Why two chats with a Scottish manufacturing firm make me optimistic about future |
In search of an antidote to the recent and rather baffling UK Budget that missed the mark on jump-starting the flatlining economy, as luck would have it, along came not one but two conversations with members of one of Scotland’s engineering success stories.
A chat with Zak Thomson, design engineer at Emtelle in Hawick and our own 2025 young engineer of the year winner, was always bound to lift the gloom.
Nothing raises your optimism more than witnessing the young engineers who reach the finalist list through their sheer talent, resilience and innovation, reinforcing the feeling that if this is our industry’s future, then we have every reason to be optimistic. Hearing their personal and project journeys is a privilege, but separating a winner from the group is a real challenge.
Zak achieved that separation by doing what his company says comes naturally to him: listening to Emtelle’s customers and then driving the organisation to find a solution where none exists, or the current one isn’t the full answer.
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