Feature Articles

RAF Typhoon under cover

The Queen’s Award winning business, Air Covers is a leading specialist in the design of bespoke protective covers for the aerospace and marine secto...

Lifted

Swindon-based Retrac, a business with diverse engineering and manufacturing capabilities, has spread its wings to face the challenges of the aerospa...

Climate-neutral targets

Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft that could enter service by 2035. These concepts each rep...

Hydrogen promises green aviation

Even now, more than 80 years after the event, many will be aware of the disastrous result of humankind’s early efforts to combine hydrogen and fligh...

Not breaking stride

Just as with nearly all other organisations up and down the country, Frewer Engineering had to adapt quickly to tackle the challenges imposed by the C...

The origins and future of Metal Matrix Composites

Mel Dunkin looks at the use of metal matrix composites (MMCs) in manufacturing. He says it is certainly not a new idea as researchers first explored i...

Racing trim

Speed, accuracy and quality is why Factory Five continues to choose Eastman Machine Company. Factory Five Racing employs about 40 people, and is locat...

Strength in numbers

With three core business activities focused on CNC Precision Machining, Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials, the often over used description...