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Chocolate manufacturing plant

Manchester launches manufacturing strategy

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Advanced materials, chemicals and food & drink processing are all set to play a role in a strategy …

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturers to boost technology spend

Added: 24 Feb 2015

More than half of all small and medium sized (SME) manufacturers in England are planning to invest …

Robert Langer

Follow your heart, says prize winner

Added: 5 Feb 2015

Winner of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Robert Langer has advised students to foll…

Stan Higgins

Gone from the wind – industrial CCS

Added: 4 Feb 2015

Almost half of the emissions that need to be captured to battle climate change come from the proces…

Food lab testing facility

Corrosion testing facility expanded

Added: 3 Feb 2015

Growing demand for asset life extension solutions in the oil and gas industry has led Intertek to i…

Biofuel processing

Biofuel processing 'improved'

Added: 27 Jan 2015

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Rice University have developed a computational scree…

Teesside process industry cluster CCS

Teesside industrial CCS plan launched

Added: 26 Jan 2015

Firms including BOC and Amec Foster Wheeler gathered in Westminster yesterday to launch their plans…

Steve Donnelly and MIAMI

Data study fuels nuclear safety

Added: 20 Jan 2015

Engineers at the University of Huddersfield are using electron microscopy to ensure the safety of t…

Bulk-Out BFC-X bulk bag discharger

In the bag

Added: 14 Jan 2015

Dutch compounder cleans up with new bulk bag discharger.

money trees skills wealth

A wealth of opportunity

Added: 14 Jan 2015

Chemical engineering graduates earn some of the best salaries in the country. But does this stop th…

SIHI Isochem modular chemical pump

Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer

Added: 8 Jan 2015

Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Manufacturers’ confidence halves

Added: 5 Jan 2015

Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …

National Grid

Grid encourages more plant shutdowns

Added: 15 Dec 2014

National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…

Osborne Alexander Autumn Statement

Autumn statement: formulation funding

Added: 3 Dec 2014

A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Autumn statement: North Sea and shale win

Added: 3 Dec 2014

Chancellor George Osborne today used his Autumn Statement to increase tax relief for North Sea oil …

Bara PPMA Robot2

Cyber security and robotics “priorities”

Added: 27 Nov 2014

Action must be taken to support six fast-growth industries that could significantly boost the UK ec…

Mxenes conductive polymer nanocomposite

Energy storage nanomaterial revealed

Added: 11 Nov 2014

A strong and flexible nanomaterial that could have applications in energy storage and water treatme…

Boundary Dam CCS

CCS near widespread deployment

Added: 5 Nov 2014

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now on the cusp of widespread global deployment, according to a…

National Grid

The big turnoff

Added: 22 Oct 2014

Energy management has officially come of age.

Corn field

Chemists boost biofuel production

Added: 3 Oct 2014

Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …