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INEOS Oxide site at Saltend, Hull

Ineos expands chemical manufacturing plant in Hull

Added: 12 Jul 2016

Chemicals manufacturer Ineos has announced plans to expand its ethyl acetate manufacturing facility…

STFC Daresbury Lab

Engineering innovation campus opens in Cheshire

Added: 11 Jul 2016

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has opened a Campus Technology Hub for advance…

Engineering apprentices

Report calls for technical skills upheaval

Added: 8 Jul 2016

A report of the Independent Panel of Technical Education has called for major reform of technical e…

Fracking shale gas

‘Uncertainty’ clouds UK shale future

Added: 7 Jul 2016

A report published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) reveals there is major uncertainty over…

EU/UK flags

Engineering institutions join forces over Brexit

Added: 6 Jul 2016

All 38 engineering organisations in the UK have united under one banner to advise the government on…

Carbon capture breakthrough

Scientists make ‘low-cost’ carbon capture breakthrough

Added: 6 Jul 2016

Scientists from the University of York have developed a low-cost, efficient method for capturing ca…

Cloud to drive next-gen automation systems

Added: 6 Jul 2016

The adoption of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) within the process industries is set to grow …

Hinkley Point C

Unions call for Hinkley Point decision

Added: 1 Jul 2016

Trade unions in the UK have urged EDF Energy to make a "timely" final investment decision over the …

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

Added: 30 Jun 2016

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the French Nuclear Society have committed to work togeth…

Discovery Park biomass plant

Biomass to power science park

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Construction of a new £140 million biomass plant has begun at science and technology innovation cen…

Manufacturing sparks

Brexit: Industry bodies call for ‘clear’ exit strategy

Added: 24 Jun 2016

A vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the European Union has prompted industry trade bodies t…

Brexit branded a ‘gamble’ for UK manufacturing

Added: 22 Jun 2016

The head of the national trade union centre (TUC) and the chief of Britain’s manufacturing employer…

BASF splashes $3.2bn on Chemetall

Added: 21 Jun 2016

BASF has bought a German-based surface treatment business from US specialty chemicals company, Albe…

‘Brexit’ no silver bullet warns UK Steel

Added: 16 Jun 2016

The director of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, said this week that Britain would be better able to prevent…

Food waste firm fined for toxic gas hazard

Added: 16 Jun 2016

A food waste disposal and recycling company has been fined £250,000 after three employees were over…

Internet of Things

'Gaping hole' in Industry 4.0 knowledge

Added: 16 Jun 2016

There is a gaping hole in UK manufacturers’ understanding of Industry 4.0 as only 8% are confident …

Polymer membrane patterns get 3D makeover

Added: 14 Jun 2016

A new form of 3D printing developed by US researchers may offer a faster method for developing and …

P&G to phase out phosphates

Added: 14 Jun 2016

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced plans to phase out phosphates in its Fairy dishwasher tablets …

Crystal clears up nuclear waste

Crystal ‘clears up’ nuclear waste

Added: 13 Jun 2016

Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the US have discovered a n…

Premier Oil North Sea platform

Oil & gas jobs plummet by 120,000

Rob Smith | Added: 10 Jun 2016

A new report published by industry trade body Oil & Gas UK reveals that by the end of this year, mo…