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Pressure points

Pressure points

Added: 9 Dec 2015

Chemical company Lucite solves the level measurement challenge.

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing growth 'faded away'

Added: 7 Dec 2015

A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…

Food and drink manufacturing

Manufacturing pace loses momentum

Added: 2 Dec 2015

The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…

Ineos Grangemouth

Sales slide hits chemical sector

Added: 25 Nov 2015

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …

Chemical industry

UK still lags in innovation stakes

Added: 17 Nov 2015

The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…

Additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing: new frontiers

Added: 10 Nov 2015

From humble beginnings, additive manufacturing has evolved into a process that impacts almost every…

Graphene impression

Amec Foster inks graphene deal

Added: 9 Nov 2015

Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint

Added: 23 Oct 2015

Honeywell has bought Sigma-Aldrich’s research chemicals business in a bid to expand its portfolio o…

Solvay chemicals plant, US

Chemical firm solves PET ‘puzzle’

Added: 28 Sep 2015

A process that allows all grades of PET (plastics) to be recycled will soon be commercialised by a …

Cyber security

Hacked off?

Added: 22 Sep 2015

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) Windows 10 was officially launched in July. But how has it af…

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Skills support impacting SMEs

Added: 15 Sep 2015

Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are building a competitive advantage through training and …

Manufacturing Barometer

Scrap ineffective green taxes, says EEF

Added: 14 Sep 2015

A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF calls on the government to scrap the Carbon F…

Qdos dosing pumps

Dose of colour

Added: 26 Aug 2015

New pumps boost uptime and reduce maintenance times at French aluminium powder coating plant.

Manufacturing Barometer

UK manufacturers boast innovation

Added: 24 Aug 2015

Manufacturers in the UK are using innovation to deliver productivity improvements and export growth…

Ed Davey tweet

Fracking to be ‘fast-tracked’

Added: 13 Aug 2015

Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd and communities secretary Greg Clark have today anno…

Honeywell Experion PKS Orion

Honeywell updates Experion LX

Added: 11 Aug 2015

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has rolled out an updated version of Experion LX, its distributed…

Pharma

UK pharma boasts export boom

Added: 10 Aug 2015

The UK pharmaceuticals industry has continued to exhibit solid export growth this year, a new surve…

Drax

Energy data reveals renewables surge

Added: 4 Aug 2015

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) published its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistic…

Cuadrilla shale site

Second Blackpool shale gas site refused

Added: 29 Jun 2015

Lancashire County Council today refused Cuadrilla planning permission to develop a shale gas site i…

Flexion

Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…