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Manufacturers want EU referendum
Added: 26 May 2015
UK manufacturers have called for a referendum on European Union (EU) membership to take place by au…

Shale could 'learn' from offshore safety
Added: 22 May 2015
Emerging industries could learn process safety lessons from more mature sectors such as offshore oi…

Ferrybridge power station to close
Added: 20 May 2015
SSE has announced it will shut its Ferrybridge coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire next year…

Government crackdown on late payments
Added: 20 May 2015
Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…

Biogas grid worries fuel consultation
Added: 19 May 2015
Distribution trade body Energy Networks Association (ENA) has issued a consultation to gather indus…

Watson-Marlow buys valves firm
Added: 19 May 2015
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has acquired US-based valves firm Asepco through its p…

Mokveld acquires meter maker
Added: 19 May 2015
Dutch valves manufacturer Mokveld Valves has acquired Norwegian flow measurement specialist Abbon f…
Carbon Trust cooks up savings
Added: 13 May 2015
Results from industry trials conducted by the Carbon Trust demonstrate that improved ventilation in…

Lontra wins grant for ‘BladeAir’ project
Added: 13 May 2015
Midlands firm Lontra has secured a £250,000 grant from Innovate UK to develop a prototype of its Bl…

Key industry ministers appointed to cabinet
Added: 12 May 2015
The government’s new-look all-Conservative cabinet will meet at Downing Street later today, with Pr…

Decommissioning in the spotlight
Added: 6 May 2015
ABB study aims to identify most efficient strategies to promote circular economy.
Honeywell opens cyber security lab
Added: 6 May 2015
Industrial test facility to bolster development of technological solutions.
Women 'take advantage' of careers scheme
Added: 5 May 2015
Nearly 200 women have completed a programme designed to help overcome barriers to career progressio…
Dungeness in £30m maintenance shutdown
Added: 30 Apr 2015
EDF Energy will tomorrow take one of the two nuclear reactors at Dungeness B power station in Kent …
Fouling project seeks industry partner
Added: 28 Apr 2015
Research project will cut the cost of industrial fouling clean-up by 50%, its developers claim.

BP refining profits double
Added: 28 Apr 2015
BP today announced downstream oil & gas pre-tax profits of $2.2 billion (£1.44bn) for the first thr…
Female focus at engineering event
Added: 27 Apr 2015
A major focus of The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition (NECR) 2015 looked …

Bioplastics scale-up project starts
Added: 22 Apr 2015
Researchers from industry and academia have begun a £3 million project to scale-up the production o…
Skills initiative reaches milestone
Added: 20 Apr 2015
The Science Industry Partnership (SIP) has surpassed 2,000 people being trained across the chemical…

Amec FW wins nuclear decommissioning role
Added: 16 Apr 2015
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded Amec Foster Wheeler a contract to provide d…