Manufacturing generates less than 11% of the UK’s economic Gross Value Added (GVA). Yet indications are manufacturing might be heading into a renaissance. This may be good news for the British economy, but broadly repatriating manufacturing might devastate some emerging markets. The questions are, what is driving this shift, why now and what do we do about it all? Stephen Dyson, head of Industry 4.0 at Protolabs takes a look.
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One in five UK businesses believe the manufacturing industry is unprepared for I4.0
New research commissioned by Protolabs - in partnership with Censuswide - reveals that a high proportion of senior decision makers do not acknowledge the role digitisation plays in manufacturing; nor do they recognise the benefits of automation and digital technology in UK manufacturing.
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