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Authority rules against Ecolab and Holchem merger

Added: 9 Oct 2019

Ecolab’s merger with Holchem has been blocked by the Competition & Mergers Authority (CMA).

Relax… you’ve got through the deadliest workplace day of the year

Added: 9 Oct 2019

Superstitious souls might dread the approach of Friday the 13th but engineers who prefer to rely on…

Flexible working emerges as new priority for manufacturing employees

Added: 9 Oct 2019

Automation and agile production methods are contributing to a growing demand among manufacturing st…

Drax Power Plant

Drax go-ahead puts Government and Planning Inspectorate at odds

Added: 9 Oct 2019

The Government has announced that it has approved the installation of four new gas fired turbines f…

Engineers get to voice their thoughts on state of the nation

Added: 9 Oct 2019

The UK’s engineers are invited to share their views on the political, industrial and other challeng…

adi shapes future engineering careers with its fourth intake of pre-apprentices

Added: 8 Oct 2019

Birmingham-based engineering firm adi Group has welcomed a fourth intake to its pioneering pre-appr…

Deadline looms for top engineering women’s award nominations  

Added: 2 Oct 2019

With just days to go before the nominations close, the annual FDM everywoman in Technology Awards a…

Engineers who work remotely ‘earn nearly 50% more’ claim

Added: 2 Oct 2019

Remote working may not only become increasingly common for engineers but potentially more lucrative…

Fuchs aims for lubricants top spot with giant new automated site

Added: 2 Oct 2019

Fuchs Lubricants has begun work on a £5 million fully-automated raw materials warehouse with 4,000 …

Zeba beats challengers to win 2019 IMechE Apprentice of the Year Award

Added: 2 Oct 2019

Manufacturing engineering apprentice Zeba Kazi Osmani is the 2019 Institution of Mechanical Enginee…

ProGlove investment cites UK as Europe’s biggest growth market

Added: 24 Sep 2019

Industrial wearables giant ProGlove has identified the UK as the key growth market for its European…

Process expert px celebrates yet another slew of safety wins

Added: 24 Sep 2019

Storage management company px has once again won recognition from the Royal Society for the Prevent…

Royal stamp of approval for Tomlinson Hall's century

Added: 24 Sep 2019

Pump distributor and manufacturer Tomlinson Hall celebrated its centenary in business with a visit …

Assystem joins Northern Powerhouse Partner Programme

Added: 24 Sep 2019

Assystem, the world’s third largest nuclear engineering firm, has become an official partner in the…

Process innovators win Queen’s Awards for breakthroughs and exports

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Three process industry firms are celebrating this week being among 200 companies to receive a Queen…

Nuclear engineers

Engineering salaries show rise despite business uncertainty

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Engineering pay increased year on year for August, with salaries for new roles in the industry up 1…

Make UK/Santander analysis confirms Europe remains dominant market for UK

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Europe remains the main focus for UK goods, despite the fact that the USA is the largest single nat…

Siemens puts its money where its mouth is with Digital Academy pilot launch

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Six undergraduates have won £3,000 annual sponsorship and the chance of a three months paid placeme…

Million pound eel protection screen unveiled on River Derwent

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Yorkshire Water has completed its £1million scheme has been completed to prevent eels from the Rive…

Ion Science stays on target to achieve £20 million turnover in anniversary year

Added: 10 Sep 2019

The world’s largest manufacturer of volatile organic compounds (VOC) monitors, Cambridge-based Ion …