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Voting set to open for finalists of Pump Industry Awards 2020
Added: 11 Feb 2020
Nearly 40 finalists in eight categories will go forward for the vote to decide the winners of the 2…

Pumps industry says its Euro proposal could boost electricity savings 600%
Added: 14 Jan 2020
European pumps manufacturers are pressing the EU to adopt their proposals for a new directive they …

Effective calibration ensures top quality instrumentation
Added: 18 Dec 2019
The long-standing relationship between materials expert Solvay and process automation leader Endres…

Trio deny charges relating to Bosley Mill tragedy
Added: 3 Dec 2019
A company director and two managers have denied charges in court relating to the deaths of four emp…

Company reaps the real-time benefits of IT-OT convergence
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Companies understand the need for IT and OT convergence but can be thwarted by their fragmented inf…

City and industry welcome for proposed British Steel deal
Added: 13 Nov 2019
News of negotiations between British Steel and the Chinese Jingye Steel company has been greeted wi…

‘Makers’ Manifesto’ demands less squabbling, more vision from parties
Added: 13 Nov 2019
Manufacturers are calling on Britain’s political parties to focus on delivering their vision for th…

Prince Albert provides £80k for ex-soldier’s pioneering materials PhD work
Added: 30 Oct 2019
PhD student Shaun Smart has been awarded £80,000 to fund his research into a vital area of material…

Make UK conferences spell out impending Brexit implications
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK staged two conferences in three days to provide emergency guida…

Quality pumps extract the best from hazardous by-products
Added: 22 Oct 2019
In the aluminium refining process, scrap is melted in rotary or reverberating furnaces under a bath…

Electricity prices ‘threaten UK steel's ability to compete with Europe’
Added: 9 Oct 2019
The UK’s steel producers pay two third more than their German counterparts for electricity and 80% …

Fuchs aims for lubricants top spot with giant new automated site
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Fuchs Lubricants has begun work on a £5 million fully-automated raw materials warehouse with 4,000 …

ProGlove investment cites UK as Europe’s biggest growth market
Added: 24 Sep 2019
Industrial wearables giant ProGlove has identified the UK as the key growth market for its European…

Schaeffler supplies its largest-ever spherical plain bearing
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Schaeffler has produced the largest spherical plain bearing in the company’s history – a monster w…

First UK training course for fast-growing industrial drones market
Added: 19 Aug 2019
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched the UK’s first training c…

Understanding Arc Flash jargon can help you save lives
Added: 2 Aug 2019
Arc Flash is a daily risk for those working in the utilities sector. So it’s essential, says ProGAR…

Racing ace Button says time to get women engineers in the fast lane
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Formula 1 driver Jenson Button has used his public profile to support Santander UK’s inaugural STEM…

Shell’s AM centre wins Lloyd’s coveted ‘badge of excellence’
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Lloyd’s Register has awarded a prestigious best practice qualification to Shell’s groundbreaking 3D…

Wanner’s Hydra-Cell hard sell reaps massive growth dividends
Added: 11 Jul 2019
Wanner International says it has recorded an average annual organic growth rate of over 14% over th…

EU directive's £17 million threat 'has put cyber security on the process agenda'
Added: 10 Jul 2019
The threat of massive multi-million pound fines for failing to safeguard against cyber security ris…