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Tata Steel to consider 'all options' for UK business

Added: 30 Mar 2016

Tata Steel announced today it would "explore all options” for its loss-making UK business, which co…

The right chemistry

Louisa Hearn | Added: 24 Mar 2016

When reporters in the mainstream media write about chemicals, it’s often for all the wrong reasons.…

Scientists target PET plastic puzzle

Added: 17 Mar 2016

Researchers around the world are inching closer to halting the environmental damage caused by the p…

Crunch time for ailing steel sector

Added: 16 Feb 2016

A campaign to tackle the threats posed by the influx of cheap Chinese steel into Europe was launche…

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

Calibration: Field factors

Added: 22 Jan 2016

The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…

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UK steel snubbed for Hinkley Point C

Rob Smith | Added: 20 Jan 2016

Steel made in the UK will not be used for the largest forgings at Hinkley Point C nuclear power sta…

XRF analyser

X-ray fluorescence analysers for metals analysis

Ashtead Technology | Added: 19 Jan 2016

Ashtead Technology says X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one of the most important technologies in its r…

Process safety engineer

Process safety: cleaning house

Rob Smith | Added: 19 Jan 2016

Failure to recognise hazards in process plants could prove fatal, writes Robert Smith.

Tata Steel to cut jobs at Port Talbot plant

Added: 18 Jan 2016

Tata Steel has announced a further 1050 job cuts, as the steel industry crisis continues to deepen …

Heat exchanger

Step change for heat exchangers

Added: 11 Jan 2016

The transition from shell-and-tube to plate heat exchangers is gathering pace, writes Michelle Knot…

Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing

Added: 11 Jan 2016

Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…

Ashtead critical care

Critical care

Added: 17 Dec 2015

There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

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Online calculator combats grit costs

Added: 17 Dec 2015

Hydro International has launched an industry tool to help assess the  full operating cost impact of…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing growth 'faded away'

Added: 7 Dec 2015

A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…

Food and drink manufacturing

Manufacturing pace loses momentum

Added: 2 Dec 2015

The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…

Ebswien sewage plant, Vienna

Sewage gas to power waste plant

Added: 30 Nov 2015

Siemens technology is being used to convert the Ebswien wastewater treatment works in Vienna into a…

Manufacturing Barometer

£92m for manufacturing hubs

Added: 20 Nov 2015

Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has today announced £92 million worth of investment fo…

Additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing: new frontiers

Added: 10 Nov 2015

From humble beginnings, additive manufacturing has evolved into a process that impacts almost every…

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Amec Foster inks graphene deal

Added: 9 Nov 2015

Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

Tata Steel Scunthorpe works

EU agrees to crisis steel meeting

Added: 30 Oct 2015

EU ministers have agreed to hold an emergency meeting on the UK steel crisis following an appeal fr…