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Keep Calm and Carry on Cooling: 7 things we love about our Cool Earth partnership

Keep Calm and Carry on Cooling: 7 things we love about our Cool Earth partnership

Just six months into our partnership with Cool Earth, we continue to discover more and more about...
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What is generative design?

What is generative design?

is How do you create a new product that redefines your organisation? How do you design products...
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Reflecting on a remarkable journey: Wings for Life Run 2023

Reflecting on a remarkable journey: Wings for Life Run 2023

First of all, let’s give a global round of applause to everyone that took part in the...
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Indigenous communities hold the key – Rainforest conservation

Indigenous communities hold the key – Rainforest conservation

When we talk about rainforests, the fact that they are a home, a place of community, a...
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Celebrating 13 years of Wings for Life UK

Celebrating 13 years of Wings for Life UK

This year our main ESG (environmental, social and governance) partner, Wings for Life, reaches the grand old...
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23 Big Data Trends

23 Big Data Trends

When scientists describe the beginning of the universe as “the big bang”, it feels like a missed...
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Addressing the skills gap with Purdue University

Addressing the skills gap with Purdue University

The skills gap in science and technology is an issue affecting industry on a global scale. Now...
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How nature is pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing

How nature is pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing

If you thought the origins of additive manufacturing were fairly recent, think again. In 1974, the original...
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Accuracy vs precision – what is the difference?

Accuracy vs precision – what is the difference?

Accuracy vs precision, what are the key differences? A measurement can be accurate without being precise, or...
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How autonomy can help to deliver sustainability

How autonomy can help to deliver sustainability

Much of the focus for the decarbonisation of the planet, understandably, has been directed at industry. Industrial...
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What’s the difference between ‘digitise’ and ‘digitalise’?

What’s the difference between ‘digitise’ and ‘digitalise’?

Manufacturing is full of buzzwords, acronyms and jargon, some of which are interchangeable. But occasionally you will...
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Wings for Life: Hexagon runners raise €6380

Wings for Life: Hexagon runners raise €6380

Every year between 250000 and 500000 people suffer a spinal cord injury. All it takes is a...
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iPhone at 15: transforming industries

iPhone at 15: transforming industries

It’s sometimes hard to recollect just how different the phone market was back in 2007. According to...
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Manufacturing a smarter pivot to electric vehicles

Manufacturing a smarter pivot to electric vehicles

For over a century, the automotive industry has been a dominant influence over all aspects of industrial...
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Everything you need to know about laser trackers

Everything you need to know about laser trackers

Our range of laser tracker systems are a central part of our portable metrology product line up, and...
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How we got here: The origins of metrology

How we got here: The origins of metrology

In recent years, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has been on a journey, expanding on our expertise in metrology...
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