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Professional registration recognises your competence, commitment, skills and experience.
The IET provides guidance and support to enable members to undertake planned and structured Initial Professional Development (IPD) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Professional development courses designed to help individuals and organisations reach and stay at the leading edge of engineering and technology.
The IET Awards reward and celebrate individual excellence, innovation and ambition (engineering scholarships).
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Search today for your next engineering role on Engineering & Technology Jobs, the job board hosted by the IET.
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Publications
Buses, Bankers and the Beer of Revenge
From Greek computers to aircraft carriers made of ice - a collection of 50 of the best stories from Justin Pollard’s Eccentric Engineer column in E&T magazine.
Engineering & Technology magazine
E&T is the leading monthly magazine for all engineering professionals. Its award winning content is available in print, online and on iPad.
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Interact with the IET and raise your professional profile
Volunteering can enhance your career development, is a personally rewarding experience and also benefits your Community.
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Events
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Highlighted events
20 May 2013 | IET London: Savoy Place, UK
11 - 14 June 2013 | Wyboston Lakes Hotel, Bedfordshire, UK
14 June 2013 | IET London: Savoy Place, UK
8 - 10 April 2014 | Midland Hotel, Manchester, UK
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Policy & Media
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Media centre
IET corporate news and activities, plus comment and reaction on engineering and technology issues.
Read what the media is saying about the IET and our activities.
We can provide independent experts to talk to the media on a range of engineering and technology related subjects.
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Policy
Key topics offer summaries of the IET’s positions on many of the most important policy topics.
The IET represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues.
Offering unbiased, independent, evidence based policy advice.
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Welcome to the Design and Production Sector
A video introduction to the sector
Here Gordon Attenborough, IET Design and Production Sector Head, gives an overview of the sector and its aims for the future.
E&T magazine news
Speedster concept for Aston Martin centenary
Aston Martin has revealed a new speedster concept car as part of its centenary celebrations.
Highest capacity comms satellite record to be broken
The makers of the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world will build one with seven times the coverage.
Latest events
20 May
National Manufacturing Debate 2013
Bedford, United Kingdom
20 May
Robotics: From Innovation to Service
London, United Kingdom
21 May
A revolution in materials processing - low-energy firing of ceramic materials
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Resources
UK Manufacturing Summit 2013
On 18 April 2013 the IET hosted this year’s UK Manufacturing Summit at Savoy Place London. With keynote speeches and a substantial Question Time panel session delegates took advantage of a real breadth of content as well as the time and opportunity to ask their questions and express their views.
Forums
Control & Automation forum
Join the Control and Automation discussions covering topics such as safety, robotics & mechatronics and visual information
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Publications and Case Studies
Design and Production Sector Newsletters
Bringing you all the latest on IET Design & Production Sector initiatives, partnerships and thought leadership together with details of upcoming events, Sector highlights on IET.tv and opportunities for you to get involved!
IET Sectors 2012: A year in review
This high-level review summarises the major outcomes from a remarkable year of activity for IET Sectors.
Qinetiq: A Disruptive Design For Life
View the latest Design and Production Sector case study on Qinetiq, a UK defence, aerospace and security renowned for pushing innovation boundaries.
Contact us
If you would like to find out more about or get involved with the Design and Production Sector, please email: design-production@theiet.org
Virtual library
Virtual library
IET members can access for free electronic books and journals from: EBSCO, Engineering and IT Reference Library, Faulkner reports, Knovel, Wiley, and Key Note.
Design and production articles
Apps augmenting reality to drive retail sales
12 April 2013
Leading retailers are turning to augmented reality to drive sales, brand reinforcement, customer relationships, and to improve the shopping experience.
A brave new word: augmenting reality in fiction
12 April 2013
With the emergence of augmented reality the world has taken another step into the realms of science fiction. What can literature teach us about this new technology?
Augmented reality in the industrial sector
12 April 2013
Augmented reality is the undisputed future technology of the marketing industry, but is there a place for it in the industrial sector?
IET.tv videos
Communities in this sector
Policy and Factfiles
Government policy
The IET represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues.
Inquiry on small to medium sized enterprises
Submitted on 14 September 2012 to House of Lords Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Select Committee
Submitted on 14 September 2012 to House of Lords Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Select Committee
Fostering UK high tech growth through public procurement
Examining the role of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) in driving innovation and growing UK SME's through public procurement.
