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Former NEPIC chief among NY Honours List recipients
Added: 2 Jan 2018
Former North East of England Process Industry Cluster CEO Dr Stan Higgins is among the leading figu…
UK faces process industry challenge and opportunity from Germany
Added: 2 Jan 2018
Germany could be competing for British engineering graduates, as the country faces an impending ski…
Nuclear and renewable provide most of Scottish electricity supply
Added: 2 Jan 2018
Almost 90% of Scotland’s electricity was produced in the last 12 months by a combination of nuclear…
HSE to target food manufacturing ill health with unannounced inspections
Added: 2 Jan 2018
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will start making unannounced inspections of food manufacturi…
Ehrco marks 25th anniversary with an 18% turnover rise
Added: 20 Dec 2017
Hydraulic hose and fitting company Ehrco has rounded off its first quarter century by recording an …
Industry rebuffs Edinburgh uni's pessimistic UK oil and gas report
Added: 20 Dec 2017
UK oil and gas industry leaders have reacted strongly to an academic report that claimed the UK’s k…
Cavendish Nuclear wins £95m clean up contract with Sellafield
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract worth £95 million to support clean up at Sellafield n…
Fracking wastewater treatment could cost £1million per well in UK
Added: 18 Dec 2017
The treatment and disposal of fracking wastewater in the UK could cost between £100,000 and £1 mill…
Xylem acquires analytics firm Pure for $397m
Added: 15 Dec 2017
Water technology business Xylem has acquired diagnostic and analytics solutions firm Pure for $397 …
Government invests £86m in nuclear fusion research
Added: 11 Dec 2017
The government has invested £86 million in the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) nuclear fusion …
Bioethanol plant to stay closed unless change in market
Added: 7 Dec 2017
Britain’s biggest bioethanol producer, Vivergo, said it would ‘closely monitor the market’ before c…
Wood wins £12 million Hinkley Point C contract
Added: 7 Dec 2017
Wood has won an £11.9 million contract to be sole supplier of inspection qualification services to …
GE announces more than 1,000 UK power jobs to go
Added: 7 Dec 2017
General Electric is to shed more than 1,000 UK jobs from its power division, as part of swingeing c…
UK manufacturing boosted by European performance
Added: 4 Dec 2017
European markets continue to play a key role for British manufacturing toward the end of this year,…
Nuclear industry makes ‘key contribution to Britain’s GDP’
Added: 4 Dec 2017
Britain’s civil nuclear industry contributed some £6.4 billion to the UK economy last year, claims …
EPSRC invests £7m in materials research at SuperSTEM microscopy lab
Added: 4 Dec 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £7 million in new equip…
Xylem chief takes over as BPMA head
Added: 4 Dec 2017
Xylem Water Solutions managing director Duncan Lewis has officially taken over as the president of …
Process leaders on industrial strategy: good but not sufficient
Added: 28 Nov 2017
Welcome for the Government’s newly unveiled industrial strategy has been tempered by demands from t…
IET research shows majority of children see engineering as male profession
Added: 24 Nov 2017
Research by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) reveals only 9% of children aged be…
Process industries provide a Budget welcome, but with caveats
Added: 23 Nov 2017
The first Autumn Budget in 20 years received a mostly favourable welcome from the process sectors b…
