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PIA Awards show pumps industry is back in business

Added: 28 Sep 2021

The best known brands in the UK pumps sector were back in force for the long-awaited Pumps Industry…

Cyber threats at record levels in UK warns report

Added: 22 Sep 2021

New data on cybersecurity trends by a leading expert in the field claims the private and public sec…

New £0.425 million funding to boost UK’s quantum manufacturing

Added: 22 Sep 2021

Ionoptika Ltd and the University of Surrey have been awarded project grants worth a total of £425,0…

Applications open for £50k grant prizes for UK women innovators

Added: 1 Sep 2021

More than 20 female entrepreneurs will be able to benefit from the £1million-plus prize pot on offe…

Look to robotics but don’t ignore the human factor in UK recovery urges ProGlove spokesman

Added: 31 Aug 2021

UK manufacturers looking to achieve a post-Covid industrial recovery were cautioned not to place al…

World renowned Scottish forging and forming centre opens office in ‘steel city’

Added: 31 Aug 2021

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), part of the National Manuf…

Graduates

IET tells employers to look beyond A-level grades for engineers

Added: 12 Aug 2021

An Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) spokeswoman said the uncertainty over A-level gr…

New £2 mill specialist welding machine will cut scrap waste by two thirds vows manufacturer

Added: 12 Aug 2021

Brighouse-based Siddall and Hilton has hailed the launch of its new £2 million specialist welding m…

University and business collaboration produces 24 hour turnaround

Added: 12 Aug 2021

Mersen UK Teesside’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) venture with Teesside University has decr…

Biogen AD plant

York hails pioneering £1.2 million AD Centre of Excellence

Added: 12 Aug 2021

York University and Yorkshire Water are establishing a Centre of Excellence for anaerobic digestion…

£18.27 million investment boosts Midlands’ advanced ceramics ambitions

Added: 26 Jul 2021

Midlands Industrial Ceramics Group has secured £18.27 million in government funding provided throug…

FANUC produces 750,000th robot

Added: 25 Jul 2021

FANUC Corporation has produced its 750,000th industrial robot, claiming it as an industry record.

Heriot-Watt vows £0.6 million laser beam award will transform UK industrial capabilities

Added: 13 Jul 2021

Researchers at the National Robotarium based at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University have secured a £…

WMFTG marks Bredel anniversary with €4 million investment

Added: 13 Jul 2021

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG)has marked the 60th anniversary of its Bredel brand wit…

Four share Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies prize money

Added: 13 Jul 2021

Four tech innovators from four categories shared the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technolo…

Food and drinks industry must heed best practice on water use, says report

Added: 28 Jun 2021

Poorly managed water systems and processes are risking the food and drinks industry’s reputation an…

adi Group jobs boost helps drive sustainability agenda

Added: 27 Jun 2021

Birmingham-based engineering firm adi Group has added 50 staff and announced a series of senior app…

British Water and the Water Industry Forum members ponder merger plan

Added: 25 Jun 2021

Two leading UK water sector organisations are recommending to their members that they join forces.

Royal Society of Chemistry win for industry-boosting hydrogen peroxide production breakthrough

Added: 15 Jun 2021

A new method to allow utility and other industrial companies to deliver hydrogen peroxide on site a…

Water

Utilities’ business investment fall is nearly twice the average for UK industries say analysts

Added: 15 Jun 2021

Latest ONS data shows business investment in UK utilities sector fell by almost a quarter last year…