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Report warns most UK firms failing to plan for change

Added: 9 Oct 2018

Fewer than one in seven UK firms surveyed have placed future proofing their business top of their a…

Unilever and Liverpool University pair for £81 million materials hub

Added: 8 Oct 2018

President of the Royal Society and Nobel laureate Sir Venki Ramakrishnan has officially opened Live…

‘Chemical spill’ tragedy claims two lives at poultry factory

Added: 4 Oct 2018

Emergency services and the Health & Safety Executive have begun investigations into a suspected che…

How a traditional Scots industry is fuelling sustainability

Added: 4 Oct 2018

Salmon plays a vital role in the Outer Hebrides economy - now, thanks to help from Landia, so too d…

Process pumps prove their worth in other sectors

Added: 3 Oct 2018

When a product proves itself in the process industry, it can open up other markets, as Watson-Marlo…

Martindale strives to keep teams safe with free training resources

Added: 2 Oct 2018

With 1,000 serious workplace accidents in the workplace annually and 16% of all fatalities linked t…

Can Surface Acoustic Wave technology transform flowmeters?

Added: 2 Oct 2018

Accurate flow control boosts process efficiency and quality, so no wonder companies default to trus…

Brexit a growing influence on UK firms’ decision to delay investment increases

Added: 1 Oct 2018

The UK’s low productivity performance is likely to dip further as British businesses withhold inves…

Aesseal wins new City award for business trust

Added: 28 Sep 2018

Mechanical seal specialist Aesseal has beaten a shortlist of top companies to win an inaugural awar…

Half of UK firms ‘have no plan for obsolete equipment’

Added: 24 Sep 2018

More than half the UK companies surveyed in a new report say they have no plan for obsolete equipme…

Cola double win for FDF awards engineers

Added: 21 Sep 2018

Cola manufacturers Pepsi and Coca-Cola shared the honours as two of their employees won in the engi…

How protector seals slash pump bearing failure rates

Added: 20 Sep 2018

With advanced retrofittable bearing protector seals readily available on the market, pump bearings …

LED lighting

Lighting as a service - the breakthrough model for industry

Added: 19 Sep 2018

The legacy approach to lighting is outdated. We need a new process model that treats it as a servic…

Five steps to year-round GDPR compliance

Added: 18 Sep 2018

The furore around GDPR implementation has died down and that’s a good thing says Natasha Bougard of…

Kumar Fellowship winner to advise Parliament on chemical weapons

Added: 18 Sep 2018

Postgraduate engineer Jennifer Spragg is to advise Parliament on chemical weapons issues after winn…

Process safety engineer

EEF launches interactive game to promote workplace health and safety

Added: 18 Sep 2018

Manufacturing industry organisation the EEF is harnessing interactive media in a bid to spread the …

Sleaford parent company claims spice facility ‘a global first’

Added: 17 Sep 2018

Sleaford Quality Foods is claiming its parent company’s mammoth new processing facility will provid…

Deadline approaches for process industries’ photo competitions

Added: 17 Sep 2018

Entrants for one of manufacturing’s leading creative awards, The EEF Manufacturing Photography Comp…

Modern mandrels create faster factory flow

Added: 14 Sep 2018

Manual coil changes can be time consuming, not least when a plant is alternating production between…

Food sector's waste management proves its adaptability

Added: 12 Sep 2018

The Food and drink industry has reason to view the immediate economic future with trepidation.