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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…

Defence investment provides ‘milestone’ grant for materials casting project
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Wall Colmonoy has successfully bid for funding from the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (…

Supply chain offers challenge to UK energy transition, says report
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Supply chain difficulties remain the main risk to the UK’s energy transition plans, with lack of in…

Siemens marks a century of revolutionising Ireland’s infrastructure
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Global technology company Siemens has celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Irish subsidiary, inc…

TV food scientist reinforces call for better UPF regulation ahead of annual lecture series
Added: 20 Dec 2024
Warning labels and “carefully considered taxes” would provide a start on the improved regulation of…

‘Budget alone cannot account for manufacturing index drop’
Added: 4 Dec 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ recent Budget has contributed to a fall in the regular CIPS UK Manufactur…

Materials science apprenticeship degree wins funding go ahead
Added: 4 Dec 2024
The University of Birmingham and MTC Training’s new degree apprenticeship in manufacturing engineer…

Lead, don’t follow in the robotics revolution
Added: 3 Dec 2024
From the laboratory to the factory floor, it is possible for the UK to lead in the use of autonomou…

Covid’s long tail costing UK productivity billions, claims research
Added: 13 Nov 2024
The effects of ‘long Covid’ may be costing the UK economy billions of pounds as continued illness a…

Boldly inspiring: National Engineering Day 2024
Added: 13 Nov 2024
The Pirbright Institute is renowned for its role as the UK’s leading centre for the study of viral …

Shining light on the vital global role performed by pumps
Added: 13 Nov 2024
In the drive to ensure energy efficiency and sustainability in industry and beyond, says Luboš Mich…

RVRC seeks to shift net zero focus to industry emissions
Added: 13 Nov 2024
A new initiative sited at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) plans to focus indus…

Lucideon hails AMRICC hydrogen firing breakthrough
Added: 13 Nov 2024
Advanced ceramics research organisation Lucideon says it has achieved the first 100% hydrogen firin…

Sheffield AMRC and Boeing science-industry partnership wins Bhattacharyya Award
Added: 30 Sep 2024
The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Boeing have won the…

Government signs deal for Tata furnace go-ahead
Added: 16 Sep 2024
Tata Steel has signed an agreement with the Government for a £500 million funding plan to enable th…

Digital Catapult takes supply chain initiative worldwide
Added: 4 Sep 2024
Digital Catapult has launched the first international version of its Supply Chain Accelerator, empl…

Spatial awareness
Added: 13 Aug 2024
Productivity increases depend upon innovation, runs the mantra. A new report suggests that requires…