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  World-class  4K cameras labelled the “next generation” in broadcast technology are set to be manufactured in Wales for the first time. The top of the range 4K cameras, the HDC-4300, are being produced at Sony UK Technology Centre from this month – marking the first time they have been manufactured outside of Japan. The news is a significant boost for manufacturing in Wales showing confidence in the facil

  Cardiff’s Techniquest has taken one giant leap for scientific education by providing its popular exhibits to a new centre launched by astronaut Tim Peake.   The educational charity, based in Cardiff Bay, has provided a number of interactive exhibitions to the newly opened Airbus Foundation Discovery Space Stem centre in Stevenage.   The specialist centre, funded by Airbus, the Airbus Foundation and t

    “There is so much opportunity for women in manufacturing”. That’s the message from delighted Miss Wales hopeful and Sony UK Technology Centre employee Hannah Williams. The 23-year-old sourcing officer, based at the specialist Pencoed manufacturing facility, has been selected as a finalist in this year’s prestigious pageantry competition. But the Cardiff University graduate isn’t taking the opportunity l

Pushing yourself to the limits of physical endurance to claim that all important win is what sport is all about. Throughout the competitive world you see it time and time again. Tour De France riders tackling some of the most challenging mountains in the world, international rugby players enduring significant impacts, and weightlifters lifting double their own body weight are just some of the examples. However, some

  A replica of Tim Peake’s space capsule built using 150,000 LEGO bricks has gone on display at Cardiff’s Techniquest. The replica of the Russian Soyuz Space Capsule, created by the UK Space Agency and professional LEGO building company Bright Bricks, is set to be exhibited at the science discovery centre from this month. The design and engineering feat, which is two-thirds the size of the original craft, took 6

Techniquest is set to get the X Factor when its popular adult-only After Hours event returns in February. The Science Communication-themed night will take place on February 23 at the Cardiff Bay-based science discovery centre with the regional finals of the FameLab competition set to take place. Sponsored by insurance provider Admiral, the X Factor-style event will see science’s budding stars putting on a three-minut

    A staggering £25 million in transactions has been completed by Cardiff-based Lexington Corporate advisors in its first year.   The corporate advisory firm is celebrating the significant achievement as it marks its first year in business.   Since being established in January 2016 the Maltings-based firm has worked on completed transactions in excess of £25 million, co-founder and director Gary

  A specialist business advisory firm has marked the new year by adding a wealth of new talent to its growing Cardiff office. Greenaway Scott, which specialises in advising the life science, technology, pharmaceutical and IT sectors, has welcomed Elle McCook, Catherine Jones, John Griffiths and Chelsea Parker. Miss McCook, who has a Master of Laws (LLM) from Aberystwyth University, joins the firm from Hugh James

Laurie Davidson who stars in Will Sony UK Technology Centre’s Ffilm Factory 35 has been selected as one of the filming locations for a major US TV show which will inject millions into the Welsh economy. Will, which details the fictional early years of playwright William Shakespeare, has been partly filming at Sony UK TEC’s 30,000sq ft facility since October – with the show based at Dragon Studios in Llanharan through

(From left) Sony managing director Steve Dalton OBE, Ogmore MP Chris Elmore, and director of professional services Gerald Kelly Newly appointed Ogmore MP Chris Elmore has visited Sony UK Technology Centre in Pencoed to congratulate its managing director on being named as one of the most influential manufacturers in the UK. The Labour MP, who lives in Pencoed where the innovative manufacturing facility is based, said