Manufacturing Links
West Midlands manufacturers may find the following website links useful.
Please note, we cannot be held responsible for the content of external web sites.
Useful Links
Andrea Adams Trust
'The first charity in the world dedicated to workplace bullying. We offer support for targets and deliver award winning training for organisations.
> Click here to visit Andrea Adams trust
Anti Copying In Design (acid)
ACID (Anti Copying In Design) is a membership organisation committed to assisting its members in the protection,commercialisation and exploitation of their intellectual property rights.
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Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM)
The ACLM represents the manufacturers of the overwhelming
majority of all contact lenses and lens care products in the UK.
BRITISH AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS ASSOCIATION (BARA)
BARA promotes the use of, assists in and provides a voice for, the development of Robotics and Automation in British industry.
British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA)
The British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd is the national organisation for the steel construction industry. The UK industry has a turnover of £5,000 million, providing employment for over 100,000 people. In the UK 80% of all non-domestic framed construction is steel.. Being totally re-usable, steel is the ultimate environmentally friendly product.
British metal recycling association (Bmra)
The trade association representing the £4billion UK metals recycling industry. 300 members include large and small, ferrous and nonferrous, businesses - including shredder
operators, merchants and traders.
BRITISH PUMP MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (BPMA)
Established 1941, BPMA (British Pump Manufacturers’ Association) is the UK Trade Association representing
the interests of UK manufacturers of liquid pumps.
British Toy & Hobby Association (btha)
The BTHA represents the interests of the toy industry on a national and an international level, addressing issues and commercial problems which could have a profound effect on the toy business.
British Turned Parts Manufacturers Association (BTMA)
BTMA is the UK trade association for precision turned
parts & machined component manufacturers.
British Woodworking Federation (BWF)
The BWF, representing the woodworking and joinery manufacturing industry, provides practical technical and business help and advice to joinery manufacturers
Cast Metals Federation
The single voice for the UK cast metals industry, the Cast Metals Federation represents, supports and promotes the ‘Best of British Casting’.
envirowise
Envirowise is a Government-funded programme dedicated to putting the sustainable use of resources at the heart of UK business practice. Envirowise offers businesses of all sizes and sectors a wide range of free, independent and practical advise designed to genuinely improve their processes, profitability and competitiveness.
> Click here to visit envirowise
European Composites Industry Association (Eucia)
EuCIA, the European Composite Industry Association represents the European COMPOSITE Industry with ca. 15000 Companies. EuCIA is the VOICE of the COMPOSITE Industry in Europe and focuses on three main targets: Industrial Growth, where the focus is in providing business Platforms for the Industry, secondly the effective lobbying on European Legislation and Regulations as well as Developing internal and external Educational Programs.
Federation of Small Businesses
The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK's largest business organisation, with over 205,000 members, representing all types of business.
freepatentsonline
FreePatentsOnline.com provides free access to a powerful world-wide patent search engine, with free account features such as the ability to organize and share documents among users, download patent PDFs, save frequent searches, and set up alerts.
> Click here to visit freepatentsonline
GreenSpec
GreenSpec is the UK construction industry's definitive guide to 'green' building design, products, specification and construction.
> Click here to visit Greenspec
Midlands Excellence
Midlands Excellence delivers a range of best practice programmes, training and events to help organisations improve performance and increase efficiency.
> Click here to visit Midlands Excellence
Polymer Machinery Manufacturers & Distributors Association (PMMDA)
The Polymer Machinery Manufacturers & Distributors Association represents machinery suppliers to the plastics industry. They also support industry educational activities
Recycling guide
'This fun and informative guide makes recycling accessible to everyone andreally gets the message across about how
important the issue is. The why recycle? section includes
statistics and facts about the amount of waste the UK produces
each year and how recycling many household items could reduce
these huge figures'
> Click here to visit Recycling guide
The design council
The Design Council provides practical advice to help businesses use design to seize new opportunities and improve their competitiveness.
> Click here to visit the design council
Timber Trade Federation (ttf)
'The Timber Trade Federation represents the interests of the wood and wood products industry. Members benefit from the TTF's expertise in all aspects of timber
The Welding Institute
TWI is the world's foremost research and technology organisation for welding and joining. Operating globally, its experts perform innovative, quality-controlled, impartial projects for industry.
UK Intellectual Property Office (uk - ipo)
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and responsible for the national framework of Intellectual Property rights, comprising patent, designs, trade marks and copyright.
> Click here to visit uk - ipo