Advanced Tooling Systems UK Ltd (ATS), a UK-based engineering service provider to the automotive, aerospace, moulding and tooling industries, has joined industry association Composites UK. With over 350 members, Composites UK acts to encourage continuous growth and development of the industry, promoting the best practice use of composites materials. The ability of ATS to manufacture in-house in the UK and provide sample composite over-mould tooling using very specialised materials, such as heavily glass-fibre loaded PEEK and PPS, have been instrumental in its continuing success and growth.
For further information www.atsuk.com

More sustainable, low-carbon steel and electric vehicle batteries are the target of a new two-year technology development programme between WMG at the University of Warwick and Tata Steel. The partners will come together to focus on developing environmentally friendly steel grades, coatings, films and battery structures, enabling the growth of steel application across key industrial sectors. The initial research activity will focus on five core themes: product metallurgy; surface state optimisation; non-metallic coatings; future material applications; and material forming/joining and associated characterisation.
For further information www.tatasteeleurope.com

Johnson Matthey (JM) is building a £80m gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, UK, to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to be the “market leader in performance components for fuel cells and electrolysers”, targeting more than £200m sales in hydrogen technologies by end of 2025. The gigafactory will initially be capable of manufacturing 3 GW of PEM fuel cell components annually for hydrogen vehicles, with support from the UK Government through the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).
For further information www.matthey.com

Engineering supply chain solution provider CBE+ has completed the relocation of its five divisions together under one roof at a 100,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chesterfield. The company, which employs 80 people, has been operating its services from two separate sites since 2017 when business owners Marie Cooper and Chris Brown acquired the five legacy businesses which make up CBE+ today. Last month, the company opened its doors to customers, suppliers and manufacturing businesses from the Made In network for breakfast, company presentations and a factory tour.
For further information www.cbeplus.com

A new £40m research facility that will drive forward advances in powerful, clean electrification technology and pave the way towards a new generation of low-carbon, sustainable electric vehicles, power and propulsion has been unveiled by the University of Nottingham. The state-of-the-art Power Electronics and Machines Centre (PEMC) offers purpose-built laboratories for the Power Electronics, Machines and Control research group, the largest such group of researchers in the world. By March 2024, the PEMC estimates that £470m worth of industrial work will align with the facility.
For further information www.bit.ly/3PhVYAC