Since the Covid pandemic hit Western Europe earlier this year, pundits have been making predictions about how society will look after the virus has subsided. As a result, we keep hearing about the ‘new normal’. But what does that actually mean for the industrial manufacturing sector? How will working conditions, production schedules and inter-personal communication change in this new world that lies ahead of us? In this blog we explore the avenues manufacturers might have to take as we all begin to return to work.