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Made Smarter highlights need for manufacturers’ digital drive

Added: 26 Jul 2022

The organisation set up to boost manufacturers’ take up of digital tools is urging small to medium …

Aniline breakthrough promises cleaner, greener production

Added: 24 Jul 2022

A ‘cleaner, greener’ method of producing anilines – frequently used in the production of manufactur…

UK launches first centre to boost critical materials supply chains

Added: 10 Jul 2022

Britain’s inaugural data centre for critical material supply has been launched at the British Geolo…

Search on for successor as IET interim president takes over

Added: 10 Jul 2022

Interim Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) chief executive and secretary Ed Almond has…

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Rolls-Royce unveils nuclear SMR site shortlist

Added: 10 Jul 2022

Six areas in the north of England, East Midlands and Wales are in the running to house Roll-Royce’s…

Carlsberg seals deal for consumer test of PEF bottles

Added: 28 Jun 2022

Brewing giant Carlsberg has signed a deal with a renewable chemistry company to trial the use of PE…

Senseye acquisition boosts Siemens’ predictive presence 

Added: 28 Jun 2022

Southampton-based AI solutions provider Senseye has been bought by Siemens, in a move that will fur…

COP president Sharma hails Africa cold chain initiative

Added: 26 Jun 2022

Cabinet minister and COP26 president Alok Sharma has voiced his support for a UK-backed African ini…

Digital Process Manufacturing Centre targets Scotland process leaders

Added: 13 Jun 2022

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, will open a new technology centre in Ay…

Appointments: New IMechE president and key roles at Schneider, BCAS, Ashtead and ABB

Added: 31 May 2022

Phil Peel has been elected as 137th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as it cele…

New visa rules ‘create door to global manufacturing talent’ claim

Added: 31 May 2022

Two newly introduced work permit routes could help allow employees of overseas businesses to work i…

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JM pairs up for green hydrogen ambitions

Added: 29 May 2022

Johnson Matthey is to partner Enapter, a pioneer and commercial leader in electrolyser technology t…

Energy bosses expect more cyber-attacks but slow to act, warns report

Added: 20 May 2022

More than four-fifths of global professionals working in the power, renewables and oil and gas sect…

Stark Make UK/Infor supply chain survey suggests globalisation has peaked

Added: 17 May 2022

Two years of disruption to global supply chains has transformed the nature of UK manufacturing, sug…

UK companies attract nearly one fifth of Europe’s total investment in cleantech

Added: 17 May 2022

The UK has established itself as a leading nation in so-called ‘cleantech’ in a record year for the…

Water and energy sector lead on resilience in uncertain times

Added: 17 May 2022

A new index of UK industrial sectors’ resilience to economic disruption has cited the water industr…

Demand for silicon pressure instrumentation prompts Endress+Hauser €12 mill expansion

Added: 4 May 2022

Endress+Hauser has boosted its silicon pressure sensor capacity by doubling its floor space availab…

Process Engineering LinkedIn site surpasses 15k with global network 

Added: 20 Apr 2022

Process Engineering’s LinkedIn platform has surpassed the 15,000 follower mark, fuelled by a surge …

National associations herald start of UK-Canada free trade negotiations

Added: 19 Apr 2022

The national trade associations representing manufacturers in Canada and the United Kingdom have ap…

‘Three in four manufacturers held back by disconnected data’

Added: 4 Apr 2022

An independent survey of 1,030 UK-based industrial firms reveals a total of 74% of respondents empl…