TransFIRe Report: State of EDI in the UK Foundation Industries 2022
The TransFIRe EDI team have brought together a series of findings in a "State of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the UK Foundation Industries 2022" report. It is becoming increasingly apparent and widely accepted that [...]
TransFIRe partner collaboration on the tiles
In the summer of last year, a range of teams from across TransFIRe began working with Zentia, a ceiling tile manufacturer in Gateshead, to develop a case study focused on reducing energy usage, capturing and [...]
Mapping energy and material flows for the foundation industries
As the costs of goods and services continue to rise and the world looks for ways to become more efficient and sustainable, an approach called Gentani is being used to help reduce waste and inefficiency. [...]
Getting out and about
As part of the EDI team’s activities, Mike Thakoordin, TransFIRe Post-doctoral Research Associate at Durham University, undertakes a number of site visits to companies within the foundation industries. This month has been extremely busy with [...]
Funded Brand and Communications Training for SMEs
Are you an SME working in or with the foundation industries, looking to make your business or technology stand out? Are you a business founder looking to inspire and add authority when you speak? There [...]
TransFIRe helping to inspire the next generation…
As part of Manufacturing and Materials Week at Cranfield University, Professor Mark Jolly, Director of Manufacturing at Cranfield University and Director of TransFIRe, delivered an outreach event to pupils of Bedford Road Primary School. The [...]
TransFIRe Industrial Symbiosis Workshop helps identify new valuable partnerships with foundation industries
Over the past few months, TransFIRe has been working with project partner International Synergies Ltd on their first industrial symbiosis workshop, generating a range of exciting results with the potential to reduce cost, cut [...]
Challenges and opportunities presented by offshore wind
Dr Anne Velenturf from the University of Leeds was interviewed by ITV about the opportunities and challenges for growing offshore wind. While she accepts the opportunities are potentially vast, she says it is not the [...]