Martek Bucks the Trend on Gender Divide
Historically marine industries have been significantly male dominated but one business in Rotherham is bucking the trend. Martek Marine, who employ more than 60 staff, now boast a leadership team which is made up of 75% women. The business, which launched in 1999, serves 80 different countries and women currently make up 45% of their entire workforce. During 2016 both the BBC and BHP Billiton took steps to ensure that moving forward women make up 50% of their workforce. While in the marine industry several attempts have been made in recent years to try to increase the
WEC, MTL Partnership Saves 135 Engineering Jobs
to grow and develop the business for the benefit of customers and staff." The addition of MTL Group more than doubles WEC’s engineering capacity. It will now have almost 600 staff working across eight sites in Lancashire, Yorkshire and Merseyside. Karl Stewart, sales director of Rotherham-based MTL Group, said, “The synergy with WEC Group is very strong and this deal makes both businesses much stronger entities. It enhances our capabilities and capacity and that is a major advantage to all our customers. MTL Group has certain specialties that WEC hasn’t been involved
Further Staff Reductions at Rolls-Royce
A large engineering team was required for the development phase of the Trent 1000 and Trent XWB engines. Both these major programs have now entered their production phase, reducing engineering requirement. A number of new facilities have opened, such as Crosspointe in the U.S. and in the U.K. at Rotherham and Washington, Tyne & Wear. These set new standards in productivity and efficiency and allow Rolls-Royce to improve the competitiveness of our footprint, the company said. The organization of the group into two divisions, Aerospace and Land & Sea, will enable Rolls-Royce to reduce