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Election skills
Added: 6 May 2015
Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …
Big challenges for nanomaterials
Added: 22 Apr 2015
Emerson Process Management’s Robert Ferris looks at the challenges faced by nanomaterials providers…
Bioplastics scale-up project starts
Added: 22 Apr 2015
Researchers from industry and academia have begun a £3 million project to scale-up the production o…
Labour manifesto focuses on industry
Added: 13 Apr 2015
The Labour Party was today the first of the major political parties to launch its manifesto for the…
Muted march of the makers
Added: 1 Apr 2015
This government came into power promising that it would rebalance the economy towards manufacturing…
Manufacturing orders fall, says CBI
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Manufacturers’ order book levels have fallen this month, according to a survey by the CBI.
BASF carbon-fibre plastics study ends
Added: 9 Mar 2015
New processes and techniques for manufacturing thermoplastics strengthened by carbon fibres have be…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 'improved'
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Rice University have developed a computational scree…
Teesside industrial CCS plan launched
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Firms including BOC and Amec Foster Wheeler gathered in Westminster yesterday to launch their plans…
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…
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…
Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer
Added: 8 Jan 2015
Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…
Manufacturers’ confidence halves
Added: 5 Jan 2015
Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …
Grid encourages more plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Dec 2014
National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…
