Press Releases
University & Industry Join in £5m Research blitz on Plastics
A new £5 million research blitz on plastics begins today Wednesday 28th June 2000 with Lord Sainsbury's announcement that the Government is to fund a Faraday Plastics Centre to be run in partnership between one of the UK's leading centres of applied academic research and a leading plastics research based company.
Companies Given Exclusive Web Network of West Midlands Businesses
A new exclusive web based business network for the west Midlands, developed by Warwick Manufacturing Group with the CBI, will be launched in London on Thursday 25th May during the evening reception at the Hilton London St Ermin's Hotel. This will be followed by regional presentations.
£2 Million European Fund for Midlands technology entrepreneurs launched
The £2 million Mercia Enterprise Fund for Midlands technology entrepreneurs is launched today Monday 8 May by the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.
Britain's Unloved Robots Seek Better Relationships with Intelligent Humans
British manufacturing robots are not attracting enough bright young people to take an interest in their current use in industry or their future development. Those humans who care about the future of manufacturing robotics in the UK have decided to move their British Automation and Robotics Association to the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, to use its global contacts and formidable technical reputation to draw more interest to British robotics from the leading technical, academic, and business figures and organisations.
Britain Only 17th in New Job-Satisfaction League Table
New research from the University of Warwick reveals that Britain trails at number 17 in the job-satisfaction international league table.
20 European Aerospace Organisations to Devise Ways to Cut Cost and Time to Develop New Aircraft
Twenty of Europe's leading aerospace organisations are to meet at the University of Warwick on 6th and 7th April 2000 in the latest phase of a 38 million ECU project to cut 30% of the cost and time it takes to develop new aircraft.