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Partners’ pioneering PPE materials use waste to tackle waste
Added: 12 Jan 2026
A university famed for its expertise in polymer chemistry has teamed up with a midlands-based firm …

Process news in brief: Apprenticeships, contracts, awards, appointments
Added: 12 Jan 2026
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has appointed new non-executive board members from Whiteh…

Uncertainty hints at a surer path to clean fusion energy
Added: 8 Jan 2026
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is working with a pioneering AI company in an effort to reduce t…

Arctic blasts hit power systems and industry budgets
Added: 7 Jan 2026
Plunging temperatures sent industrial and domestic power demands peaking, with a substantial increa…

Process news in brief: appointments, acquisitions, partnerships, expansions
Added: 5 Jan 2026
CEO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe Rob Ingram is the new president of Plastics Europe, the pan-…

Women scientists and engineers prominent in New Year Honours list
Added: 31 Dec 2025
Women scientists and engineers have featured strongly among the upper echelons of the 2026 New Year…
In engineers we trust: poll lays bare public support
Added: 14 Dec 2025
Public trust in a variety of once-respected roles is falling but engineers remain one profession in…

Chemmies salute sector stars on stage at Blackpool
Added: 14 Dec 2025
DSV Air and Sea topped the finalists at this year’s Chemmie Awards hosted by the Chemical Business …

MakeUK/BDO survey applauds Q4 growth but says worries ahead
Added: 14 Dec 2025
Make UK issued a relatively upbeat report on UK manufacturing for the final quarter of 2025, with b…

BCAS appoints Hayward as first female president
Added: 10 Dec 2025
Wendy Hayward has made history as the first woman president appointed to head the British Compresse…

KTP Awards mark 50th year and £2.3 billion value creation
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards celebrated the scheme’s half century with…

Atlas Group purchases Anglian Compressors
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Anglian Compressors & Equipment, the Cambridgeshire-based compressed air distributor, has been acqu…

CBA reports slight improvements but background concerns for chemical sector
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Improvements in third quarter results within the chemicals sector have failed to allay concerns for…

Process news in brief: sector recruitment, expansions, training, appointments, contracts
Added: 25 Oct 2025
Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) is celebrating its largest-ever…

Start-up and college to launch industrial waste-to-feedstock trading platform
Added: 24 Oct 2025
A collaboration between a business startup and a college, aided by a biotech support organisation, …

Innovators saluted at 2025 IET Achievement Awards
Added: 24 Oct 2025
Pioneers in photovoltaics, physical computing, quantum and wearable tech dominated this year’s Inst…

Former minister Halfon appointed to key Make UK role
Added: 19 Oct 2025
Make UK has appointed former Tory minister Robert Halfon as its new executive director responsible …

Engineering bodies highlight STEM gender gaps as exam results revealed
Added: 21 Aug 2025
Engineering leaders have welcomed signs of progress in science and technology uptake among students…

PE news in brief: chemicals supply chain, steel closure, overtime issues
Added: 21 Aug 2025
The Chemical Business Association has reported “cautious optimism” in its Q2 2025 supply chain surv…

RAEng mourns loss of former chief Sir David Davies
Added: 21 Aug 2025
Former Royal Academy of Engineering president and government adviser Sir David Davies has died at t…