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Bosch consilidates northern facilites

Bosch opens UK engineering support facility

Added: 15 Nov 2013

Bosch has opened a single facility in the north of England to consolidate its industrial drives and…

Chemical Plant

Avoiding blackouts…at any cost?

Added: 13 Nov 2013

Yesterday I was speaking to Dr John Roberts, who chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering group tha…

Centrifugal air compressor

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor

Added: 7 Nov 2013

The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Review calls for young engineers

Added: 4 Nov 2013

The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…

The Cambridge MBA offers scholarship for process engineers

Added: 14 Oct 2013

Watch this interview with past LyondellBasell Cambridge MBA Scholarship recipient, now part of a le…

Fulton boilers with Pete Waterman

Fulton celebrates facility opening

Added: 9 Oct 2013

Heat transfer specialist Fulton celebrated its move to a new £3.5 million, 43,000 sq. ft. Bristol-b…

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell “greatest engineer”

Added: 3 Oct 2013

A new poll has named the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, as the greatest engineer…

ARI-Armaturen ZETRIX valve

Keeping it clean

Added: 2 Oct 2013

Constantly rising hygiene standards in the food and pharmaceutical sectors are driving demand for n…

Self-healing robotic skin

System, heal thyself

Added: 1 Oct 2013

A combination of technological advances and top-level leadership on maintenance are necessary if we…

David Willetts

£400m for science and engineering studies

Added: 30 Sep 2013

Today the government announced a £400 million investment to boost science and engineering study in …

Shale drilling illustration

Fracking safe

Added: 26 Sep 2013

Many consider fracking to be a dangerous process, fearing it releases gasses that pollute the water…

Cameron CNPC china2

China still top automation destination

Added: 26 Sep 2013

The door into the Chinese process automation market is still open for businesses assuming they make…

PlasRecycle plant, Woolwich

First plastic bag recycling plant launched

Added: 25 Sep 2013

The first UK-based recycling facility for reprocessing plastic bags and packaging films is set to o…

Plastic packaging diffraction grating

Automation boost for packaging recycling

Added: 24 Sep 2013

The recycling of plastic food packaging could be significantly increased in coming years following …

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Manufacturing orders hit new high

Added: 19 Sep 2013

UK manufacturing order levels are now at their highest level since the financial crisis, according …

Lab to manufacturing research scheme

Move to boost lab and manufacturing links

Added: 19 Sep 2013

The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a fellowship scheme to s…

CCS plant

£20m for carbon capture projects

Added: 17 Sep 2013

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) yesterday announced a £20 million funding scheme to help ad…

Bionic handling assistant

Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology

Added: 17 Sep 2013

Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …

Invensys Wonderware screengrab

Wonderware backed in merger clash

Added: 13 Sep 2013

A top Invensys executive has sung the praises of the firm’s Wonderware software ahead of its potent…

Invensys Foxboro Evo DCS

Invensys launches new Foxboro DCS

Added: 11 Sep 2013

Invensys yesterday launched the latest version of its Foxboro distributed control system (DCS), cal…