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£280m takeover boosts GKN's driveline plans
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Engineering giant GKN has agreed a £280 million deal to take over a German automotive components business.
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Profits rise by almost a quarter at GKN
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Profits have risen by almost a quarter at engineering giant GKN after an 11 per cent increase in sales.
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Umeco revenues up after Pattonair sale agreed
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Supply chain firm Umeco has revealed revenues have risen by 12.7 per cent in the first two months of the year.
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Black cab firm Manganese Bronze reports sales rise
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Taxi-maker Manganese Bronze has revealed a 16 per cent rise in revenue – despite a fall in Ƶ sales volumes.
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MG Motor Ƶ links up with Team RLR for tilt at Le Mans crown
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Birmingham-based MG Motor Ƶ is marching back into the world of motorsport with high hopes of competing in the legendary 24 Hour Le Mans race in France next year.
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DPE Automotive success story after merger with Sonas
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A Birmingham manufacturing company which has risen from the ashes of administration has seen turnover rocket from £2.5 million to £18.5 million in just two years.
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Slow progress in encouraging women into engineering careers
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Skills harmed as engineering companies fail to lure women
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Marrill Engineering collapses into administration
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Administrators have been called into a Midland tool manufacturer which supplies the likes of JCB and LTI Taxis.
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IRSP launches new eco shutters
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A Brierley Hill company that supplies a major port in the Middle East and the Shakhtar Donetsk football stadium has launched a new ‘eco’ range.
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Pay levels steady despite pressure from inflation
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Manufacturing pay settlements appear to have levelled out below pre-recession levels despite inflationary pressure, according to new research.
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Aston Martin eyes major expansion in China
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Aston Martin is expanding into China “in a big way” as part of a drive to cater for demand from the country’s ever expanding super-rich elite.
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Manufacturers asked to take part in Red Tape Challenge
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Production sector firms have been urged to take part in an initiative which allows them to tell the Government what they think about the rules and regulations that affect them.
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Confidence in manufacturing falls to two-year low
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Business confidence in the manufacturing sector has plummeted to a two-year low, according to new research.
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GKN reveals £146m takeover of German firm Stromag
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Engineering giant GKN has expanded its land systems division by taking over a German business.
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Fabweld targets Qatari billions
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A Midland manufacturer is expanding into the Middle East to take advantage of the multi-billion pound construction boom in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
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Aga Rangemaster reports slight dip in sales
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Aga Rangemaster has seen sales dip slightly in the first half of the year as the market for its upmarket cookers proved quiet in the Ƶ.
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Key Technologies seals £2.4m rail deal
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A rail firm belonging to Midland industrial giant Key Technologies has sold its warning systems business in a deal worth £2.4 million.
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Government urged to make manufacturing an attractive career option
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Schools, the Government and the automotive industry must work together to make engineering and manufacturing more attractive to students, MPs and peers have warned.
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Melrose offer for Charter International 'under consideration'
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Manufacturing buyout firm Melrose has taken a step closer to agreeing a deal worth more than £1.3 billion for a rival.
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Manufacturers' growth outstrips service sector in West Midlands
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Private sector growth in the West Midlands is being propped by strong sales for manufacturers as the service sector continues to struggle.
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Work begins on £300m MIRA development
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Work has begun on an ambitious £300 million development at Nuneaton-based MIRA.
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Event helps manufacturers to break into aerospace sector
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Manufacturing firms looking to break into the aerospace and defence are being given a unique insight into what it takes to sell into the sector this week.
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Confidence plummets in Ƶ's manufacturing sector
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Business confidence in the manufacturing sector has plummeted to a two-year low, pointing to a “rocky road” ahead for the Ƶ economy, according to a new report.
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Manufacturing will still play part in growth, says CBI chief
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Manufacturing has a key role to play in the region’s recovery but we shouldn’t get “doe-eyed” about its potential to return to the glory days of the last century, according to the head of the CBI.
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