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Sector relief at Budget statement but warning bolder action needed

Added: 20 Nov 2022

Manufacturing and engineering leaders have responded with a degree of relief to Chancellor Jeremy H…

Aluminium sector eyes net zero opportunities

Added: 9 Nov 2022

Aluminium is poised to play a key role in the UK’s drive to net zero and the development of a susta…

ERIKS completes £21 million infrastructure Investment

Added: 9 Nov 2022

Industrial products supplier ERIKS has completed its £21 million infrastructure investment, centred…

A guide to optimising pump efficiency

Added: 8 Nov 2022

The global rise in energy costs means this is the time to review and assess the efficiency of your …

Scientists find scalable solution for industrial use of platinum

Added: 30 Aug 2022

An industrial catalyst that uses liquid instead of solid state platinum could offer a cheaper and m…

Tech spin-out targets thin film market potential

Added: 24 Aug 2022

A new Scottish university-inspired venture is combining academic and commercial know how to target …

ONS figures spell problems for manufacturing pay

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment details suggest manufacturing is performing a…

Schaeffler to cut 4k jobs in major ‘transformation’ scheme

Schaeffler purchase heralds drive for growth in linear tech 

Added: 10 Aug 2022

Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire global manufacturer and supplier of linear technology…

Businesses urged to enter Innovate UK competition as deadline looms

Added: 10 Aug 2022

Process companies are being invited to take part in an Innovate UK programme designed to boost comp…

digital factory

Made Smarter highlights need for manufacturers’ digital drive

Added: 26 Jul 2022

The organisation set up to boost manufacturers’ take up of digital tools is urging small to medium …

Smurfit Kappa Nechells plant hit by massive blaze

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Europe’s biggest producer of packaged paper, Smurfit Kappa, suffered colossal damage as fire ripped…

Digital Process Manufacturing Centre targets Scotland process leaders

Added: 13 Jun 2022

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, will open a new technology centre in Ay…

Tetra Pak claims fibre-based alternative is a packaging first

Added: 30 May 2022

Tetra Pak is testing a fibre-based barrier that it claims as a first for food carton packages distr…

Update: Metso to open rubber parts plant in Lithuania 

Metso Outotec signs €33 mill Omani deal

Added: 28 May 2022

Metso Outotec has signed a €33 million agreement for the delivery of engineering and key equipment …

Always suit the materials to the industrial application

Added: 9 May 2022

Using operating parts made of high-quality materials is crucial to ensure reliability and stability…

NCC team claims first after recycling continuous carbon fibres from pressure tanks

Added: 4 May 2022

Engineers at the National Composites Centre in Bristol are hailing a “significant milestone in the …

Aggreko completes £4.5 million green expansion

Added: 4 May 2022

Temporary power company Aggreko has completed the £4.5 million sustainably-resourced low-carbon exp…

How policing the ’chain’ gangs became a lot smarter

Added: 20 Apr 2022

Counterfeit products are a greater threat than ever before, warns Domino Printing Sciences' Adem Ku…

Brewery saved from closure by its commitment to creating opportunity

Added: 20 Apr 2022

A Bristol brewery company forced to close by the pandemic has been saved by the group it helped wit…

Work starts on UK’s largest aluminium packaging site

Added: 22 Mar 2022

Global packaging leader, the US Ball Corporation, has begun work on what will be the largest alumin…