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Biodegradable plastics firms warn EU Directive ‘flaw’ aids pollution

Added: 22 Mar 2026

The Biodegradable Plastics Association (BPA) has challenged the European Commission to correct what…

Energy sector confidence plunges as global conflict heats up

Added: 22 Mar 2026

Geopolitical uncertainty is undermining the UK energy sector’s strong performance over the last yea…

Water

Produced water is unpredictable, effective treatment shouldn’t be 

Added: 22 Mar 2026

Produced water exposes the fragility of treatment systems built around steady state assumptions, ca…

John Crane celebrates double win at 2026 PIA awards

Added: 22 Mar 2026

Flow control and rotating equipment specialist John Crane scooped two of the eight categories at th…

Gas analysis for flue gas denitrification plants from Eco Physics

Added: 11 Feb 2026

Burning organic matter such as coal, fossil fuels and biomass releases pollutants, including signif…

Siemens factory

PMI figures show fourth month of increase for manufacturers

Added: 11 Feb 2026

UK industry performed strongly at the start of the year with the latest CIPS manufacturing purchasi…

Frankfurt to host 2026 Europump annual meeting

Added: 11 Feb 2026

Europump, the European Federation of National Associations of Pump Manufacturers’ 2026 Annual Meeti…

CBA chief: chemical industry ‘openly questioning’ Government commitment

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Chemicals firms are “openly questioning” whether the Government is capable of creating the conditio…

Rethinking chemical storage

Added: 13 Jan 2026

Why are storage vessels still being specified as if long-term material behaviour were someone else’…

Process news in brief: appointments, acquisitions, partnerships, expansions

Added: 5 Jan 2026

CEO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe Rob Ingram is the new president of Plastics Europe, the pan-…

Manufacturing Barometer

MakeUK/BDO survey applauds Q4 growth but says worries ahead

Added: 14 Dec 2025

Make UK issued a relatively upbeat report on UK manufacturing for the final quarter of 2025, with b…

Chemmies salute sector stars on stage at Blackpool

Added: 14 Dec 2025

DSV Air and Sea topped the finalists at this year’s Chemmie Awards hosted by the Chemical Business …

BCAS appoints Hayward as first female president

Added: 10 Dec 2025

Wendy Hayward has made history as the first woman president appointed to head the British Compresse…

CBA reports slight improvements but background concerns for chemical sector

Added: 16 Nov 2025

Improvements in third quarter results within the chemicals sector have failed to allay concerns for…

Make UK delivers pre-Budget demand for manufacturing

Added: 16 Nov 2025

Britain’s manufacturers are pre-empting the forthcoming Budget by urging the Government to focus so…

Metrohm launches 2060 RISE: Inline Raman spectroscopy for smarter process control

Added: 29 Oct 2025

Metrohm is proud to introduce the 2060 RISE (Raman Intelligent SEnsor), its new generation inline R…

Fifty years of VSDs — and we’re just getting started

Added: 25 Oct 2025

Fifty years ago, an innovation quietly emerged that would go on to transform the way we power moder…

Start-up and college to launch industrial waste-to-feedstock trading platform

Added: 24 Oct 2025

A collaboration between a business startup and a college, aided by a biotech support organisation, …

Beyond predictive maintenance: unlocking AI value

Added: 17 Oct 2025

Process industry consideration of AI’s potential tends to focus on predictive maintenance but often…

From Paper to Predictive: overcoming cultural barriers in process industry digitalisation

Added: 24 Sep 2025

The technology’s already here, the legislative framework is encouraging process firms to endorse di…