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Amazon UK to supply industry and labs
Added: 22 Sep 2015
Amazon today launched an online industrial and scientific supply store in the UK, which it says wil…
Osborne announces £2bn Hinkley deal
Added: 21 Sep 2015
Chancellor George Osborne has today announced a £2 billion guarantee with China for the development…
Utilities splash-out on upgrades
Added: 18 Sep 2015
Water supply and treatment utility Yorkshire Water has announced a £100 million mechanical contract…
Maintenance slump a 'critical risk'
Added: 17 Sep 2015
A new study has revealed a downward slide for maintenance budgets among UK manufacturers, putting t…
GSK teams up with Siemens
Added: 16 Sep 2015
Siemens has signed a global deal with GlaxoSmithKline to supply automation equipment and services t…
Skills support impacting SMEs
Added: 15 Sep 2015
Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are building a competitive advantage through training and …
Wessex Water lifts boil notice
Added: 14 Sep 2015
Wessex Water has lifted a ’boil water’ notice affecting 250 of its customers in the Somerset area.
Scrap ineffective green taxes, says EEF
Added: 14 Sep 2015
A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF calls on the government to scrap the Carbon F…
Breakthrough in plant efficiency
Added: 10 Sep 2015
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed new analysis that coul…
Oil & gas boasts efficiency drive
Added: 9 Sep 2015
Efforts to improve efficiency in the North Sea are beginning to pay off, a new report suggests.
New detector tackles tiny particles
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Air Monitors has launched in the UK what it describes as the world’s smallest nanoparticle detector…
Food & drink exports take a tumble
Added: 7 Sep 2015
The value of UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports fell by 5.3% to £6bn in the first half of this…
'Red tape' limits green initiatives
Added: 4 Sep 2015
Unnecessary levels of complexity and red tape are holding back environmental initiatives within the…
Food sector set for hiring bonanza
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Local food and drink producers expect to create more than 73,000 new jobs over the next five years,…
Compressor wins IMechE funding
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Midlands-based firm Lontra has been named as one of the first to receive a funding boost from the I…
Schlumberger in $14.8bn merger
Added: 28 Aug 2015
Oil and gas technology firm Schlumberger has acquired flow equipment provider Cameron in a deal wor…
Fanuc extends ‘cobot’ range
Added: 27 Aug 2015
Fanuc Robotics UK has launched what it calls a “game-changing” human-safe robot, with a higher payl…
Materials boost for energy storage
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Funding to develop advanced materials for future energy storage technologies has been announced.
'Bouyant' outlook for food sector
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Growth in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector is forecast to rise between 3-4% over the next…
UK manufacturers boast innovation
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Manufacturers in the UK are using innovation to deliver productivity improvements and export growth…
