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Sales rise 40% at engineering group Chamberlin
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Sales have increased by 40 per cent at engineering group Chamberlin after a recovery in parts of the business to exceed pre-recession levels.
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Walsall firm to create 60 jobs after landing £35m solar panels contract
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More than 60 jobs are being created after a construction firm was selected to install up to £35 million worth of solar panels.
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Car dealers delighted with public response to new MG6
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A month after the first MG6 rolled off the Longbridge production line dealers say the public could not have given it a better welcome.
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Umeco sells Pattonair for £146m as part of raft of changes
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Aerospace firm Umeco has completed a £145.8 million sales of its supply chain business Pattonair as part of a raft of changes.
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Hill & Smith completes £9.8m takeover of Swedish manufacturer ATA
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Manufacturer Hill & Smith has taken over a Swedish production firm in a £9.8 million deal.
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EEF voices concern over climate change proposals
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Manufacturers have reacted with disappointment to the Government’s decision to sign up to significantly more ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions.
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Longbridge-made MG6 off to a flying start
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Public response to the new MG6 has surpassed all expectation, according to its makers.
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Westfield and Potenza team up with Oxford firm to launch first electric racing car
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Two West Midland automotive firms have linked up with an Oxford University spinout to launch the world’s first fully electric racing car.
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Warwick Manufacturing Group signs major deals in China and India
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Manufacturing and research hub WMG at the University of Warwick is set to boost its international credentials after setting two deals in motion with Chinese and Indian heavyweights.
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Wolverhampton firm Hill & Smith set for expansion after finance deal
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Barclays Corporate in the Midlands has played a lead role in the £210 million refinance of Hill & Smith which will help the manufacturing giant expand globally.
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£300,000 package for manufacturers hit by Japan tsunami
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Manufacturers hit by supply chain problems caused by the Japanese tsunami can now access a £300,000 support package to help smooth them over.
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Directorship bans for Phoenix Four attacked for being 'a slap on the wrist'
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The directorship bans handed out to four businessmen in charge of Longbridge-based MG Rover when it collapsed with the loss of thousands of jobs amount to no more than a "slap on the wrist", the former chairman of an influential business select committee has said.
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Two free events to support automotive sector
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Two automotive events are heading to the West Midlands this month targeting companies looking to boost their eco credentials and those keen to protect their business against risk.
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Phoenix Four defiant after being banned from being company directors
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The Phoenix Four remained defiant after the Government announced that the former MG Rover owners had agreed to be disqualified as directors for between three and six years.
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Opportunity to quiz top financiers
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More than 100 manufacturers will have the chance to quiz some of the region’s leading financiers later this month.
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Dragons Den barbecue grill goes into production
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The inventors behind an anti-flare-up system being used in barbecues across the world are looking to develop their next product in the heart of the Black Country.
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Public sector workers could fill West Midlands skills gap, says EEF
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Public sector workers could be helped to retrain in a bid to plug a glaring skills gap in West Midlands industry under plans being actively considered by manufacturing body EEF.
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£230k investment for Coventry firm Cellfacts Instruments
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Blue Sky Corporate Finance has taken the lead role in arranging an equity investment round of at least £230,000 into Coventry-based Cellfacts Instruments.
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Royal Wedding put West Midlands motor industry on the map
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Enda Mullen looks back at a great day for the West Midlands motor industry when Prince William and Catherine Middleton tied the knot
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Manufacturing growth slows to seven-month low
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New manufacturing figures will “send a shiver down the spines of many” as a worrying slowdown in domestic orders saw manufacturing growth plunge to a seven-month low.
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New laser-cutting machine for Telford firm
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A Midland manufacturer has invested £250,000 in a laser machine which is so intricate it can cut a bike smaller than the size of a penny from a single sheet of steel.
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Black Country firm land supply deal for rebirth of Norton Motorcycles
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A foundry business has won a contract to supply engine parts for the rebirth of one of Birmingham’s best-known automotive brands.
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Workers laid off as historic Birmingham furniture maker Roc goes bust
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Dozens of workers at one of Birmingham’s oldest furniture manufacturers have been laid off without pay after the firm collapsed into insolvency in a cash-flow crisis.
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Cannock firm makes £1m machine investment after record revenues
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A Midland manufacturing firm is backing the economic recovery by announcing its biggest ever investment in new machinery, after record breaking turnover figures.
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