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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…
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…

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-…

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…