All Safety/HSE


High performance sealing systems for critical pumps

Added: 2 Apr 2019

There are various challenges faced by engineers across the world when it comes to high performance …

GE Maintenance

The six rules for successful reactive maintenance and emergency repair

Added: 1 Apr 2019

While much effort in the process industries is placed on predictive maintenance, reactive maintenan…

Renishaw co-founder hailed as one of Ireland’s great inventors

Added: 29 Mar 2019

Renishaw co-founder Sir David McMurtry might be associated with his company’s Gloucestershire home …

trade

Manufacturers’ Brexit wariness offset by China’s economic woes, suggests global survey

Added: 26 Mar 2019

Despite concern over the effect of Brexit on supply chains, manufacturers have shown a growing pref…

NWED: Women in Engineering Day

Retiring engineers more than double the number of new recruits, reveals data

Added: 25 Mar 2019

Large numbers of engineering workers close to retirement, coupled with a growth in the number of jo…

Workplace noise is a health issue but how do you locate the source?

Added: 25 Mar 2019

Workplace noise may be a well-documented occupational hazard that can have detrimental effects on w…

Pump Industry Awards crown 2019 winners

Added: 22 Mar 2019

Xylem’s Flyght concertor won the Process Engineering-sponsored Product of the Year category at the …

Revolutionary sludge treatment adopted by Thames after trial success

Added: 22 Mar 2019

SEEPEX recently trialled its revolutionary treatment for dewatered sludge handling and following te…

Hydro “making progress” after attack as experts call for more cyber cooperation

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Renewable energy and aluminium supplier Norsk Hydro, whose holdings include several UK sites, said …

Technical advance helps downstream negotiate the petrochemical switch

Added: 19 Mar 2019

“Global energy demand is growing… fuelled by a bigger middle class coming on the market with more c…

Non-Destructive Testing apprenticeships win national recognition

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Skills Training UK has been shortlisted for its pioneering work in the development of non-destructi…

Digitalisation could transform oil and gas pumping

Added: 19 Mar 2019

The concept of reliability is both a watchword and in some ways a curse for the oil and gas sector.

Babcock launches £2.4 million composite test facility with Edinburgh university

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Babcock international is partnering the University of Edinburgh to launch a £2.4 million engineerin…

BP chemicals plant facility

Lords' concern for Government lack of clarity over chemicals risk assessment

Added: 12 Mar 2019

Chair of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, Lord Teverson has said it is “…

UK European patent applications leap for fifth year, thanks to pharma and pumps

Added: 12 Mar 2019

The number of European patent applications from UK firms and inventors has increased for the fifth …

Make UK launches cyber protection pilot for members

Added: 11 Mar 2019

Manufacturers’ association Make UK has signed a partnership with cyber security experts Vauban Grou…

Machine safety - Pilz

Ten ways to work smarter and increase output

Added: 6 Mar 2019

Improving efficiency and optimising performance is a constant concern for the process industries. W…

UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report

Added: 6 Mar 2019

As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…

Food

Lords to quiz minister and FSA on post-Brexit food safety

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Peers on the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee will quiz a government minister…

Heavy duty pumps enable eco-friendly solution for cement slurry

Added: 26 Feb 2019

You need tough pumps to handle the abrasive cement slurry that European materials specialist Xella …