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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…

Ineos acquires North Sea exploration licences
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Chemicals giant Ineos has acquired a majority stake in two exploration licences in the Northern Gas…

BSC opens Mumbai base after deal with leading Indian safety trainer
Added: 20 Nov 2017
India’s leading safety training organisation has joined forces with the British Safety Council in o…
STEM grads more likely to be out of work says CIPD report
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Young people who study STEM subjects have the highest rate of graduate unemployment immediately aft…

Engineering firm sentenced over legionella risk at powder coating plant
Added: 17 Nov 2017
De-Met Colourcoat has been sentenced after failing to adequately control the risk of legionella bac…