Here is the final episode of our People & Skills series - just for you, listener. After we catch-up with one another following Smart Manufacturing Week, we discuss some of the big news of the week. Starting with the announcement of the UK's long awaited Industrial Strategy. We also point you in the direction of some other stories on The Manufacturer website, a couple of which relate to International Women in Engineering Day which also occurred this week. And an animal themed 'Made by a Moron...
Jun 27, 2025•43 min
We recorded this podcast from the show floor at Smart Manufacturing Week at the NEC in Birmingham. We spoke with Geunther Steiner at the show, who many fans of Formula One will be familiar with. Geunther is the former Team Principal of the Haas Formula One team, and a star of the Netflix documentary 'Drive to Survive'. Part of his interview can be heard in this episode. The team also run through some of the other highlights that have taken place at the show this week. We also run through some ne...
Jun 06, 2025•26 min
The Manufacturer Podcast is back after a lengthy absence. The Q2 edition of The Manufacturer Magazine and a long list of events and editorial visits have been the reason for this. But we're back with a crash, a bang, and a wallop! As we pay a visit to robot battling Accu in Huddersfield. They'll be bringing their own version of Robot Wars to Smart Manufacturing Week in a couple of weeks. But first, even more show build-up, as we feature Petra Velzeboer. She'll be one of our keynote speakers at S...
May 23, 2025•46 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we have an interview with Paul Brooks, Manufacturing Lead at the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade.This was recorded in late April of 2025, when the situation on global tariffs on US exports was uncertain, before the UK and the US struck a tariff deal. Paul discusses what businesses should consider in the wake of future uncertainty.
May 22, 2025•16 min
Another great episode made lovingly for your ears, listener. Automotive features heavily here, with visits to two iconic UK plants; Nissan in Sunderland and Ford Dagenham. We attended an event marking 10 years of the Nissan Skills Foundation, where 200 school kids from the North East flooded the factory floor to build 300 cars out of LEGO. And Molly visited the historic Ford Dagenham site, where after 97 years, Wendy Graham has become the first Engine Plant Manager. This comes 57 years after wom...
Apr 11, 2025•42 min
Hi listener, a bumper episode for you to get your ears around. President Trump's comprehensive outlining of trade tariffs imposed on all goods coming into America was announced this week. Hear our reaction and the reaction of UK manufacturers from some of the sectors most impacted. And, as this is the first episode of our People & Skills Series, we wanted to put a spotlight on apprenticeships, with a recent feature on The Manufacturer website, some recent good news stories in our headlines r...
Apr 04, 2025•54 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we feature Professor Mike Capaldi, Chair of Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres. He discusses the need to place Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) at the heart of the UK's green energy strategy, and tells us what DER-IC's role will be in that process.
Apr 01, 2025•15 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we feature the cover story of the Q1 edition of The Manufacturer Magazine. Charlie Kingsley is the Corporate Sustainability Manager at Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I. In this interview he discusses the company's varied and growing sustainability initiatives, and how sustainable manufacturing is central to everything they do.
Mar 26, 2025•31 min
This episode of The Manufacturer Archives features one of our interviews from National Apprenticeships Week. We hear from India-Grace Humphries, a second-year sustainability consultant apprentice working at Schneider Electric. India talks about her current role and her route into the industry. She also discusses how the apprenticeship route has really worked for her, and what she believes companies can do to encourage more people into manufacturing.
Mar 25, 2025•17 min
We have the final episode in our Sustainability Series, specially prepared for your ears, listener. Our podcast sponsors, Kingspan Insulation, make a number of products from their facility in Pembridge, which are used to insulate buildings of all kinds. We paid them a visit. Managing Director of The Manufacturer, Grace Gilling, gives a 60 second rundown of sustainability at Smart Manufacturing Week this year. We also give you a sneak preview of a trip to AB InBev, the largest brewer in the world...
Mar 21, 2025•42 min
This episode of Archives features Richard Lloyd. Richard has held managing positions at the likes of Accolade Wines at The Park in Bristol, and Encirc Beverages in Cheshire. He is an expert in Lean Operations, and has driven large sustainability projects at his previous companies. Richard gives us some of his reflections and experiences as a leader. As well as his successful entries in our Manufacturer MX Awards, where he was part of several teams that picked up a numerous honours.
Mar 19, 2025•29 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, Andrew Frankland makes another appearance, as ForestNation return to Smart Manufacturing Week this year as the show's sustainability partner. Hear this full version of Andrew's interview, part of which featured on the Sustainability Series of The Manufacturer Podcast.
Mar 17, 2025•25 min
Another top episode of The Manufacturer Podcast for your ears. Richard Lloyd speaks to us about his experiences at the likes of Accolade Wines at The Park and Encirc Beverages. He was part of several successful award wins at The Manufacturer MX Awards, and he has led on numerous sustainability initiatives at both companies. We also feature Professor Henrik Von Scheel, who will be a keynote speaker at this year's Smart Manufacturing Week. He has been called the originator of Industry 4.0, and in ...
Mar 14, 2025•41 min
Hi there, listener. Get your ears around this tremendous podcast episode. The third in our Sustainability Series, sponsored by Kingspan Insulation. The UK's tyre manufacturers, including Michelin in Stoke on Trent, are urging their customers not to buy cheaper, single-use tyres that are flooding the UK. Michelin says that retread tyres are the way forward, find out why... Mike Capaldi, of Driving the Electric Revolution Industrial Centres (DER-IC) spoke to us about Power Electronics Machines and...
Mar 07, 2025•44 min
Loads more for your eager ears in this episode, listener. We hear about Joe's trip to Paris to visit Exotec, a company that has just released the next generation of its Skypod system. Take a sneaky listen to part of an interview that we're running as our lead feature in the Q1 issue of The Manufacturer Magazine. It's with Charlie Kingsley, Corporate Sustainability Manager for Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I. We also welcome Andrew Frankland from ForestNation back on the podcast. ForestNatio...
Feb 14, 2025•46 min
Dear lord, listener. We cover some serious ground in this bumper episode. We're delighted to welcome new podcast sponsors Kingspan Insulation along as sponsors for this Sustainability series. Keep an ear for more from them. In this episode, Kingsland Drinks talk us through making their bulk wine and spirits packing, bottling and distribution process as sustainable as possible. Also hear from another manufacturer within the aerospace sector discuss their sustainability attempts. What does Preside...
Jan 30, 2025•48 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, Tim Gaus, Deloitte’s General Manager for Smart Manufacturing, shares optimistic predictions for 2025. Last year was widely regarded as a mixed year for global manufacturing. These predictions for the year ahead are referenced in Deloitte’s 2025 Manufacturing Industry Outlook. Tim points out in this interview, that these predictions are routed in the movements, aspirations and investments of manufacturers.
Jan 28, 2025•22 min
Hello listener, and happy New Year! (when is the cut off point for wishing people a happy New Year?) We present you with a full rundown of the year ahead, with a month-by-month to do list. We've been off over Christmas, but the news certainly hasn't. From the New Years Honours List to the Guinness shortage, plenty of stories have caught our eye. And if anyone is attempting dry January this month, you may not appreciate this week's Made by a Moron section.
Jan 10, 2025•48 min
Merry Christmas to you, listener. We hope you're winding down and have a nice break to look forward to. How about a podcast to help you on your way? In this episode, we talk about Christmas - unsurprisingly. We also discuss our highlights from this year, and point you in the direction of some good reads over Christmas on The Manufacturer website.
Dec 18, 2024•32 min
We bring a brilliant series to an end in this latest episode. We do our best to recall exactly what happened in the aftermath of a wonderful Manufacturer MX Awards ceremony last week. The government comes under scrutiny following a powerful message from the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) . And in this week's Made by a Moron; fireworks, and a man recently in the news for being "a bit of a nipple."
Dec 06, 2024•41 min
Hello listener, this special episode of The Manufacturer Podcast was recorded on day two of The Manufacturer Live, at The Titanic Hotel in Liverpool. With Manufacturing Leaders' Summit roundtable discussion sessions going on behind them, the team talk through some of the news stories from the last week. We also have a chat with some people that were part of this week's event, including our Leaders' Summit Chair, Alison Beard-Gunter.
Nov 29, 2024•32 min
Here it is! The latest episode of The Manufacturer Podcast. Our series sponsors ERIKS discuss the current trends in UK supply chains, and the company's goal to provide accurate, efficient and effective supply to customers. Sally Hill, Chief Operating Officer, and Paul Lynch, Business Development Director join us in this episode. In addition to this, we talk through some of the current attitudes and, we believe, misplaced anxieties when it comes to AI. Some of these viewpoints were discussed at a...
Nov 22, 2024•51 min
Loads of great stuff for you in this latest episode, listener. A trip to GKN Aerospace delves into some of the challenges facing the sector. Is last week's US election result good for business here in the UK? What does Donald Trump round two mean for US and global manufacturing? Find out why Joe was in Belfast, and what Molly found out about the Food and Drink Federation's call for SME support around healthy product innovation. There's that and much more in today's episode....
Nov 15, 2024•43 min
Episode three of our series on Supply Chains - give us those ears, listener. Hear what we make of some of the finer details of the Autumn Budget announced by the government this week. Bad for SMEs? Or could it be worse? Find out what some of our manufacturing community make of it. And a delve into the food and beverage industry, with takeaways from The Food and Drink Federation's (FDF) sustainability programme, Ambition 2030. Plus, an interview on the current supply chain landscape for Sunderlan...
Nov 01, 2024•36 min
We've got plenty for your ears in this episode, listener. We managed to line-up an interview with Sarah Jones MP, Minister of State at both the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and the Department for Business and Trade. This follows the announcement of the government's Invest 2035 proposal - the UK's modern industrial strategy. Before that though, there's news on our various trips to Autodesk University in San Diego, The Royal Mint, and the Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) C...
Oct 25, 2024•40 min
Hello listener, ready for a new series? This time, it's Supply Chains themed, and sponsored by our partners, ERIKS. We've got another first rate interview taken from The Manufacturer Studio; Clare Bailey, Supply Chain Master Data Manager at Safran Seats discusses the importance of getting organisations "enabled and upskilled sufficiently" to master digital and data capture technologies. There's been good deal of news in UK manufacturing this week, including the announcement from government of £2...
Oct 11, 2024•26 min
We're back, listener. It's been too long. We bring our Technology Series, sponsored by Sugar CRM, to a close. We've got the thoughts of Martin Crangle, IT Business Relationship Manager at BorgWarner. He spoke to us about data driven decision making, arguing that technology enables us to make sense of data, we've just got to trust it. But we start this episode with the news that James is expecting another addition to the Devonshire household - his sixth child. When he sent us all a picture of his...
Oct 09, 2024•25 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we feature Rash Jayasekara, Director of Digital and Technology at GSK. Listen to this full interview with Rash, who was one of the keynote speakers at Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2024.
Sep 09, 2024•16 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we have an interview with John Robinson, creator of The Quorum Principle. John is heading up a new initiative to improve UK manufacturing, and has organised a press launch in London on 5 September 2024. 100 senior leaders from across the UK manufacturing will come together to mark the formal start of a proposed paradigm shift, that will seek to solve the systemic problem that, John believes, exists in manufacturing. The attendees will include manufac...
Aug 30, 2024•29 min
In this episode of The Manufacturer Archives, we feature Top 100 2024 Exemplar Gemma Ferris, of Dechra Pharmaceuticals, and Manish Popli of InspireXT. Manish nominated Gemma for this year's Top 100, in this interview he explains why, he also talks discusses the reasons why InspireXT chose to sponsor this year's Top 100 programme. Speaking with our magazine Editor Joe Bush, both Gemma and Manish also talk about how their businesses came into partnership through the 'Delphi Programme.'...
Aug 12, 2024•22 min
