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Busch co-founder Dr Karl Busch dies aged 96

Added: 22 Jul 2025

Dr Karl Busch, co-founder/owner of global vacuum specialist the Busch Group, has died at the age of…

Steel industry welcome for business secretary’s commitment to sector

Added: 3 Jul 2025

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, has “again shown that he is on the side of British industry i…

Scientists to scale up production of factory-grade cellulose from cow dung

Added: 26 May 2025

University scientists have created a technique to turn cow dung into manufacturing grade cellulose.

Liverpool AM startup secures £0.7 million-plus in a year

Added: 26 May 2025

Liverpool-based advanced manufacturing startup Atomik-AM has secured financial aid of £0.6 million …

Why do we measure surface energy?

Added: 22 May 2025

Wettability is a prerequisite for adhesion and bonding, so understanding surface energy is critical…

PE News in brief: trade deal, O&G study, appointments and more

Added: 19 May 2025

Process industry organisations gave a positive early response to the announcement of the UK's newly…

Blackburn opens defoamer plant to take on the world

Added: 13 May 2025

Specialty chemicals company Blackburn Chemicals Limited has opened its new £14 million defoamer fac…

Europe accused of trailing Middle East on sustainable plastics policy

Added: 10 Apr 2025

The European Union is “stuck in the past” in its attitude to so-called oxo-biodegradable plastics, …

Entrepreneur Jackson is new Digital Catapult chair

Added: 10 Apr 2025

Entrepreneur and academic professor Keith Jackson is the new chair of deep tech accelerator Digital…

Trump tariffs add 10% for imports from UK but avoid 20% levied on EU

Added: 3 Apr 2025

Manufacturers and government have reacted with concern to the imposition of a 10% tariff on imports…

Defence commitment boosts industry response to spring statement

Added: 27 Mar 2025

Manufacturers have welcomed the defence spending commitments in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spring st…

The keys to keeping emissions in check

Added: 21 Mar 2025

Monitoring systems have been central to the substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in th…

PFA rules drive massive increase in testing demand says TÜV Rheinland

Added: 20 Mar 2025

Stricter rules on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) use worldwide has led to a 30% rise in …

Tomlinson Hall leads the pack at 2025 Pump Industry Association awards

Added: 18 Mar 2025

Tomlinson Hall led the field at the 2025 Pump Industry Association awards, winning two out of 10 ca…

EU eight call for critical chemicals law for access to industry building blocks

Added: 14 Mar 2025

Eight European Union member states have issued a demand for an EU critical chemicals act to address…

Industry collaboration: The key to tackling supply chain disruption

Added: 24 Feb 2025

The critical role played by companies in the UK chemical supply chain is being hampered by a range …

PE News in Brief

Added: 19 Feb 2025

HVM Catapult... ONS for food and drink... Northern base for Euro ops... new IBioIC chief...

BPMA courses to cater for pumps novices and old hands

Added: 8 Feb 2025

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has unveiled a new season of training courses for…

Irish teams produce wearable gas warning system  

Added: 6 Feb 2025

Joint research teams from two leading Irish universities have developed a wearable technology to al…

Electrification: a powerful path to decarbonising cement production

Added: 27 Jan 2025

Coolbrook CEO Joonas Rauramo explains how even the most carbon-intensive of process sectors can cut…