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Vert Rotors claims a first with Scottish enterprise support

Added: 13 Feb 2017

Edinburgh-based Vert Rotors is claiming a UK first with the installation of the 5-Axis machine, the…

Bath celebrates Perera FDM award

Added: 13 Feb 2017

Bath university’s reputation as a leader in chemical engineering higher education has been boosted …

Kate Baxter, Mars UK engineer

Semta report reveals key factor to inspire women into engineering

Added: 13 Feb 2017

Female engineering recruits may be more inspired by the prospect of interesting work than career pr…

Cyber security

Quantitative methods could protect plants from hacks, say researchers

Added: 12 Feb 2017

Using quantitative methods to prioritise cyber security will help protect power stations from hacks…

Tata return to profit for third quarter

Added: 8 Feb 2017

Reduced energy bills and higher steel prices have contributed to Port Talbot owner Tata getting bac…

Ensco drilling rig

Delek Group buys Ithaca Energy for $1.24bn

Added: 7 Feb 2017

Israel-based conglomerate Delek Group has agreed to buy North Sea oil and gas operator Ithaca Energ…

BP contract extends Sparrows link to 50 years

Added: 6 Feb 2017

BP has extended Sparrows Group’s contract to operate and maintain its pedestal cranes across eight …

Subsea platform

Hydro wins Company prize at Subsea UK Awards

Added: 6 Feb 2017

Hydro Group has scooped the Company of the Year trophy at the Subsea UK annual awards in Aberdeen

Four engineers scoop £1m Queen’s prize for work on digital imaging sensors

Added: 5 Feb 2017

Four engineers have been awarded the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for their…

Engineering apprentices

Engineering survey reveals growth and pay rises but falling confidence

Added: 1 Feb 2017

More than half of engineers surveyed around the world received a pay rise in the last year, with a …

Shell sells multiple North Sea assets to Chrysaor for $3.8bn

Added: 31 Jan 2017

Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell $3.8 billion (£2.46bn) worth of its North Se…

Laboratories need to be safe, whilst enabling researcher to achieve their potential

Novo Nordisk funds Oxford’s £115 million diabetes research centre

Added: 30 Jan 2017

Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is to fund a £115 million diabetes research centre at Oxford un…

Cereal drying plant

Weetabix announces £30m investment but hints at price hike

Added: 30 Jan 2017

Weetabix has announced plans for a £30 million development to boost its production sites at Burton …

BP sells North Sea oilfield stake for $85m

Added: 24 Jan 2017

BP has sold 25% of its North Sea Magnus oilfield, a 25% stake in various pipelines and a 3% stake i…

Process industry leaders applaud May industrial plan

Added: 23 Jan 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May’s 10 point plan for an overhaul of industrial strategy with a focus on s…

The Stomacher 4500 has been specifically designed for large volume food safety testing

Council bars product return before safety tests complete

Added: 20 Jan 2017

Manufacturer Errington Cheese has been told it must put on hold plans to put two of its products ba…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

UK chemical engineering student intake drops by 12%

Added: 18 Jan 2017

Figures released by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show a 12% fall in studen…

Guarded Brexit response from industry leaders

Added: 18 Jan 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement in her Brexit address that the UK would quit the European Si…

Beth Thomas 23 Reactor Chemistry Engineer at EDF Energy

Report says demand for 142,000 new STEM posts spells jobs for the girls

Added: 18 Jan 2017

Nearly one in four of the 640,000-plus vacancies created in science, engineering and technology in …

Honeywell IoT

Honeywell and Dover to partner on IIoT solutions

Added: 18 Jan 2017

Honeywell and Dover Energy Automation have announced a new collaboration to help industrial energy …