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Atlas Copco completes Edwards acquisition

Added: 9 Jan 2014

Atlas Copco today announced it had completed its acquisition of UK vacuum pump manufacturer Edwards…

Shell Cologne Godorf explosion

Explosion at Shell refinery

Added: 9 Jan 2014

German media is reporting an explosion at Shell Chemical’s Cologne-Godorf refinery.

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Chemicals and pharma research funding boost

Added: 9 Jan 2014

The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council has announced £3.6m funding for manufacturing …

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Plan to pay process plants to use electricity

Added: 7 Jan 2014

Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…

Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

Wylfa nuclear reaches milestone

Added: 6 Jan 2014

Wylfa Newydd proposed nuclear facility receives boost as assessment of its nuclear reactor progress…

Sellafield nuclear facility

Vitrification plant to open at Sellafield

Added: 6 Jan 2014

The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) today said it will develop a waste disposal test facility …

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

Westinghouse enters Sellafield

Added: 24 Dec 2013

US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse joins up with GDF Suez to build 3.6GW plant at Sellafield.

Shipwrecked Beer

Brewers hit emissions target early

Added: 23 Dec 2013

The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…

Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

Ofgem approves demand response scheme

Added: 23 Dec 2013

The energy regulator Ofgem has approved National Grid’s plans to introduce a demand side scheme to …

Ineos Grangemouth

Grangemouth staff agree pension deal

Added: 20 Dec 2013

The majority of employees at the Grangemouth petrochemicals facility have agreed to sign up to new …

Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

Energy Bill gains Royal Assent

Added: 19 Dec 2013

The government’s Energy Bill containing its long-running electricity market reforms yesterday becam…

Areas under Consideration (SEA Areas) and Currently Licensed Areas

Shale drilling considered for bulk of UK

Added: 18 Dec 2013

The government is considering over half of the land across the UK as potential areas for shale gas …

CCS plant

Tees Valley process funding agreed

Added: 16 Dec 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.

Ineos Grangemouth

Ineos considers UK shale production

Added: 16 Dec 2013

Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.

Cyber security

Siemens launches cyber security platform

Added: 12 Dec 2013

Siemens yesterday launched a new cyber security service for industrial customers, rolling it out fi…

Poultry processing

Food industry targets innovation for growth

Added: 12 Dec 2013

Greater use of sensors across processing plants and the simulation and modelling of new facilities …

Grundfos pump

Pump guidance “misleading”

Added: 11 Dec 2013

Firms trying to use electric motor efficiency ratings to sell wastewater pumps are guilty of mislea…

Muller's new butter churn facility

Müller opens £17m butter plant

Added: 10 Dec 2013

The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks …

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Drax CCS wins FEED funding

Added: 9 Dec 2013

The firms behind a planned £2.2bn coal-fired plant fully equipped with Carbon Capture and Storage (…

Autumn Statement outlines boost for skills sector

Skills sector must maintain support

Added: 6 Dec 2013

Engineering bodies have welcomed the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but have urged the UK government…