All Materials
A wealth of opportunity
Added: 14 Jan 2015
Chemical engineering graduates earn some of the best salaries in the country. But does this stop th…
Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer
Added: 8 Jan 2015
Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…
Manufacturers’ confidence halves
Added: 5 Jan 2015
Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …
Grid encourages more plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Dec 2014
National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…
Autumn statement: formulation funding
Added: 3 Dec 2014
A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…
Autumn statement: North Sea and shale win
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Chancellor George Osborne today used his Autumn Statement to increase tax relief for North Sea oil …
Cyber security and robotics “priorities”
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Action must be taken to support six fast-growth industries that could significantly boost the UK ec…
Energy storage nanomaterial revealed
Added: 11 Nov 2014
A strong and flexible nanomaterial that could have applications in energy storage and water treatme…
CCS near widespread deployment
Added: 5 Nov 2014
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now on the cusp of widespread global deployment, according to a…
Chemists boost biofuel production
Added: 3 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …
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 …
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…
£60m graphene centre announced
Added: 11 Sep 2014
Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced plans to build a second graphene research centre at t…
Summer bounce for manufacturing
Added: 9 Sep 2014
Manufacturing and in particular process industries like pharmaceuticals returned to growth this sum…
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…
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 …
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…
New colleges focus on engineering
Added: 6 Aug 2014
Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…
Increased production squeezes innovation
Added: 4 Aug 2014
Manufacturers’ spending on innovation is slowing as firms attempt to manage rising output levels, a…
