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Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…
Split planning decision for Blackpool shale
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Lancashire County Council planning officers yesterday recommended that one of Cuadrilla’s proposed …
Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Jun 2015
Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…
Productivity harming manufacturing growth
Added: 10 Jun 2015
Majority of SMEs worried about productivity, while research claims that industrial standards could …
Have a safe summer
Added: 3 Jun 2015
So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.
New hazards: COMAH 2015
Added: 3 Jun 2015
The introduction of new COMAH regulations will see many smaller firms affected by the rules for the…
Manufacturing loses momentum
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…
Manufacturers want EU referendum
Added: 26 May 2015
UK manufacturers have called for a referendum on European Union (EU) membership to take place by au…
Compressing costs
Added: 20 May 2015
New energy-efficient technologies mean compressors needn’t cost the earth.
Government crackdown on late payments
Added: 20 May 2015
Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…
Energy Institute awards competition
Added: 19 May 2015
The EI Awards competition is calling for entries from all sectors of the global energy sector. Any …
Key industry ministers appointed to cabinet
Added: 12 May 2015
The government’s new-look all-Conservative cabinet will meet at Downing Street later today, with Pr…
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 …
