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National Grid

Tata Steel among Grid shutdown firms

Added: 24 Sep 2014

Tata Steel was yesterday confirmed as one of the hundreds of industrial firms to have signed up to …

Energy saving

National Grid awards “shutdown” contracts

Added: 11 Sep 2014

National Grid is in the process of awarding contracts to major energy users such as process facilit…

Argonne National Lab graphene

£60m graphene centre announced

Added: 11 Sep 2014

Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced plans to build a second graphene research centre at t…

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Summer bounce for manufacturing

Added: 9 Sep 2014

Manufacturing and in particular process industries like pharmaceuticals returned to growth this sum…

Siemens Congleton drives plant

Energy efficiency spend to rise, says Siemens

Added: 3 Sep 2014

More than two thirds of UK manufacturers are planning to increase investment in energy management o…

Bosch Rexroth oil analysis

Slick solution for machine downtime

Added: 27 Aug 2014

Bosch Rexroth has launched a new oil analysis service to help service and maintenance engineers to …

Chemical Compounds

Industry slams EU nano register

Added: 7 Aug 2014

EU proposals to create a new register for nanomaterials were today criticised by the UK chemical in…

University Technical Colleges Skills

New colleges focus on engineering

Added: 6 Aug 2014

Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Increased production squeezes innovation

Added: 4 Aug 2014

Manufacturers’ spending on innovation is slowing as firms attempt to manage rising output levels, a…

Plastic bags

Scientists enhance bioplastics process

Added: 30 Jul 2014

Food waste method could dramatically enhance the way bioplastics are developed, new research sugges…

Experion Orion console  DCS control system

Innovation spend hits 25-year high

Added: 23 Jul 2014

The number of manufacturers planning to invest in product and process innovation is at its highest …

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Foreign investment up in process sectors

Added: 21 Jul 2014

Nearly a fifth of all foreign investment in the UK is going to projects in the process sectors, acc…

Product development at Rocol

Slippery slope

Added: 15 Jul 2014

It may please the bean counters, but a one-grease-fits-all approach may cost companies dearly in th…

Pharma

Pharma leads manufacturing fall

Added: 9 Jul 2014

UK manufacturing has suffered biggest fall in output since January 2013, with pharmaceuticals among…

Jarrod Hart

Material man

Added: 2 Jul 2014

A culture of risk-taking can help a company to stand out from the crowd, says Imerys process engine…

Waste heat warms college

Waste heat warms local college

Added: 16 Jun 2014

Greiner Packaging’s production plant in Northern Ireland is helping a neighbouring college cut its …

Cleveland Potash potash mine

Fertile demand

Added: 11 Jun 2014

Mining firm develops pilot demand response programme at its potash and rock salt facility.

Andres Iniesta

Engineering champions

Added: 3 Jun 2014

This summer will be the busiest for major sporting events since the London 2012 Olympics. John McKe…

Mark Cavendish Kevlar helmet

Engineering sporting brilliance

Added: 28 May 2014

Here at Process Engineering we aim to please. As the Brazil World Cup approaches, followed by Wimbl…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Plastics and food drive production growth

Added: 9 May 2014

Manufacturing was the strongest area of UK production growth, with process industries such as plast…