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Food & Drink investment to rise

Added: 5 Sep 2014

After several years of low spending, the majority of food & drink manufacturers now expect to inves…

Siemens Congleton drives plant

Energy efficiency spend to rise, says Siemens

Added: 3 Sep 2014

More than two thirds of UK manufacturers are planning to increase investment in energy management o…

University Technical Colleges Skills

New colleges focus on engineering

Added: 6 Aug 2014

Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Increased production squeezes innovation

Added: 4 Aug 2014

Manufacturers’ spending on innovation is slowing as firms attempt to manage rising output levels, a…

Balmenach distillery

Distillery secures Green Bank funding

Added: 30 Jul 2014

A Scottish distillery has secured finance to build a biomass boiler from the Green Investment Bank …

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 …

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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…

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…

Landia GasMix at Cory AD plant

AD sector 'guilty of poor pump maintenance'

Added: 8 Jul 2014

Many of the country’s anaerobic digestion (AD) plants are ignoring maintenance of their mixing syst…

Videojet 1620 UHS

Soft solution

Added: 7 Jul 2014

Britvic boosts production-line efficiency with high-speed printer.

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Sector growth drives pump uptake

Added: 2 Jul 2014

The food & beverage and pharmaceutical sectors are helping sustain the positive displacement pump m…

HRS fruit juice processing system

Fruit juice processing system

Added: 30 Jun 2014

Heat exchanger firm expands further into the South American fruit juice market.

Milk production factory

Fanuc milks new market

Added: 24 Jun 2014

The dairy industry is embracing pick and place robots, says robotics firm.

Heineken Ledbury cider apple canals

Heineken pours £108m into UK production

Added: 10 Jun 2014

Dutch brewing giant Heineken yesterday announced it was investing £108 million in production facili…

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 …

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…

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…

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Plastics and food drive production growth

Added: 9 May 2014

Manufacturing was the strongest area of UK production growth, with process industries such as plast…