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UK market leaders, manufacturers and suppliers to the built environment, The Safety Letterbox Company, part of the RENZ Group, operates with an eye firmly on compliance and standards at all times. Offering the market future proofed, robust and specification driven mail and parcel solutions. With over 180 models of mailboxes and parcelboxes in their range…

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Welsh fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has secured a new project in Llanelli which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people across the region. Dudley’s is working with Bouygues UK on the Pentre Awel development for Carmarthenshire County Council, the largest ever regeneration project of its size in south west Wales. As well as supporting…

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Cross Hands-based Shufflebottom Ltd, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of structural steel and steel-framed buildings for the industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors, has been awarded the contract to manufacture and deliver the steelwork for Carmarthenshire’s flagship, multi-million-pound development at Pentre Awel, working with Bouygues UK. The Pentre Awel project is a bold and ambitious…

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Written by: Frank Holmes Founder Chairman Manufacturing Wales     ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Manufacturing Wales, an independent industry led network, recently asked its members the question “What are the pressing challenges facing your business today and your current strategies to support sustainable growth?  We distilled the top ten challenges they are wrestling with which highlight skills and…

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We are buzzing here at Shufflebottom with the recent news that we’ve been successful in achieving not just 1 but 5 short-listings in this year’s prestigious RIDBA Building Awards 2023 (#RIDBABuildingAwards23). The Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association (RIDBA) is the leading trade association for the modern agriculture and industrial buildings industry in the…

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Frank Holmes, Chair of Manufacturing Wales, has commented on the sad news of the possible closure of Zimmer Biomet. He said, “Manufacturing Wales, an industry led network supported by Universities and and FE Colleges is deeply saddened by the potential risks facing some of the staff of Zimmer Biomet in Bridgend. The high calibre of…

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What are the strategies for success in Manufacturing?  Manufacturing Wales recently asked this question at their event. In response Hugo Spowers MBE founder of Riversimple and Lee Collinson, Managing Director, UK Head of Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics, Barclays Corporate, gave some inspiring and different ways of looking at this. What is the future of energy…

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Nestled in Nantgarw is the answer to this question: Enzymes. Biocatalysts, celebrates its 40th anniversary and has seen a 15% pa growth over recent years. Over 100 employees work in this enzyme business that supports both the food and pharmaceutical industries. As part of a multi-national business across, Holland, Germany and USA , Biocatalysts uses…

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Welsh fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium will support the construction of new buildings at fellow manufacturer Renishaw in Miskin. Renishaw is a global engineering and scientific technology company, specialising in providing manufacturing technologies, analytical instruments and medical devices. The company is investing more than £50m in its Miskin site, with the aim of increasing manufacturing capacity and…

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The way people spend is changing, and as a result The Royal Mint is transforming to ensure it’s fit for the 21st century. Speaking to Business News Wales, Leighton John, Operations Director at The Royal Mint, discusses how the oldest manufacturing company in the UK continues to grow, in both new markets and new countries, after…

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Manufacturing Wales recently hosted a tour of one of its members, Renishaw plc. Tours like this are a great showcase of the amazing manufacturing businesses we have in Wales.  Renishaw, which has a 193-acre manufacturing site at Miskin, Pontyclun, is a FTSE 250 business that began in 1973. It is now a world leading supplier…

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Atlantic Service Company welcomed Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy, last week as he officially opened their newly-refurbished premises in Gellihaf, Caerphilly. The prestigious site opening was part of the Welsh Government Minister for Economy’s promotion of the Explore Export Wales conference, which Atlantic Service attended as an Exemplar following their recent export successes, with…

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If there’s one thing we know at GlobalWelsh it’s that there are millions of wonderful Welsh women scattered around the world doing incredible things and making the world a better place. Amongst them innovators, leaders, creators and pioneers, inspiring all of us. Here are just a few of those awesome women… JULIE DEANE CBE – ENTREPRENEUR…

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Rod Sears-Black, Managing Director of Biocatalysts, spoke to Business News Wales to give an insight on how Biocatalysts have continued to lead the way in the development and manufacturing process of speciality enzymes in industrial applications, such as foods and pharmaceuticals, to some of the worlds largest businesses. Business News Wales · A Flourishing Bio Technology…

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Business News Wales spoke to Bryan Austin, Director of Sales for the Additive Manufacturing Division at Renishaw about the benefits of joining Manufacturing Wales and the opportunities developing within the additive manufacturing sector Business News Wales · The Opportunities Developing Within the Additive Manufacturing Sector This year Renishaw, one of the world’s leading metrology companies, announced a £50…

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Business News Wales spoke to Ian Ferris, Director at Paragon Engineered Timber, based in Neath, about their new product launches and what it means to them to be a member of Manufacturing Wales.   Paragon have launched a new engineered product ‘I-Joist’ to their existing customer base, designed to offer added value to their customers. Business News…

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Business News Wales spoke with global property investment management and development heavyweight, JLL about their global expertise and what they can bring to the Welsh property market. In this interview Business Development Director Kate Jones and Heather Lawrence, Director of Industrial & Logistics JLL, informed us of JLL’s wide spanning offer to support Welsh businesses from…

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LEADING Cardiff-based fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has secured three projects in the education sector across the UK. The first build will be St Ederyn’s School in Cardiff. The new home for St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School, St Ederyn’s will provide pupils and staff with a modern, state-of-the-art learning environment when complete. Dudley’s Aluminium will…

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CARDIFF fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has secured a major project in Ebbw Vale, teaming up once again with Jones Brothers (Henllan) Ltd. The fabricator has previously worked with the leading construction, housing and civil engineering company on the TVR Showroom in the town. The new project is a 52,582 square foot industrial unit at the 30-acre…

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Walter May, Founder and Chief Executive of GlobalWelsh spoke with Business News Wales about how they are seeking out entrepreneurs that have left Wales with the aim to reconnect them into the Welsh business community. Walter also discusses the benefits of being a member of Manufacturing Wales, and the importance of partnership working. Business News Wales · Walter…