Editorial Staff
Engineering Capacity is the only magazine and website for buyers of contract manufacturing services. It provides unrivalled information to help UK manufacturers source specialist manufacturing and engineering companies with spare capacity.
Engineering Capacity's editorial is strictly news based, and is published free of charge. It's purpose is to turn the spotlight on proactive contract manufacturers who are serving a specific industry area, or are offering specialist outsourced processes.
Typical areas of comment and opinion include: Latest developments in continuous performance improvement programmes; Involvement in recent contracts; and Applications of new methods and technologies.
Engineering Capacity provides a showcase for subcontractor activity in particular industry sectors (e.g. Aerospace, Automotive, Medical Devices), or in specific outsourced processes (e.g. Design, Prototyping and Pre-production; Fabrication and Assembly; Heat Treatment; Machining; Metal Forming and Metal Flow Processes; Plastics and Moulding; Surface Treatments and Finishing; Test and Measurement; Tooling and Machinery Services).
Editorial Team
Andy Sandford, Editor
Anne-Marie Causer, News Editor
Stephanie Knight, Feature Writer
Editor - editor@enginieeringcapacity.com
Andy Sandford: Andy is a journalist, editor and public relations consultant with over twenty years' experience of working with the UK subcontract manufacturing sector.
A trained metallurgist, he worked for some years in industry before gaining his doctorate and then moving into business journalism. In the course of his career he has edited titles including Sheet Metal Industries, Engineering Lasers, Metalworking Production and Subcon Magazine.
Andy now runs his own business communications consultancy and was delighted to be offered the opportunity to edit Engineering Capacity in 2007.
News Editor - acauser@mercatormedia.com
Anne-Marie Causer: As News Editor, Anne-Marie is responsible for Mercator Media's online news service, providing readers with latest news relevant to their business.
She initially joined Mercator after graduation in 2000, as a sales executive for Engineering Capacity, and later as a freelance writer on Maritime Journal for four years, becoming full time in her current role in 2011.
Anne-Marie has also worked as a reporter on local newspapers and as Assistant Editor for the John Lewis Partnership and Waitrose Ltd. In 2003 she became Managing Editor at the Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation (DRWF) - a position she held for eight years. Anne-Marie continues to work as a freelance journalist. Her clients include the Mary Rose Trust, the UK Harbour Masters' Association and the International Harbour Masters' Association. She is also an experienced amateur archaeologist.
Feature Writer - sknight@mercatormedia.com
Stevie Knight writes feature items for a number of magazines across the Mercator Media titles – and is very happy to have special input to Maritime Journal, Port Strategy and Boating Business in particular.
Technology has always been an interest – even before her days in the Engineering Council: “Widgley things that make everyone’s life easier” have been a significant part of her life from the time she earned pocket money from drawing up replacement machine parts for a catalogue to freelance work for the Direct Writing Association.
She has also spent the last two decades or so writing, subbing and editing pieces for a number of publications, both B2B and social titles, and loves a good story.
