Responsive Engineering

More than 50 students were honoured at an awards ceremony celebrating talented young people who have overcome barriers to achieve success. Reece Foundation is working with national social mobility charity Villiers Park Educational Trust to help students from six Tyneside schools reach their full potential and tackle the region’s skills gap. Since launching the Tyneside STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Scholars Programme early last year, over 100 students in eight schools and colleges have taken part in a wide …

We are attending Oktoberfest 2017 in Durham, on the 19th October 2017. Our team will be on stand H17, where attendees can learn more about our capabilities and our wide range of expertise and experience in this sector. If you would like to meet up during the course of the event, then please get in touch.

Responsive Engineering is celebrating a successful entry into the booming rail industry with a contract to manufacture ground-breaking products for the London Crossrail development. By combining the skills of teams across the business, the firm was awarded a £2m contract with a key supplier to the £14.8bn project, which aims to transform travel for passengers in the city. The expertise of the workforce played a crucial role in delivering the products due to their complex technical requirements. The customer was …

A fearsome fighting robot created by a Tyneside teen became the star of the show when it appeared on TV’s Robot Wars. Alex Brown was amongst the elite competitors selected to take part in the relaunch of the cult TV programme with his fighting robot TR2, strong enough to flip a one-tonne car. He also appeared in the Christmas special “Battle of the Stars” when presenter Dara O’Briain took TR2 – (short for Toon Raider 2 and wearing the number …

We are attending the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics exhibition 2017, at FIVE, Farnborough, on the 21st – 23rd March 2017. Our team will be on stand R61, where attendees can learn more about our capabilities and our wide range of expertise and experience in this sector. If you would like to meet up during the course of the event, then please get in touch.  

Responsive Engineering has teamed up with Newcastle College to help employees gain a head start in their careers. The Foundation Degree in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering (FdEng), specially tailored for Responsive, will equip participants with a wide-range of industry skills. The two-year course has been designed to meet the needs of modern industry and training and will take place both in Newcastle College’s multi-million-pound engineering facilities and at the firm’s base in the Armstrong Works on Scotswood Road. As part of …

We are attending the NOF – Energy, A Balanced Future event, on the 7th and 8th March at The Sage, Gateshead. Our team will be on stand 20, where attendees can find out more about our capabilities and our wide range of expertise and experience in this sector. If you would like to meet up during the course of the event, then please get in touch.  

We are attending Subsea Expo 2017, the world’s largest subsea exhibition and conference, on the 1st-3rd February at Aberdeen AECC. Our team will be on stand 26, where attendees can find out details on our capabilities and wide range of expertise and experience in this sector. If you would like to meet up during the course of the event, then please get in touch.

Engineering was brought to life for students when they spent the day inside the Armstrong Works. Organised by the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), the three-day Routes into STEM programme aims to shine a light on to the wide range of rewarding careers that studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) can lead to. Following sessions on apprenticeships at TyneMet College and graduate courses at Northumbria University, the Y10 pupils spent their final day seeing engineering in action at Reece Group. …

Young minds from across the Armstrong Works will be working together as they tackle the Chairman’s Innovation Challenge. September saw the launch of the group’s first Early Careers Programme as part of its investment in the long-term future of the business. Six new recruits join five existing employees from across the group’s companies, who are still in the early stages of their careers. During the two-year programme, they will gain a wide range of experience and take part in a …