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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 …

Watson-Marlow expands international reach with Eastern Europe offices
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), has launched direct sales and technical support in th…

Control strategies are vital for rapid temperature changes
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Manufacturing processes that rely on rapid temperature change can easily result in bottlenecks in a…

UK chemical sector R&D spend hits a high for yet another year
Added: 25 Nov 2019
The UK chemicals sector has increased its annual spending on research and development by 3.4% - its…

‘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…

Sustainable water pioneer wins WES Burt accolade
Added: 5 Nov 2019
Mandy Lester has won the 21st winner of the Women’s Engineering Society’s prestigious Karen Burt Aw…

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…

Full steam ahead as Spirax Sarco marks 30 years of driving accreditation
Added: 22 Oct 2019
Steam solutions provider Spirax Sarco is celebrating three decades of providing City & Guilds cours…

Authority rules against Ecolab and Holchem merger
Added: 9 Oct 2019
Ecolab’s merger with Holchem has been blocked by the Competition & Mergers Authority (CMA).
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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…
Royal stamp of approval for Tomlinson Hall's century
Added: 24 Sep 2019
Pump distributor and manufacturer Tomlinson Hall celebrated its centenary in business with a visit …

Make UK/Santander analysis confirms Europe remains dominant market for UK
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Europe remains the main focus for UK goods, despite the fact that the USA is the largest single nat…

Ion Science stays on target to achieve £20 million turnover in anniversary year
Added: 10 Sep 2019
The world’s largest manufacturer of volatile organic compounds (VOC) monitors, Cambridge-based Ion …

'Interesting times' beckon for pharma and biotech
Added: 4 Sep 2019
The scale of pharmaceutical counterfeiting can be staggering to behold – whether in terms of the nu…

Pumps experts find new opportunities in the expanding chemical sector
Added: 28 Aug 2019
Chemicals will provide sustained business opportunities for pump companies working in the sector. A…

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…

ABB secures key Central Asian digital refinery project
Added: 12 Aug 2019
Global technology leader ABB is to play a strategic role in the transformation of Central Asia’s ma…

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…

There’s plenty for the chemical industry to do outside of Brexit
Added: 31 Jul 2019
We can blame Brexit for much but there’s work for the chemicals sector to be doing around regulatio…