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Atlas Copco Vacuum Solutions President Geert Follens

Takeover heralds Edwards culture change

Added: 27 Jan 2014

Long term issues like research and development will take priority over short term profits at vacuum…

CCS plant

Renewables project gets green light

Added: 27 Jan 2014

Scottish renewables firm Forth Energy has been given approval to build a combined heat and power (C…

David Cameron World Economic Forum Davos 2014

Shale vital for “reshoring” says PM

Added: 24 Jan 2014


Prime Minister David Cameron today told world leaders gathered in Switzerland that development of s…

Nat Grid gas pipeline Tirley12

Energy firm closes CCGT facility

Added: 24 Jan 2014

E.ON has announced it will close its combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) facility in Stoke, and cut c…

Low vibration levels which increase reliability for an extended lifetime, and reduced maintenance re

ABB expands drives & motors network

Added: 24 Jan 2014

ABB yesterday launched a new umbrella network of UK suppliers to manage the lifecycle of both its v…

UK's largest renewables project

Largest biogas project selects suppliers

Added: 22 Jan 2014

A Scottish distillery that is building the UK’s largest biogas to grid project has selected the fir…

Salmonella biofilms on various surfaces

Food processing faces salmonella risk

Added: 22 Jan 2014

Salmonella biofilms have been found to show significant resistance to powerful disinfectants, a stu…

Atlas Copco compressor upgarde

Compressed air supply upgrade

Added: 22 Jan 2014

Packaging company opts for Atlas Copco energy-saving compressor.

Oil and gas

Quality comes first in gas detection market

Added: 17 Jan 2014

Quality is rated as the most important attribute when it comes to sourcing gas safety suppliers, ac…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Energy costs limit aluminium growth

Added: 17 Jan 2014

The high price of energy is limiting investment in the UK aluminium sector, industry representative…

Food Greencore

Food industry must be “more effective”

Added: 15 Jan 2014

A year on from the horsemeat scandal, there are still lessons to be learned for the food industry, …

Greenpeace twitter

Fracking boost for local councils

Added: 13 Jan 2014

Prime Minister David Cameron will today announce a major boost to UK fracking as local councils are…

Shell Cologne Godorf explosion

Shell confirms tank fire

Added: 10 Jan 2014

Shell today confirmed that a storage tank at its Cologne-Godorf site in Germany caught fire yesterd…

Atlas Copco balloon

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.

Grating formation by two beam interference

Chemicals and pharma research funding boost

Added: 9 Jan 2014

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

Offshore wind farm at dusk

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.