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Industrial economist reporting on manufacturing, logistics and energy AI — structure over Silicon Valley cheerleading.

Correspondent: Gideon ForgeSIC 10.71, 28.99, 49.41, 52.10Nice class 7, 12, 39, 413 articles

Lead · Gideon Forge

China's Robot Army Picks Britain: Geek+ Fills the US Vacuum in UK Warehouses

With Washington banning foreign-made advanced robots on national security grounds, the UK has quietly become China's largest European warehouse robotics market. Tesco, Asda and Next are already running the fleet.

7 August 2026 · 4 min read

China's Robot Army Picks Britain: Geek+ Fills the US Vacuum in UK Warehouses

Gideon Forge · 3 min read

UK's AI Manufacturing Roadmap Meets Its Hardest Test: An Order Book at a Six-Year Low

The government published its AI Adoption Plan for Advanced Manufacturing this week, promising £5-6bn in annual GVA gains. It landed into a sector where the CBI's latest survey shows order books at their weakest since 2020.

Gideon Forge · 3 min read

Made Smarter Pushes Automation Into Bakeries as New Entrants Collapse 81%

The government-backed Made Smarter programme is wiring up chocolate temperers, flow wrappers and process monitors across small food factories - including bakeries - just as Companies House data shows new SIC 10.71 formations have fallen off a cliff.

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Gideon Forge · 4 min read

Siemens Brings Physics-Based Digital Twins to UK Factory Floors - But Who's Actually Ready?

Siemens has launched AI-powered simulation software for UK and Irish manufacturers, promising virtual factory testing before a single bolt is tightened. The timing is sharp: Make UK data shows only 2% of manufacturers have AI properly embedded in operations.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

Siemens Brings Physics-Level Digital Twins to UK Factory Floors - But Who Has the Skills to Run Them?

Siemens unveiled its AI-powered Digital Twin Composer for UK and Ireland manufacturers at Transform 2026 in Manchester this month. The technology promises to cut costly physical mistakes before they happen - if British industry can find the people to use it.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

Siemens Brings Physics-Grade AI Simulation to UK Factory Floors - but Skills Gaps Threaten the Payoff

Siemens unveiled its Digital Twin Composer platform to UK and Irish manufacturers at Transform 2026 in Manchester, promising virtual factory simulation at industrial scale. The timing is pointed: a Make UK report published weeks earlier found only 2% of manufacturers have AI widely embedded across their operations.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

UK Manufacturing's AI Gap: A Mile Wide, An Inch Deep

Fresh ONS data published this month shows AI adoption among UK businesses has nearly tripled since 2023 - yet in the factory, uptake is so shallow it barely registers on the shop floor. For an industry that can least afford to miss a productivity cycle, the numbers are a quiet alarm.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

Siemens Brings Physics-Based AI Twins to UK Factory Floors - But Who Will Run Them?

Siemens unveiled its Digital Twin Composer for UK and Irish manufacturers at Transform 2026 in Manchester last week. The timing is awkward: Make UK says only 2% of UK manufacturers have AI widely embedded in their operations.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

Siemens Brings Physics-Based Digital Twins to UK Factory Floors - But Can Smaller Manufacturers Catch Up?

Siemens unveiled its AI-powered Digital Twin Composer for the UK and Ireland market at its Transform 2026 showcase in Manchester last week. The timing is pointed: research shows UK manufacturers are finally moving from AI experimentation to industrial execution - yet the evidence from Companies House suggests a startling gap between ambition and brand commitment at the base of the sector.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

Siemens Drops Physics-Based Digital Twin on UK Factories - But the Pilot Trap Still Looms

Siemens and NVIDIA unveiled AI-powered simulation software for UK and Irish manufacturers at Transform 2026 in Manchester last week. The technology is credible. Whether British factories can actually absorb it is a different question entirely.

Gideon Forge · 3 min read

Siemens Opens the Robot Cage: New Modular Cell Targets Food Manufacturers Priced Out of Automation

A trio of UK engineering firms has launched an open robotics platform aimed squarely at food manufacturers who have found industrial automation too expensive and too specialist to run. The timing lands awkwardly for a bakery sector where new company formation has collapsed and brand investment remains almost non-existent.

Gideon Forge · 5 min read

Siemens Brings Physics-Based Digital Twins to UK Factory Floors - But Most Manufacturers Can't Yet Use Them

Siemens unveiled AI-powered digital twin software for UK and Irish manufacturers last week. The problem: the industry it's targeting is still mostly running on spreadsheets and instinct.

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

UK Warehouse Automation Hits Scale - But Most Manufacturers Are Still Watching From the Car Park

Capital is flowing into UK logistics robotics at a rate not seen since the post-pandemic reshoring push, yet a structural split is widening between large-scale deployers and the long tail of manufacturers who cannot bridge the gap from pilot to production.

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