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State of the art burners enable brickworks to build on efficiency
Added: 10 Jul 2019
A traditional manufacturer found a cutting-edge solution when its furnaces needed to adapt to diffe…

Network Rail eyes steel assets to keep trains on track
Added: 3 Jul 2019
Network Rail has indicated it may be among the bidders after suggesting it was interested in part o…

Siemens launches Industry 4.0 curriculum for universities
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Siemens is stepping into university with the launch of a teaching programme designed to put industr…

Bumper share of new research money goes to process industry projects
Added: 18 Jun 2019
Institution of Mechanical Engineers head of engineering Dr Jenifer Baxter has applauded the announc…

Tarmac gets to grip with UK’s rubber mountain
Added: 10 Jun 2019
Materials solutions company Tarmac has launched a new rubberised asphalt it says will recycle thous…

IMechE welcomes call to boost foreign engineer numbers
Added: 4 Jun 2019
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has welcomed calls by a key advisory body for employers to …

Assystem launches massive UK nuclear recruitment drive as SME hires dive
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Nuclear engineering company Assystem is hiring as many as 400 people for jobs in the UK.

DigiTool’s £1.2 million to cut the cost of damaged tools and dies
Added: 4 Jun 2019
The humble die may be an often-overlooked part of the industrial production process but the wear an…

Insurance experts call for settlement of British Steel claim
Added: 23 May 2019
An ongoing dispute between British Steel and top insurers could help save the troubled company if i…

Strathclyde research aims to save up to 100k tonnes of landfill waste annually
Added: 21 May 2019
New research from the University of Strathclyde has harnessed heat treatment methods to reduce wast…

British Steel pleads for Government loan
Added: 15 May 2019
British Steel has urgently requested a Government loan of £75 million to combat the effects of Brex…

Bearings firm nearly doubles stockpile capacity over customers’ Brexit fears
Added: 30 Apr 2019
A leading UK bearing manufacturer and European exporter admits it has nearly doubled its storage ca…

Six ingredients for better additive manufacturing
Added: 17 Apr 2019
Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metal parts and components is gaining prominence for its potential t…

Designing cable assemblies with practical manufacturing in mind
Added: 10 Apr 2019
When you design cable assemblies, you need to know the end result is practical for manufacturing. T…

RAE unveils Seven Wonders of the engineering world to spur recruits
Added: 2 Apr 2019
Clean Water, Gore-Tex fabric and 3D printed bone implants have been listed by a poll of young UK pr…

Pump Industry Awards crown 2019 winners
Added: 22 Mar 2019
Xylem’s Flyght concertor won the Process Engineering-sponsored Product of the Year category at the …

Babcock launches £2.4 million composite test facility with Edinburgh university
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Babcock international is partnering the University of Edinburgh to launch a £2.4 million engineerin…

Non-Destructive Testing apprenticeships win national recognition
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Skills Training UK has been shortlisted for its pioneering work in the development of non-destructi…

UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report
Added: 6 Mar 2019
As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…

Let's make apprenticeships work for everyone
Added: 4 Mar 2019
It's National Apprenticeship Week from today until 8 March – EU Automation’s Jonathan Wilkins highl…