Joe Kashurba is a successful entrepreneur who started his first business in high school, an online marketing consultant with over a decade of experience, and a nationally award-winning website designer. He has worked with clients around the Uni

"It's not rocket science!" with Dr Lucy Rogers

May 7th, 2018 43m 5s

Dr Lucy Rogers is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, problem solver, maker and Judge on the recent series of BBC Robot Wars. She is the self proclaimed cheerleader for the Maker Industry and Founder of the Guild of Makers ( ww

One of these days these shoes are gonna walk all over you with Simon Bourne

Feb 19th, 2018 57m 25s

My guest today is Simon Bourne - founder of the Hand Dyed Shoe Company. He created The Hand Dyed Shoe Co. as it gave him a way of expressing himself. The brand is Simon Bourne. It is to express that he is individual, unique and different to you

From the land of a thousand trades with Lucy Prior

Feb 12th, 2018 35m 29s

My guest this week is Lucy Prior. Lucy works for the Rail Alliance and is their Membership Development & International Trade Director. She has a broad and varied railway background, having worked in the rail sector for a number of years working

Where you are today, to where you need to be tomorrow with Steve May-Russell

Jan 22nd, 2018 52m 26s

My guest today is Steve May-Russell, Managing Director & owner of Smallfry, an industrial design consultancy. For over 45 years, Smallfry have been specialists in mapping the journey from conceptualisation to commercialisation for their clients

Industry 4.0, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Ransomware & much more with Gordon Coulter

Dec 11th, 2017 45m 12s

My guest this week is based in Scotland. Gordon Coulter is the Chief Executive Officer of Exmos Ltd, a company specialising in Process Monitoring and IT Managed Services for Industry & Enterprise. With more than 25 years experience, Gordon and

Creating heirlooms with Bianca Elgar

Nov 13th, 2017 38m 13s

My guest on this week's episode is Bianca Elgar, founder and CEO of Bianca Elgar Ltd. Bianca creates heirlooms for a living - intrigued? Of course you are! Can't blame you! That's why I had to interview Bianca......Enjoy!

Flying high with Peter Bruch

Nov 6th, 2017 48m 29s

Flying high with Peter Bruch, Managing Director & Co-Owner, AE Aerospace Ltd. Peter Bruch is a highly resourceful, experienced Managing...

A Stitch in Time with Kate Hills

May 11th, 2017 49m 38s

Kate Hills launched 'Make it British' in 2011 to support the fantastic manufacturers she knew were there. Almost a year ago since the infamous #Brexit vote, most UK manufacturers appeared to want to stay within the EU, according to a pre-Brexit

Humans still needed to lead in Industry 4.0 with Carl Baxter

Mar 6th, 2017 35m 51s

My guest this week is Carl Baxter, Managing Partner at Clement Pierce. The results at Clement Pierce speak for themselves, their accomplished approach not only delivers top quality results but is supported by countless client and candidate test

Beyond the National Electricity Networks with Jochen Kreusel

Feb 27th, 2017 51m 17s

My guest this week is Jochen Kreusel, Group Senior Vice President of the ABB group, Zurich, and market innovation manager of the group’s Power Grids division. Jochen will deepen the discussion about what's happening with Europe's transmission a

Manufacturing = Energy & Energy = Manufacturing with Jorge Gonzalez

Feb 6th, 2017 45m 22s

My guest on the show this week is Jorge González, Managing Director of Ormazabal, a company headquartered in Bilbao, Spain, providing solutions for the electricity distribution networks focused on innovation. Jorge unravels some of the mystery

Seconds out.....! with Deborah Price

Jan 30th, 2017 43m 51s

My guest this week comes from the world of textiles. Deborah lived all little girls' dreams by completing a degree in fashion and textile design, starting a career in fashion buying and becoming successful - she supplied Harrods, Fortnum and Ma

Where Quality matters..! With Pamela Cain

Jan 23rd, 2017 45m 16s

Pamela Cain believes in 'quality', so does Rob Marchant, her business partner. MarchantCain Design Ltd thrives on providing quality bespoke, niche, low volume designs to the automotive industry - it does so with a winning combination of experie

Designing the future, Fraunhofer style with Guido Follert

Jan 16th, 2017 40m 15s

Germany is renowned for it's engineering prowess and rightly so! My guest this week is one from this breed of 'innovators'! Dipl.-Ing. Guido Follert is the Head of Department Machines and Facilities at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow

Precision engineering - more than just microns, with Luke Benton

Jan 9th, 2017 49m 3s

My guest this week, the first in the second series of Manufacturing at Heart podcasts, is Luke Benton, the Managing Director of MNB Precision Ltd. Established over 35 years ago (by Luke's Grandad), MNB Precision provides manufacturing and preci

It Isn’t About Data — It’s About What You Do With It with Andreas Schroeder

Sep 25th, 2016 37m 37s

The really exciting thing about IoT is that it enables companies to develop entirely new business models around providing services to customers. This means you can create brand new revenue streams, not just improve on the existing ones - Andrea

Digital Transformation with Cathie Hall

Sep 18th, 2016 32m 4s

Cathie Hall returns to the show to explain how the 'Digital Transformation' is affecting her customers. She explains that whilst the Internet of Things (IoT) can appear daunting, many businesses are further down the line of digital transformati

Moving your business forward with Govert Hamers

Sep 11th, 2016 43m 29s

My guest this week is Govert Hamers, President and CEO of Vanderlande, the global market leader in baggage handling systems for airports, and sorting systems for parcel and postal services. The company is also a leading supplier of warehouse au

Manufacturing storytelling by manufacturing storytellers, using social technologies with Ben Kolp

Sep 4th, 2016 41m 43s

In this week's show, Ben Kolp tells us why manufacturers should be doing more to tell their stories with the help of social technologies. He works for Orca Social and has a funky job title of 'customer happiness' - how cool is that?! Orca Socia

And so, Servitization is..? with Professor Tim Baines

Jun 27th, 2016 44m 44s

My guest this week is Professor Tim Baines, Executive Director of The Advanced Services Group (not the Aston Centre for Servitization Research and Practice as is mentioned in the early part of the podcast, my apologies!). Tim is the leading int

A Factory of the Future - How to manage change with Eric Verhelst

Jun 19th, 2016 34m 18s

Eric Verhelst serves as the Plant Manager for the Automotive plant in Oostkamp since 2010. His plant, with 700 employees,...

Making the news for manufacturers with Dr Denise Taylor PhD

Jun 12th, 2016 40m 25s

My guest this week is Denise Taylor, Managing Director of Bridge PR & Media Services. Telling stories isn't easy (unbelievably)! Telling them in a positive manner is another matter, whilst getting manufacturers and engineering businesses to tel

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with Cathie Hall (Reprise)

May 15th, 2016 44m 46s

My guest this week is Cathie Hall. Those of you that have tuned in from the outset will remember Cathie as my first guest back in November 2015. Well, after 6 months, I thought it appropriate that, during the week yours truly will be speaking a