Interesting comment from recruiters that skilled staff are not just becoming harder to find, but are also less inclined to move. http://insightmanagementservices.com/report-on-uk-jobs-october-2013/ As photonics continues to expand, availability of people is increasingly an issue. This includes persuading people to move to photonics from other industries. There are many skills that high growth photonics companies need…
The government have just published their Foresight report on the future of UK manufacturing. The future of manufacturing – summary report (PDF, 2.4 MB) The future of manufacturing – project report (PDF, 5.5 MB) There are a number of references to photonics enabled technology within the report, especially related to additive manufacturing and sensing, however…
David Belforte, of Industrial laser Solutions, will show in Paris later this month that laser material processing systems now make up more than 10% of all machine tool sales . Photonics is clearly a main stream manufacturing technology for the 21st Century.
A new ‘who are we?‘ page has been added to www.photonicsuk.org listing regular contributors to the Photonics Leadership Group. If you are interested in becoming a regular contributor to the PLG and represent a developer, or user of Photonics in the UK at senior management level please contact us.
ESP KTN have releases an Energy Efficient Lighting report. The guide is intended to be read by the lighting industry, technology companies, the UK government and technology investors in the UK and internationally. http://bit.ly/1dX8xI3 Please note you will need to be a member of _connect to be able to read the report.
Several of the SWOTS of key UK photonics sectors have been updated following input from industry experts. Key changes are underlined in each SWOT postings. Further comments are very welcome
