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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…
Optimising equipment to extract the best AD performance
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Anaerobic digestion plant performance depends on reliability and getting the most out of the feedst…
Safety and efficiency: collaborators, not competitors
Added: 10 May 2022
Protecting staff should be a priority for all businesses, but how can it be done so that productivi…
Talking factory sense in every language
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Language barriers provide obstacles to safety and efficiency in the industrial workplace but techno…
NCC team claims first after recycling continuous carbon fibres from pressure tanks
Added: 4 May 2022
Engineers at the National Composites Centre in Bristol are hailing a “significant milestone in the …
Aggreko completes £4.5 million green expansion
Added: 4 May 2022
Temporary power company Aggreko has completed the £4.5 million sustainably-resourced low-carbon exp…
Mechanical trapped key safety interlocks offer a way round human error in production
Added: 29 Jun 2022
Mechanical trapped key safety interlocks have a vital role in reducing scope for human error and av…
Brewery saved from closure by its commitment to creating opportunity
Added: 20 Apr 2022
A Bristol brewery company forced to close by the pandemic has been saved by the group it helped wit…
‘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…
Multimillion pound UAE sustainability awards open for 2023
Added: 24 Mar 2022
The £2.2 million Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's global award for recognising organisations a…
Chancellor warned pre-Statement: don’t alter R&D credit scheme
Added: 23 Mar 2022
As Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement is being delivered, UK industry is braced for the effe…
Work starts on UK’s largest aluminium packaging site
Added: 22 Mar 2022
Global packaging leader, the US Ball Corporation, has begun work on what will be the largest alumin…
Red light for red diesel warning
Added: 22 Mar 2022
Industrial users of red diesel are being warned to ensure any surplus fuel they hold in storage tan…
Shortages will impact supply chains ‘for years’
Added: 8 Mar 2022
Global supply chain resilience has plunged over the last year, with the Ukraine conflict set to mak…
Maersk completes final stage of its new £0.75 million safety training hub
Added: 8 Mar 2022
Maersk Training has now completed the final phase of its £750,000 refurbishment of its Aberdeen tra…
Post-pandemic manufacturers eye private equity opportunities
Added: 8 Mar 2022
Manufacturers are increasingly turning to private equity investment in order to boost their post-pa…
Women entrants help offset lockdown fall in UK engineer numbers
Added: 8 Mar 2022
The number of women in engineering jobs between 2010 and 2021 increased from 562,000 to 936,000 – a…
Precision, service life and accuracy are the valve essentials
Added: 4 May 2022
Accuracy may be key for a continuous control valve, but so is maintaining precision and service lif…
Assystem announces 450 new jobs on energy transition projects across UK
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Assytem is launching a massive recruitment drive to hire 450 new employees for a spate of low carbo…
Covid demand has pushed UK laboratories ‘to limit’
Added: 22 Feb 2022
A combination of spiralling costs, rising demand and stockpiling strategies has led to ‘empty wareh…
