March 2019

www.smartmachinesandfactories.com March 2019 | 0 5 | | NEWS | objective, through programmes like this one, is to inspire pupils with the art of the possible, the creativity found in engineering and the solutions it brings to the world’s problems. We aim to inspire the future generations of UK engineers.” The Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Siemens, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the University of Manchester joined forces with Primary Engineer Programmes to launch the “If you were an engineer, what would you do?” Greater Manchester competition as part of a national Primary Engineer and Secondary Engineer programme, which encourages children to consider a career in engineering. The launch took place at The University of Manchester to an audience of 40 pupils from local schools, local engineering firms, engineers and academics. Last year over 2400 children aged between 3 to 19 years entered the competition from schools in the Greater Manchester area, demonstrating innovative thinking and creative engineering design. Winning designs at lasts year’s exhibition, selected by engineers, included The Clothes Recycler, The Everlasting Shoe and Food Life App. smart plastics igus ® Caswell Road Northampton NN4 7PW Tel 01604 677240 Fax 01604 677242 sales@igus.co.uk plastics for longer life ® Industry 4.0: smart plastics eliminate downtimes Intelligent products give a maintenance alert ahead of time and can be integrated into standard predictive maintenance; smart plas- tics allow your equipment to run continuously as well as reducing maintenance costs. igus.co.uk/smart Avoid unplanned downtime Rockwell Automation has won the “Overall IoT Company the Year” award in the global 2019 IoT Breakthrough Awards programme. The mission of the IoT Breakthrough Awards programme is to recognise the innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the globe in a range of IoT categories, including Connected Home and Home Automation, Industrial and Enterprise IoT, Smart Rockwell Automation  named Overall IoT Company of the Year in 2019