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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…

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 …

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 …

Energy Bill gains Royal Assent
Added: 19 Dec 2013
The government’s Energy Bill containing its long-running electricity market reforms yesterday becam…
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 …

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 considers UK shale production
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.
Siemens launches cyber security platform
Added: 12 Dec 2013
Siemens yesterday launched a new cyber security service for industrial customers, rolling it out fi…

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 …

Pump guidance “misleading”
Added: 11 Dec 2013
Firms trying to use electric motor efficiency ratings to sell wastewater pumps are guilty of mislea…

Müller opens £17m butter plant
Added: 10 Dec 2013
The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks …

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 (…

Skills sector must maintain support
Added: 6 Dec 2013
Engineering bodies have welcomed the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but have urged the UK government…

£190bn of process projects in national plan
Added: 4 Dec 2013
Over £190 billion of projects featuring process technologies have been identified in the latest ver…

Global safety standard being developed
Added: 3 Dec 2013
The International Council of Chemicals Associations (ICCA) is currently developing a performance me…

Grangemouth shale gas import site selected
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Ineos Petrochemicals today confirmed it had selected the location of an ethane tank it plans to bui…

Honeywell wins Middle East’s largest refinery
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Honeywell has won the contract to automate what will be the Middle East’s largest refinery.

£1.4bn deal for 34MW waste plant
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Hitachi Zosen Inova is to build a 34MW energy from waste (EfW) plant after its client SITA signed a…

Engineering apprenticeships drop 12%
Added: 2 Dec 2013
The number of people aged under 19 taking engineering-related Advanced Level Apprenticeships has fa…
Food engineering centre vision agreed
Added: 2 Dec 2013
The vision that will drive a national Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering was agreed by indus…