IfM wins prizes for sustainability posters
Friday 28 November 2008A poster designed by Master's student Daniel Neal together with IfM's Dr Claire Barlow has won the £500 first prize in a competition aimed at showcasing new research ideas in sustainability.
MET student wins Rolls-Royce manufacturing engineering award
Friday 21 November 2008Michael Ansbro, a second year Manufacturing Engineering student, has won a Manufacturing Engineering Award from Rolls Royce.
Creating the future in global trade & logistics
Friday 21 November 2008Professor Duncan McFarlane recently presented at a Symposium at Rotterdam School of Management to celebrate the Honorary doctorate awarded to Professor Hau Lee from Stanford.
IfM celebrates its 10th anniversary
Tuesday 18 November 2008A celebration to mark the 10th Anniversary of the IfM's foundation was held in London last night. Over 100 guests from industry, government and academia attended the evening reception held at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Dr Julian Allwood awarded EPSRC Leadership Fellowship
Monday 15 September 2008Dr Julian Allwood has been awarded an EPSRC Leadership Fellowship for his work to reduce global carbon emissions that arises in the production of steel and aluminium parts.
Yak Yak - promise of a better future for people of the Pamirs
Tuesday 2 September 2008Yak down (fine hair) is set to revitalise the economy of one of the world’s most remote regions thanks to efforts from a Cambridge University engineering graduate.
Manufacturing Strategy Review: New Challenges, New Opportunities
Monday 1 September 2008The government has launched a new review for its strategy of manufacturing called "Manufacturing: New Challenges, New Opportunities". According to the strategy review, it sets out an ambitious new vision for a globally competitive manufacturing sector that leads the world in capturing higher value components of the global value chain.
GreenPB wins first Armourers & Brasiers' Venture Prize
Friday 1 August 2008The first Armourers & Brasiers' Venture Prize of £25,000 has been won by GreenPB, a team of scientists and engineers based at the University of Cambridge.
Design students win commercial manufacturing award
Tuesday 1 July 2008Four students from Cambridge University have won a commercial manufacturing award as part of the Manufacturing Engineering Trips programme.
Planes ready for take-off in fraction of the time
Friday 6 June 2008New Cambridge University project could reduce aircraft turnaround delays by a quarter, saving airline industry millions.
'Mosquito traps, cocktail makers and intelligent litter bins
Friday 6 June 2008A high street litter bin that sorts waste and a device to help deaf musicians feel the beat are just two of the latest ideas by Cambridge University students hoping to bring new products to market.
'Dragon' talks at IfM
Tuesday 20 May 2008Tips on how to get business angels to back new business ventures were given by successful entrepreneur and former BBC 'dragon' Doug Richard on 20th May at IfM.
Intellectual Property in Open Innovation: A dangerous mix?
Wednesday 14 May 2008How can start-ups and large firms work together to bring ideas to market? What are the challenges of making this form of 'open innovation' work? The Cambridge Network's Special Interest Group on IP sought to address these issues at an event on 14th May organised in partnership with the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).
Free help for small manufacturing businesses on offer from Cambridge University
Thursday 1 May 2008Small manufacturing companies can get free help to improve their business from experts at the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). Up to 100-man days of impartial guidance is on offer between now and the end of September.
Global leaders in business and academia call for new focus on service innovation
Monday 28 April 2008The University of Cambridge and IBM today release a report that challenges governments, businesses and universities to drive increased support and funding for service innovation.
Low cost suppliers from China and India are not necessarily the answer IfM expert tells conference
Tuesday 22 April 2008Many firms are failing to establish effective global production networks and rely too heavily on short-term outsourcing and offshoring to countries such as India and China.
New university partnership set to revolutionise engineering Industry
Tuesday 4 March 2008A major £2 million research programme has been launched to examine changes required by the engineering industry as it moves to provide more product-related services, rather than just the products themselves.
New home for IfM at West Cambridge
Tuesday 26 February 2008Work has begun on a new, £15 million home for Cambridge University's Institute for Manufacturing.
Supporting development in South-Eastern Europe
Monday 4 February 2008The Institute for Manufacturing is taking its expertise in industrial innovation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under a new partnership with one of the country's universities.
New Cambridge Technopole Report published
Friday 1 February 2008The Spring 2008 issue of the Cambridge Technopole Report has just been published by St Johns Innovation Centre with support from the Cambridge Network and the Institute for Manufacturing.
Reconfigurable production systems needed for 21st Century manufacturing
Thursday 3 January 2008Traditional manufacturing systems are poorly suited to the highly competitive, globalised markets of today according to a new book co-authored by Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Service and Support Engineering at the IfM.