World Manufacturing Journal spoke to Kevin Martin, Principal Port Operations and Technology Consultant at Royal HaskoningDHV about the future of ports and their impact on the global supply chain.

Bradford based Multibrands International has invested over £12 million in Panodyne face coverings. The investment comes after the Government  announced that face coverings will become compulsory in all shops and supermarkets from 24th July 2020. Failure to do so could result in a £100 fine.

Lotus has announced it is going to convert its 12,300 square meter Hurricane Way factory to a new high tech sub-assembly facility, creating 125 jobs.

Over 11,000 ventilators have been built by Oxfordshire based group Penlon in 12 weeks. Penlon has been able to increase the productivity of creating 50-60 ventilators per week to more than 2,000 a week.