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Solvay chemicals plant, US

Trump win could unsettle European chemicals market, says Cefic

Added: 9 Nov 2016

Chemical businesses within the European Union face a short-term period of uncertainty following the…

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

Oil and gas industry calls for investor confidence ‘help’

Added: 7 Nov 2016

Oil & Gas UK, the trade body representing the UK’s oil and gas industry, has called on Chancellor P…

Post-Brexit manufacturing investment to slow, report finds

Added: 7 Nov 2016

Research conducted by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and banking group Santander reveals man…

Fracking shale gas

UKOOG calls in Community to promote onshore oil & gas

Added: 3 Nov 2016

UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG), the trade body representing the UK’s onshore sector, has joined for…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturers ‘capitalising’ on weaker pound, says report

Added: 3 Nov 2016

Just over half (51%) of UK manufacturers see the falling pound as a key benefit for their business …

Engineering institutions join forces to promote careers in the industry

Added: 1 Nov 2016

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institu…

food and drink

Physics focus ‘can help’ food & drink manufacturing post-Brexit

Added: 26 Oct 2016

The president of the Institute of Physics (IOP) has said a focus on physics could help UK food and …

Process Manufacturing Centre

£5m skills development facility opens in Huddersfield

Added: 25 Oct 2016

Projex Solutions, which specialises in the development of project management solutions for the proc…

Scottish Water fined for valve failure

Added: 25 Oct 2016

Utility Scottish Water has been fined £7,500 for pollution of the Caaf Water and River Garnock, Kil…

Emerson pumps $3.1bn into valves

Added: 25 Oct 2016

Emerson Process Management has signed an agreement to acquire Pentair’s valves and control arm in a…

Safety Council supports healthy workplaces campaign

Added: 24 Oct 2016

The British Safety Council has leant its support to the 2016 European Week for Safety and Health at…

Biomass polymer

‘Nuisance’ polymer becomes biomass breakthrough

Added: 23 Oct 2016

A team of scientists at Swiss research institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) …

manuacturing

Challenge to Government to strengthen industrial strategy

Added: 23 Oct 2016

A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF and banking group NatWest calls on government…

environment

Report suggests UK reliant on unproven emissions technologies

Added: 23 Oct 2016

A perspective published in the journal Science suggests the Paris Agreement and the carbon-reductio…

Manufacturing sparks

EEF launches campaign to develop manufacturing talent

Added: 19 Oct 2016

A new leadership and development programme launched by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is des…

Industry ‘vigilant’ over Brexit negotiations

Added: 19 Oct 2016

A report published by Engineering the Future looks at the impact leaving the EU could have on the w…

Fracking shale gas

Fracking support goes negative ‘for first time’

Added: 17 Oct 2016

A survey conducted by the University of Nottingham reveals support for fracking is at an all-time l…

Pills drugs medicine

Drug-delay tactics called into question

Added: 17 Oct 2016

A meeting in Geneva this week will question the practice of extending the life of drug patents as a…

Light bulb

‘Action needed’ on carbon targets and energy security

Added: 14 Oct 2016

According to a report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK must take concrete action to…

food and drink

Brexit vote chips food & drink confidence

Added: 12 Oct 2016

Britain’s vote to leave the EU has rocked confidence among the UK’s food and drink manufacturers, a…