Manufacturing news from the East of England

Prospects improve for local manufacturers

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:39:33 GMT

Prospects for East of England manufacturers have improved over the past three months, with companies reporting increases in output in the second quarter.

STG Aerospace secures contract with Boeing

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:25:25 GMT

STG Aerospace has been chosen by The Boeing Company to be SFE supplier of photoluminescent floor path marking systems for the Boeing Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX.

CleanTech acquisition brings payback for APC

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:48:20 GMT

A move into CleanTech has boosted growth for Advanced Power Components plc, a specialist distributor and manufacturers’ representative of electronic components and smart, energy saving products with facilities in St Neots.

Manufacturer raises £2m to fund growth

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:28:06 GMT

m2fx in Suffolk has raised £2 million to fund international sales expansion as it targets the fast-growing global fibre broadband market.

Brewery boost for Domino

info@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:09:47 GMT

Cambridge ink jet technology is significantly boosting productivity at the UK’s largest private brewery.

Porvair injects millions into US acquisition

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:49:00 GMT

Porvair, the clean technology company based on the fringe of the Cambridge UK CleanTech cluster, has paid $5.5 million (£3.6m) for Eisenmann Metallurgical LLC in New England.

Carbon negative building block launched

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:34:47 GMT

Leading masonry products manufacturer, Lignacite, has launched the world’s first carbon negative building block.

AKD Engineering secures £5m deal with Shell

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Thu, 30 May 2013 10:26:56 GMT

Suffolk-based AKD Engineering has agreed a £5m deal with Shell for work on a rejuvenation project at Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk which receives nearly a third of the gas flowing into Britain.

Hancock lauds Marshall commitment to apprenticeships

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:54:13 GMT

Matthew Hancock MP for West Suffolk and Minister for Skills, visited manufacturing giant Marshall of Cambridge to be updated on the work the company is undertaking and to be briefed particularly on its many and varied training initiatives.

Proserv makes real waves in subsea sector

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:42:57 GMT

Great Yarmouth based energy services company Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract in Angola, underpinning the company’s fast-evolving subsea status and increasing demand for its sampling system innovations.