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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…

Process safety engineer

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 …

Manufacturing Barometer

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…