world through informed policy-making
- Digital transformation on a shoestring
- IfM students help to turn 100-year-old bakery into thriving online business
Latest News

IfM alum launches BLUE GARAGE to bridge UK’s innovation gap
MET alum and Founder of KwickScreen, Michael Korn, launches IfM-inspired applied commercialisation lab to support startups through the critical post-R&D phase.

Women in Manufacturing 2025 conference announced
The IfM will co-host the Women in Manufacturing UK 2025 conference on 23 October 2025 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry.

UKMF: Delivering the UK industrial strategy
Leaders from industry, government, academia, and the wider manufacturing innovation ecosystem met at Aston University to help shape the delivery of the UK’s 10-year industrial strategy.
Courses
- 02SepOpen course Reconfiguring Global Supply Chains: Strategy Tools for Network Design
- 07OctOpen course Roadmapping for Strategy and Innovation: In-person course
- 04NovOpen course Roadmapping for strategy and innovation: online course