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Banelec is joining manufacturers across Britain in celebrating National Manufacturing Day, with Managing Director Dean Banner and Operations Director Jennie Banner calling on the sector to show greater pride in the skills, people and engineering expertise found across UK industry. Organised by Make UK, National Manufacturing Day takes place on Thursday 24 September and will […]

Automation is becoming central to investment plans across UK manufacturing, with new research from Barclays showing that 87% of manufacturers are using automated technology to manage disruption and changing demand. The findings come from the latest Barclays Business Prosperity Index, based on research among 504 manufacturing decision makers during August. It found strong confidence across

Machine safety is back in focus across UK manufacturing following a recent prosecution involving an industrial conveyor, highlighting the importance of control systems, guarding and safe isolation around production machinery. The Health and Safety Executive reported on 9 September that a manufacturer had been fined £160,000 after a maintenance engineer suffered life-changing injuries when his

Britain’s family-owned manufacturers have spent generations building businesses, developing skills and creating the specialist industrial capability that keeps the country moving. For Banelec, that heritage is worth celebrating, protecting and building upon. A new report from Make UK and Bishop Fleming has placed family manufacturing firmly in the spotlight, revealing that family-owned manufacturers contribute an

An engineering challenge can start almost anywhere in the world. Increasingly, the search for the answer leads to Brierley Hill. Banelec has spent more than two decades designing electrical control and automation systems for industry. Its projects now span sectors, continents and some highly specialised applications. The common theme is simple. A customer has an

Britain’s manufacturers are entering a period in which technology is becoming as important to workforce strategy as it is to productivity Skills availability, changing demographics, supply chain resilience and the drive for higher output are encouraging manufacturers to look again at how automation can strengthen their operations. For Banelec, the opportunity lies in applying technology

A sophisticated control system designed and installed by Banelec is helping British Steel handle thousands of tonnes of finished rail at its major rail stocking facility in Scunthorpe. The Brierley Hill-based electrical control systems and automation specialist worked alongside construction and civil engineering company Britcon to deliver the controls behind the £10 million facility, which

A strengthening order book across British manufacturing is creating a new question for industry: how quickly can factories build the capacity needed to turn improving demand into sustained growth? The latest S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI provides growing evidence of that opportunity. Manufacturing production increased for the fourth consecutive month in July, accelerating to its

When critical lifting operations take place hundreds of miles offshore, reliability is measured not only by operational performance but by the ability to maintain control when every second counts. It is this challenge that led Norwegian engineering contractor Aibel to partner with Brierley Hill-based electrical control systems specialist Banelec to develop an innovative emergency control

Banelec says manufacturers must think beyond individual machines as new PwC research highlights widening gap between automation leaders and the rest of industry The manufacturers that embrace integrated automation over the next five years are set to pull decisively ahead of competitors still relying on disconnected production systems, according to new global research highlighting one