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Sustainable Manufacturing at WMG

With global warming firmly on the agenda the hot topic of sustainability came to WMG on Thursday the 6th June, WMG hosted the Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing in the International Manufacturing Centre.

Graduation for the Warwick Manufacturing Group Class of 06 was a wonderful sun filled event.

With over 180 students graduating this is a particularly proud moment for WMG.

Preparatory work is beginning on the proposed site of the Warwick Digital Laboratory (WDL).

Open Invitation to a Free Day of Lectures on Cavitation in Turbo-machinery & Medical Applications

Birmingham based small manufacturer Strip Tinning celebrates its 50th Anniversary in January. For many of those 50 years it was a traditional metal bashing industry churning out high volumes of low profit copper for the roofing industry.

Young Footballers Swap Traffic Cones for Radar Powered Soccer Buddies

The imminent world cup will stoke the dreams of a planet full of soccer playing young people. Many of those train regularly in the hope of becoming the next Theo Walcott or Wayne Rooney but are hampered by poor or inappropriate equipment, such as traffic cones, to represent opposing players. Now a Birmingham company has worked with the University of Warwick to devise a child focused "Soccer Buddy" training aid that can even use radar to track the speed of each child's shot at goal.

The Director of Warwick Manufacturing Group, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya KBE CBE and the President of the Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries (PVCHK), Mr. Stanley Lau, MH JP have announced a partnership in Engineering Graduate Development.

The new WMG Web Site will be launced in a blaze of glory sometime real-soon-now...