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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…

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: 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 …

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…

Critical care
Added: 17 Dec 2015
There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

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 growth 'faded away'
Added: 7 Dec 2015
A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…

Manufacturing pace loses momentum
Added: 2 Dec 2015
The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…

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…

£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: new frontiers
Added: 10 Nov 2015
From humble beginnings, additive manufacturing has evolved into a process that impacts almost every…

Amec Foster inks graphene deal
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

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…

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 hinders UK growth
Added: 27 Oct 2015
The UK economy grew between July and September despite a lack of manufacturing production, statisti…

Call for 'urgent' action on UK steel
Added: 19 Oct 2015
The UK government has laid out its strategy to assist the ailing steel sector following a crisis su…

Urgent call for CCS funding
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…

Chemical firm solves PET ‘puzzle’
Added: 28 Sep 2015
A process that allows all grades of PET (plastics) to be recycled will soon be commercialised by a …