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Automation boost for packaging recycling
Added: 24 Sep 2013
The recycling of plastic food packaging could be significantly increased in coming years following …
Manufacturing orders hit new high
Added: 19 Sep 2013
UK manufacturing order levels are now at their highest level since the financial crisis, according …
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…
Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology
Added: 17 Sep 2013
Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …
Wonderware backed in merger clash
Added: 13 Sep 2013
A top Invensys executive has sung the praises of the firm’s Wonderware software ahead of its potent…
Invensys launches new Foxboro DCS
Added: 11 Sep 2013
Invensys yesterday launched the latest version of its Foxboro distributed control system (DCS), cal…
£2m investment for engineering talent
Added: 10 Sep 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…
Advanced virtualisation
Added: 4 Sep 2013
Recently, Honeywell has introduced a premium platform for Experion virtualisation solutions.
Film factory in £20m upgrade
Added: 30 Aug 2013
A producer of plastic film for the packaging market has announced a £20 million upgrade of its Cumb…
Manufacturers ready to invest in new kit
Added: 21 Aug 2013
A government-funded survey of small and medium-sized manufacturers today revealed that half of the …
Atlas Copco to buy Edwards for £1bn
Added: 19 Aug 2013
Sweden’s Atlas Copco this morning announced it had agreed a deal to acquire UK vacuum pump manufact…
Wireless devices communicate without batteries
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…
Can you process me a decent coffee?
Added: 6 Aug 2013
Food and drink may be the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, but I can’t stand instant coffee.
Scientists unveil first lab-grown burger
Added: 5 Aug 2013
Dutch food scientists cooked and ate the first ever lab-grown burger on Monday afternoon.
Threat to Schneider's Invensys takeover
Added: 2 Aug 2013
Schneider’s proposed £3.4 billion takeover of Invensys is still under threat of being beaten by a b…
Process automation market to hit $124bn
Added: 1 Aug 2013
Revenues in the global process automation market are expected to grow at a rate of over 6% per year…
Schneider acquires Invensys for £3.4bn
Added: 31 Jul 2013
UK-based Invensys today accepted an offer from France’s Schneider Electric to acquire the company f…
Siemens names Kaeser as new CEO
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Siemens today replaced CEO Peter Loescher with the company’s chief financial officer Joe Kaeser.
First rise for manufacturing orders in a year
Added: 24 Jul 2013
New orders in the UK’s manufacturing sector rose in the three months to July for the first time in …
Biodiesel firm sold to conglomerate
Added: 24 Jul 2013
Scottish biodiesel producer Argent Energy was yesterday sold to a UK subsidiary of the global group…
