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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…
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 …
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 devices communicate without batteries
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…
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 …
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…
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 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…
On the right track for safety
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Efforts to establish effective safety practices in the construction of process infrastructure seem …
Siemens names Kaeser as new CEO
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Siemens today replaced CEO Peter Loescher with the company’s chief financial officer Joe Kaeser.
First rise for manufacturing orders in a year
Added: 24 Jul 2013
New orders in the UK’s manufacturing sector rose in the three months to July for the first time in …
Distillery secures biomass funding
Added: 23 Jul 2013
Installation of a biomass boiler funded at a whisky distillery south of Inverness has become the fi…
Autonomous systems and energy storage research secure £132m
Added: 17 Jul 2013
Funding of up to £132 million was today announced by MP David Willetts for three key areas of resea…
Connecting electronics in liquid metal
Added: 10 Jul 2013
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a 3D printing technology to create …
Materials boost for supercapacitors
Added: 9 Jul 2013
A group of scientists have developed a method that synthesises enhanced materials for supercapacito…
Platinum-free catalyst could cut cost of hydrogen
Added: 5 Jul 2013
Researchers have developed a catalyst that creates hydrogen fuel without the use of expensive plati…
Gasification technology enables cheap production of biomass
Added: 3 Jul 2013
A new gasification method claims to turn forest residues into biofuel for less than a euro per litr…
Badger Meter control valves
Added: 2 Jul 2013
Pump Engineering has unveiled its extensive range of control valves designed for liquid handling.
Air-powered lifting
Added: 17 Jun 2013
The JDN Mini-series offers models available for payload ratings of 125, 250, 500 and 980kg.
Preventing thermal bridging
Added: 17 Jun 2013
The Armafix X is designed for HVAC applications and protects the thermally sensitive area surroundi…
