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SIHI Isochem modular chemical pump

Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer

Added: 8 Jan 2015

Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…

Food production must cut water use by a fifth

Added: 6 Jan 2015

The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Manufacturers’ confidence halves

Added: 5 Jan 2015

Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …

National Grid

Grid encourages more plant shutdowns

Added: 15 Dec 2014

National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…

Osborne Alexander Autumn Statement

Autumn statement: formulation funding

Added: 3 Dec 2014

A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…

Bara PPMA Robot2

Cyber security and robotics “priorities”

Added: 27 Nov 2014

Action must be taken to support six fast-growth industries that could significantly boost the UK ec…

Moy Park Grantham oxidiser

Moy Park installs odour-eater

Added: 24 Nov 2014

Food manufacturer Moy Park has commissioned a regenerative thermal oxidiser to reduce cooking proce…

Whisky stills

High spirits

Added: 12 Nov 2014

Distillery takes full measure of whisky flow.

Apateq onsite water separation

Pure play

Added: 12 Nov 2014

As global water regulations tighten, filtration technologies are evolving to help process industrie…

EDF Fenice Energy Management Audit

Danone and EDF sign efficiency deal

Added: 5 Nov 2014

Food and drink giant the Danone Group has signed a deal with EDF to improve the energy efficiency o…

Pump Engineering CSF

Hygienic pumps

Added: 4 Nov 2014

Transfer liquids in food, brewing, pharmaceutical and other hygienic process applications with easy…

Biscuits

United Biscuits sold for £2bn

Added: 4 Nov 2014

UK food manufacturer United Biscuits (UB) has been sold to Turkish company Yidiz Holding for a repo…

Emerson maintenance reliability management consulting

Emerson enters management consulting

Added: 3 Nov 2014

Emerson Process Management has launched a maintenance-focussed management consulting service to dev…

National Grid

The big turnoff

Added: 22 Oct 2014

Energy management has officially come of age.

Food processing - cookies

Food glorious food

Added: 7 Oct 2014

At my daughter’s birthday party recently I found myself in conversation with a number of her friend…

Baker Perkins food processing biscuits

Homemade in the factory

Added: 7 Oct 2014

Food processors have traditionally sought to manufacture products that are consistent in both taste…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Food efficiency fund launched

Added: 25 Sep 2014

An £11 million fund to encourage engineering innovation and improve resource efficiency in the food…

Energy saving

National Grid awards “shutdown” contracts

Added: 11 Sep 2014

National Grid is in the process of awarding contracts to major energy users such as process facilit…

Monsal AD tech

Biogas boost for food processors

Added: 11 Sep 2014

Food and drink processors with anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities were yesterday given a boost by …

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Summer bounce for manufacturing

Added: 9 Sep 2014

Manufacturing and in particular process industries like pharmaceuticals returned to growth this sum…