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Coupled up

By Holly Else, .

Rail could reduce operating costs by enlisting technologies from other transport sectors

Sharpening up

By Ben Hargreaves, .

The good times are back for many machine-tool makers. The evidence will be on show at this month’s Mach technologies exhibition

Set fair for young engineers

By Ben Hargreaves, .

This year’s Big Bang saw the greatest attendance in the fair’s history. But the issue of skills shortages continues to vex employers – and may do so even more in the future

Adapt and thrive

By Lee Hibbert, .

Life changed dramatically for the workers at the Filton aerospace plant after the mothership Airbus departed

Keeping up with the Germans

By Laura Gardner, .

Foreign competition eventually spurred the UK to set up the state-funded National Physical Laboratory, which has since proved its worth

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