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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…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

£2m investment for engineering talent

Added: 10 Sep 2013

The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…

Wolfson Centre short courses

Short courses at The Wolfson Centre

Added: 5 Sep 2013

The two-day course, which runs from 1-3 October, focuses on particulate handling technology and als…

GE introduces the PanaFlow HT

Added: 3 Sep 2013

This video introduces the PanaFlow HT, which is the first ultrasonic flow meter with SIL accreditat…

BillerudKorsnäs Pulp and Paper industry, Karlsborg

UK manufacturing reaches 3 year peak

Added: 3 Sep 2013

A surge in manufacturing output has seen production hit a three-year high, according to data releas…

Innovia Wigton Cumbria factory

Film factory in £20m upgrade

Added: 30 Aug 2013

A producer of plastic film for the packaging market has announced a £20 million upgrade of its Cumb…

Air Products efw 2

Manufacturers ready to invest in new kit

Added: 21 Aug 2013

A government-funded survey of small and medium-sized manufacturers today revealed that half of the …

Ronnie Leten 2

Atlas Copco to buy Edwards for £1bn

Added: 19 Aug 2013

Sweden’s Atlas Copco this morning announced it had agreed a deal to acquire UK vacuum pump manufact…

Wireless communication

Wireless devices communicate without batteries

Added: 14 Aug 2013

Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…

Chemicals processing 1

Operators failing to maintain pipe networks

Added: 12 Aug 2013

Companies are at risk of being hit with unexpected bills if they fail to maintain their supporting …

AMEC Rob Brown

Chemical engineer to lead AMEC infrastructure team

Added: 12 Aug 2013

Project manager AMEC has appointed chemical engineer Rob Brown as managing director of its Environm…

Invensys control room

Threat to Schneider's Invensys takeover

Added: 2 Aug 2013

Schneider’s proposed £3.4 billion takeover of Invensys is still under threat of being beaten by a b…

Schneider CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire 2

Schneider acquires Invensys for £3.4bn

Added: 31 Jul 2013

UK-based Invensys today accepted an offer from France’s Schneider Electric to acquire the company f…

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

On the right track for safety

Added: 31 Jul 2013

Efforts to establish effective safety practices in the construction of process infrastructure seem …