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Siemens’ 3D breakthrough offers potential boost to asset life

Added: 13 Mar 2017

Siemens is claiming a breakthrough with the production of the first 3D-printed part to operate in a…

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Guarded welcome for Budget

Added: 10 Mar 2017

The oil and gas sector led the way in applauding Chancellor Philip Hammond’s 2017 budget after sign…

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Hammond delivers Budget treat for oil and STEM but sugar tax on soft drinks

Added: 8 Mar 2017

Oil and gas taxation, technical training, research and women in STEM were among the early beneficia…

Researcher

Innovation grant will boost development of oral Zika vaccine

Added: 8 Mar 2017

Thermo-stabilisation company Stabilitech has been awarded an innovation award to help it develop th…

Oil & Gas UK challenges Chancellor to relax investment regime

Added: 7 Mar 2017

The oil and gas industry has called on government to ensure a more liberal regime for investment fu…

Chemicals chief calls for pre-Brexit 'kick-start'

Added: 6 Mar 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has been challenged to address the UK’s uncompetitive energy costs and re…

AkzoNobel scoops work placement employer award

Added: 6 Mar 2017

Specialty chemicals and paints producer AkzoNobel has won the Industrial Cadets Employer of the Yea…

Apprentices

Engineering and manufacturing provide more than one in seven apprenticeships

Added: 6 Mar 2017

More than one in seven of all UK apprenticeships in the previous financial year were created in the…

David Peattie

Former BP engineer David Peattie named nuclear authority CEO

Added: 1 Mar 2017

Former BP engineer David Peattie has been appointed to the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at…

Launch of £490m Anglo-French electricity venture

Added: 1 Mar 2017

Energy minister Jesse Norman has laid the foundation stone for the new Eleclink electricity connect…

EPSRC invests £4.6m in nuclear robot development

Added: 28 Feb 2017

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.6 million in the dev…

Outgoing EngineeringUK chief executive a ‘hard act to follow’

Added: 24 Feb 2017

Paul Jackson, chief executive of industry body EngineeringUK, has decided to step down, following e…

EU ‘on cusp’ of losing hold as major industrial power

Added: 21 Feb 2017

The European Union is in danger of losing its status as a global industrial force, according to Eur…

Graduates

Engineering graduate shortfall hits 20,000 per year

Added: 20 Feb 2017

A report by EngineeringUK suggests the demand for graduates far outstrips supply, meaning there is …

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Unilever share price dented as Kraft rejection announced

Added: 20 Feb 2017

Shares in Unilever dropped following the news that KraftHeinz had withdrawn its £115 billion bid to…

Chemical engineering research pilot

AkzoNobel £11 million research investment paints brighter picture for Felling

Added: 20 Feb 2017

Dulux paint maker AkzoNobel is to create a new research facility in England at a cost of nearly £11…

Clean machines

Mechanical engineering leads record UK manufacturing demand

Added: 20 Feb 2017

Demand for UK-manufactured goods reached a two-year high in the last quarter to February 2017, says…

Moorside

Brexit could threaten new nuclear reactor build in the UK, says report

Added: 16 Feb 2017

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) could threaten nuclear fuel supplies and new nuc…

NWED: Women in Engineering Day

IET to challenge girls’ perception of engineering with social campaign

Added: 15 Feb 2017

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has brought in consumer PR agency Tin Man to de…

IET harnesses scholarships ceremony to combat skills and recruitment shortage

Added: 15 Feb 2017

The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced that nearly two thirds of its annual sc…