An innovative recycling process for carbon fibre, developed by a UK company, could unlock a new source of the expensive “wonder material” – helping to accelerate the transition to an energy-efficient future. Carbon fibre is both extremely light and strong, which gives it many potential applications, notably in products designed to reduce energy consumption. But […]
21st century manufacturing
Writing & lectures
Peter Marsh is a writer and lecturer on 21st century manufacturing. In recent years Peter has given talks on new opportunities in manufacturing in 16 countries including China, South Korea, Italy, the US, Germany, Qatar, Lithuania, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil. His best known book is “The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of Mass Production”, published by Yale University Press. Peter has visited about 3,000 factories in 30 countries.
Peter is the founder of Made Here Now, a website on UK manufacturing aimed at increasing the number of young people opting for careers in industry and technology. He is also a broadcaster, specialising in interviews on a range of subjects with Soundart Radio. From 1983 to 2013 he worked as a journalist at the Financial Times, most recently as manufacturing editor, while also covering technology and economics.
Peter has a degree in chemistry from the University of Nottingham and went to school in Hove, Sussex. His other books have included The Silicon Chip Book (Abacus), The Robot Age (Abacus) and The Space Business (Penguin).
He started his journalistic career at the Evening Post in Luton, later working at Building Design and New Scientist. He lives in London and Devon.
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Observations
UK tech innovation powers wind revolution
A factory in the small town of Cockermouth in Cumbria is moving ahead with key advances proving vital for the huge offshore wind turbines around Britain’s coastline and beyond. Due to the stresses transmitted by the rotating blades, which can be taller than St Paul’s Cathedral, turbine hubs must withstand enormous loads. To function, they […]
Circularity provides new route to business success
From a small island off the coast of southern England, Mart Drake-Knight offers his own perspective on the trends driving the “circular economy” in which products and processes are re-designed to create a systematic way to cut materials use and pollution. Drake-Knight – still in his 30s – is co-founder and director of Isle of […]
