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Plastic bags

Scientists enhance bioplastics process

Added: 30 Jul 2014

Food waste method could dramatically enhance the way bioplastics are developed, new research sugges…

Experion Orion console  DCS control system

Innovation spend hits 25-year high

Added: 23 Jul 2014

The number of manufacturers planning to invest in product and process innovation is at its highest …

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Foreign investment up in process sectors

Added: 21 Jul 2014

Nearly a fifth of all foreign investment in the UK is going to projects in the process sectors, acc…

Ineos Grangemouth

Grangemouth LNG wins guarantee

Added: 17 Jul 2014

Ineos has received a £230 million loan guarantee from the government to support the financing of it…

David Willetts

Process champions moved in reshuffle

Added: 15 Jul 2014

Two key allies of the process industries were today removed from their posts by Prime Minister Davi…

Copyright: Sulzer. Sulzer test bed for submersible pumps in Leeds, UK

Submersible pumps to hit £11bn

Added: 14 Jul 2014

The value of the global submersible pump market is likely to reach $18.9 billion (£11 billion) by 2…

Biomass

Biomass pre-processing study launches

Added: 11 Jul 2014

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) today launched a programme assessing the impact of pre-proc…

Buncefield fire

Diverting disaster

Added: 10 Jul 2014

In the wake of an industrial disaster, updating plant safety technology is often the first port of …

Pharma

Pharma leads manufacturing fall

Added: 9 Jul 2014

UK manufacturing has suffered biggest fall in output since January 2013, with pharmaceuticals among…

Steve Elliott

Chemical industry claims 5% growth

Added: 27 Jun 2014

The UK chemical industry is on course to achieve 5% growth in 2014, the boss of the sector’s trade …

Cereal drying plant

Energy failures threaten firms

Added: 10 Jun 2014

Certification body says organisations are exposed to financial risk if they fail to improve energy …

Students in the design phase of their degrees

Greater graduates

Added: 9 Jun 2014

High-quality engineering graduates are in demand now more than ever, but are UK universities delive…

Dominion Cove Point LNG

Shale LNG “expensive” says IEA

Added: 4 Jun 2014

The cost of bringing US shale gas into Europe as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is likely to be more e…

Andres Iniesta

Engineering champions

Added: 3 Jun 2014

This summer will be the busiest for major sporting events since the London 2012 Olympics. John McKe…

Mark Cavendish Kevlar helmet

Engineering sporting brilliance

Added: 28 May 2014

Here at Process Engineering we aim to please. As the Brazil World Cup approaches, followed by Wimbl…

Oil & gas facility showing pipework

Pipework firm in acquisition deal

Added: 23 May 2014

An investment company has announced the acquisition of specialist pipework engineering firm Haycock…

BP chemical plant

Gas detectives

Added: 20 May 2014

Tighter safety regulations are forcing companies to consider new ways of keeping tabs on gases.

Ineos Grangemouth

Grangemouth shale imports win planning

Added: 15 May 2014

Ineos’ plans to build a storage tank for US shale gas imports at its Grangemouth petrochemicals fac…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Scale of gender pay gap revealed

Added: 14 May 2014

Women in engineering sectors typically earn 25% less than men by the age of 40, a new survey has fo…

Solvay chemicals plant, US

Ineos must sell Runcorn sites

Added: 13 May 2014

The European Commission has granted clearance to chemicals firms Ineos and Solvay for their propose…