Response to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025
London, 23 June 2025: The government unveiled its Modern Industrial Strategy on the 23rd June 2025, marking a bold 10-year vision to…
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Innovation in material science has shaped the world and civilisation as we know it, from the first use of concrete-like…
Material science fuelling immense leaps forward
Today, I want to take a deeper dive into recent developments across various industries, shedding light on their implications for…
Monthly digest with Mark Smith – April 2023
The Retrac Group is an established medium-sized employee-owned manufacturing company, with specialist expertise in manufacture of composites and composite tooling,…
Leveraging a deep understanding of the business with Retrac
Some technologies have a way of promoting, or provoking, further waves of innovation. Mass eVTOL services will make huge demands…
UTM – A digital eye on the sky
If the evolution of metallurgy and materials science began with the development of steelmaking in the first industrial revolution, it…
Advanced materials – Lighter, stronger and more sustainable
It is not just the proliferation of UAVs that raises concerns for safety. The well-publicised use of military drones –…
Counter UAV Technology – The battle for safety in our skies
The next space race
Since man first landed on the moon, the concept of commercial space tourism has been an alluring – if distant…
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3D printing is one of the most revolutionary technologies of the 21st century, promising to change the face of modern…
3D printing and additive manufacturing
Drones are seemingly ubiquitous; in the news, in the shops and used both by industry and consumers in the skies…
R&D in drone technology
The R&D that launched Apollo 11 “We choose to go to the moon,” said President John F. Kennedy in a…
One small step
For decades, ‘flying cars’ in futuristic cityscapes have been a staple of science fiction. However, many of the most outlandish…
eVTOL technology aims for new heights
For decades, ‘flying cars’ in futuristic cityscapes have been a staple of science fiction. It’s now 2019 and much of…
Backing the future of aerial mobility