Tim Minshall talks to Frederick Studemann

We live in a manufactured world, and all of us are constantly in contact with multiple manufactured products. But how do all these things – from the clothes we wear to the smartphones we use – get to us?

Tim Minshall, head of the Institute for Manufacturing, traces the journeys of manufactured goods from mega-factory floors, engineering laboratories and seaports to distribution hubs, supermarkets and into our homes. And he takes a look at how manufacturing could offer a path to a truly sustainable future.

Minshall is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, and author of Your Life is Manufactured. He talks to Literary Editor of the Financial Times, Frederick Studemann.

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