An Innovate UK-backed start-up is to launch a groundbreaking digital marketplace for manufacturers to sell 3D-printable car parts. Autentica Car Parts, based at Sci-Tech Daresbury, has developed a platform that allows original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as car designers and manufacturers, to sell spare parts designs to authorised dealers, distributors and repair … [Read more...] about Start-up to launch groundbreaking digital marketplace for 3D-printable car parts
Sustainability
Company becomes ‘world’s first’ carbon-neutral steel locker manufacturer
Deeside-based start-up Locit, a manufacturer of steel lockers, has scooped a UK first – and what it believes could be a world first – for its sector by achieving carbon neutrality. The company has received PAS 2060 certification, the internationally recognised specification for carbon neutrality published by the British Standards Institution (BSI), by deploying a holistic … [Read more...] about Company becomes ‘world’s first’ carbon-neutral steel locker manufacturer
Award-winning engineering design improves safety and efficiency on construction sites
A collaboration between Monash University in Melbourne and Coates Engineering Solutions is using high-strength steel, commonly used in the automotive industry, to develop a lightweight, high-capacity propping solution for temporary construction works. The innovative solution, called Quadshore, has undergone rigorous destructive and non-destructive experimental tests at … [Read more...] about Award-winning engineering design improves safety and efficiency on construction sites
Wood and OMV sign collaboration agreement for innovative plastic recycling technology
Global consulting and engineering company Wood has signed a collaboration agreement with integrated energy, fuels and feedstock, and chemicals and materials company OMV for the commercial licensing of the latter’s innovative plastic recycling technology, ReOil. The agreement will support advancements in chemical-based plastic recycling, helping to build a circular economy … [Read more...] about Wood and OMV sign collaboration agreement for innovative plastic recycling technology
Garbatrage: turning e-waste into prototyping gold
A Cornell University robotics researcher and builder has introduced a new framework for prototype builders that’s centred around repurposing underused devices. The inspiration for the concept came to Ilan Mandel, a doctoral student in the field of information science, based at Cornell Tech, when he considered the fact that a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the … [Read more...] about Garbatrage: turning e-waste into prototyping gold