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Pharma must focus on processes
Added: 31 Jan 2014
The pharmaceutical industry should replace an era of huge R&D spend with focus on production effici…

Beating Asia on price
Added: 22 Jan 2014
This week I met the boss of a UK firm that exports worldwide and is able to compete with rivals in …

Chemicals and pharma research funding boost
Added: 9 Jan 2014
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council has announced £3.6m funding for manufacturing …

Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…

GSK to pilot process safety course
Added: 2 Dec 2013
GlaxoSmithKline has partnered with the University of Sheffield to develop a short course that addre…

Communication is key to safety
Added: 29 Nov 2013
Process safety management is a constantly evolving field, but good communication remains fundamenta…

Manufacturing hits 18-year high
Added: 21 Nov 2013
UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…

High containment barrier systems
Added: 20 Nov 2013
Telstar has developed its latest range of high containment barrier system designed for APIs manufac…

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor
Added: 7 Nov 2013
The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

Telstar unveils integrated water systems solution
Added: 7 Nov 2013
Biopharmaceutical firm Telstar will present its latest water-for-injection unit with storage storag…

Control rooms play catch-up
Added: 5 Nov 2013
They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …

Process industries “ignoring” cyber threat
Added: 5 Nov 2013
Owners and operators of process plants are failing to take the threat of system software hacking se…

Review calls for young engineers
Added: 4 Nov 2013
The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…

The Cambridge MBA offers scholarship for process engineers
Added: 14 Oct 2013
Watch this interview with past LyondellBasell Cambridge MBA Scholarship recipient, now part of a le…

Portable GC-MS for onsite “lab analysis”
Added: 2 Oct 2013
Quantitech has launched a unique portable gas chromatograph toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer (GC…

£400m for science and engineering studies
Added: 30 Sep 2013
Today the government announced a £400 million investment to boost science and engineering study in …

Manufacturing orders hit new high
Added: 19 Sep 2013
UK manufacturing order levels are now at their highest level since the financial crisis, according …

Biofuels firm hiring for industrial upscale
Added: 19 Sep 2013
French biofuels company Global Bioenergies today announced its latest management hire as it begins …

Move to boost lab and manufacturing links
Added: 19 Sep 2013
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a fellowship scheme to s…