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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…

Graphene impression

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…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

Multifuel power plant wins approval

Added: 28 Oct 2015

A second multifuel power station situated at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire has been approved for cons…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing hinders UK growth

Added: 27 Oct 2015

The UK economy grew between July and September despite a lack of manufacturing production, statisti…