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Offshore wind farm at dusk

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…

Shipwrecked Beer

Brewers hit emissions target early

Added: 23 Dec 2013

The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…

Poultry processing

Food industry targets innovation for growth

Added: 12 Dec 2013

Greater use of sensors across processing plants and the simulation and modelling of new facilities …

Muller's new butter churn facility

Müller opens £17m butter plant

Added: 10 Dec 2013

The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks …

Food Industry and academics discuss vision for Centre of Excellence

Food engineering centre vision agreed

Added: 2 Dec 2013

The vision that will drive a national Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering was agreed by indus…

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

Communication is key to safety

Added: 29 Nov 2013

Process safety management is a constantly evolving field, but good communication remains fundamenta…

Chris Sumner

Pie, Robot

Added: 22 Nov 2013

Though it has been slow to follow the lead of other process industries, the food sector is finally …

CCS plant

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…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment

Added: 12 Nov 2013

Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Chilean dairy process plant

Safeguards for dairy process plant

Added: 8 Nov 2013

Russell Finex has won a contract from Nestlé to supply separation equipment to help ensure product …

Poultry processing

Cargill to upgrade UK process plant

Added: 7 Nov 2013

Cargill is currently upgrading its poultry processing plant in Hereford with a £35m phased-investme…

Centrifugal air compressor

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor

Added: 7 Nov 2013

The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

Centralised control room

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 …

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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…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

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…

Titan beer flow monitor

Beer flow monitor

Added: 15 Oct 2013

Titan Enterprises has perfected a monitor for beer flow that combines a low-cost volume totaliser w…

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…

Chemical Plant

Energy efficiency investment stalling

Added: 11 Oct 2013

Investment in energy efficient plant and equipment, particularly in the chemicals and food and drin…

Diageo Guinness St. James Gate brewery

Alfa Laval wins Guinness deal

Added: 2 Oct 2013

Swedish pump manufacturer Alfa Laval today announced it had won a SEK 60 million (£5.8m) contract t…

David Willetts

£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 …