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Manufacturers to boost technology spend
Added: 24 Feb 2015
More than half of all small and medium sized (SME) manufacturers in England are planning to invest …
North Sea exploration “collapses”
Added: 24 Feb 2015
New oil & gas investments falling but production predicted to grow in 2015.
Manufacturers voice ‘Industry 4.0’ concern
Added: 23 Feb 2015
Manufacturing trade body EEF has published research which suggests that 80% of manufacturers in the…
Cogent and Skills Academy merge
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Sector skills group Cogent is merging with the National Skills Academy Process Industries (NSAPI) a…
MPs approve weakened shale regulations
Added: 16 Feb 2015
The Infrastructure Act gained Royal Assent last week, but only after regulations on shale gas devel…
Critical decade for CCS success
Added: 13 Feb 2015
The UK is entering a critical decade for the delivery of a low carbon economy by 2050, with Carbon …
Oil & Gas suppliers suffering
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Suppliers to the oil & gas industry are already beginning to suffer the impact of low oil prices, w…
Water utility tackles skills shortage
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Water firm United Utilities has invested £1.5 million in a new technical training centre located at…
China set for robotic future
Added: 11 Feb 2015
More industrial robots will be operating in China’s production plants in next three years’ time tha…
Eaton seals ‘smart’ supply deal
Added: 11 Feb 2015
Waste disposal company hires technology supplier for control of digester systems.
Green light for Roseacre Wood shale site
Added: 6 Feb 2015
Shale gas firm Cuadrilla has today been granted the environmental permits it needs to carry out exp…
Follow your heart, says prize winner
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Winner of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Robert Langer has advised students to foll…
New life for PLC market
Added: 4 Feb 2015
The global programmable logic controllers (PLC) market has reversed a downward trend, with positive…
Chemical engineer wins Queen's prize
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Chemical engineer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Robert Langer has today…
Corrosion testing facility expanded
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Growing demand for asset life extension solutions in the oil and gas industry has led Intertek to i…
Upgraded global oil & gas facility unveiled
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco last month unveiled its upgraded and expanded global production…
MPs reject shale ban as Lancashire decides
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Parliament has rejected calls for an outright ban on shale gas development, although projects will …
Biofuel processing 'improved'
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Rice University have developed a computational scree…
Ineos slams MPs’ call to ban shale gas
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Ineos has attacked politicians calling for a ban on shale gas development in the UK, describing a r…
Teesside industrial CCS plan launched
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Firms including BOC and Amec Foster Wheeler gathered in Westminster yesterday to launch their plans…
