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Manufacturing exhibition sells out stand space
Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), is looking at innovative ways to create and maximise the space within the halls at the NEC in Birmingham to meet demand.
News from Engineeringtalk, 21 August 2007
Booklet tracks manufacturing trends
Pocket-sized essential facts booklet tracks the trends up to 2006 for major parts of the manufacturing technology sector.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 April 2007
Associations unite for wide-ranging training
Training courses cover risk assessment, EMC, the WEEE and RoHS directives as well as the function safety of control systems and the new Machinery Directive.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 April 2007
UK imports outstrip exports
In 2006, exports of manufacturing technology equipment from the UK were worth GBP1.021 billion, an increase of +9% on the 2005 level.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 April 2007
Engineers visit the House of Lords
200 people turned up at the House of Lords to show the government and Parliamentarians that there is still a vibrant engineering sector in the UK.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 March 2007
Survey shows continued order growth during 2006
Quarterly trends survey for Q4 of 2006 show that order intake growth continued to the end of the year at a good rate.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 March 2007
Association prepares for 2008 exhibition
The main sales campaign for MACH 2008 will now commence, concentrating on bringing in new companies to the show.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2007
Seasonal deficit dents machine tool growth
In the third quarter of 2006, exports of metal working machine tools from the UK were worth GBP 113.7 million, +6.5% above the level of the third quarter of 2005.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 December 2006
Growth forecasts buoy machine tool sector
The Manufacturing Technologies Association and the British Fluid Power Association gathered at the JCB World Headquarters in Rocester to find out what is going to happen in 2007.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 December 2006
Manufacturing trends stay buoyant over summer
The results of the Manufacturing Technologies Association Trends Survey for the third quarter of 2006 showed that order intake growth continued over the summer.
News from Engineeringtalk, 27 November 2006
Schools take design and innovation challenge
The MTA's secondary schools competition, the Technology, Design and Innovation (TDi) Challenge, has been running since 2001.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 November 2006
Employers offered opportunity to shape education
Dawn Vinall, Sector Strategy Group Manager at SEMTA, has launched a major project to develop a sector skills agreement.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 October 2006
President makes education top priority
Incoming MTA President, Geoff Lloyd, Managing Director of Heller Machine Tools, delivered his first keynote speech at the MTA Annual Lunch in London on Thursday 12th October 2006.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 October 2006
Aerospace seminar draws large audience
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has held the first of a series of pioneering seminars focusing on technology transfer in the aerospace sector.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 October 2006
Another good quarter for manufacturing industry
Trends survey shows Q2 2006 order intake above that in Q1, although the pace of growth slowed a little from the hectic start to the year.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 October 2006
All the fun of the fair educates children
The Imagineering Fair attracts a range of engineering companies all providing different activities designed to get children thinking about the world around them.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 October 2006
Seminar promotes automotive technology to Thailand
MTA Members Group Rhodes, Addison McKee, Cinetic-Landis and Renishaw are all participating in an MTA Technical Seminar in Bangkok on 23rd November 2006.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 October 2006
Export figures confirm positive feeling
Q2 2006 exports of metal working machine tools from the UK were worth GBP 118.1 million - +3.8% higher than in Q1 and +3.9% above the level of Q2 2005.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 September 2006
Association picks up hat-trick of awards
On Thursday 13th July at the Trade Association Forum (TAF) Best Practice Awards ceremony the MTA won three awards and was a finalist in a fourth category.
News from Engineeringtalk, 24 July 2006
Survey shows healthy trends for manufacturing
The MTA Trends Survey for Q1 2006 shows order intake accelerated in the early part of the of the year and that respondents predict further growth for Q2.
News from Engineeringtalk, 9 June 2006
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