All Safety/HSE

Case study: New cleanrooms prompt search for better monitoring system
Added: 11 Jan 2024
During preparations for the construction of two new cleanroom facilities, NorthX Biologics, a leadi…

Viewpoint: Working safely with heat transfer fluids in plastics manufacture
Added: 10 Jan 2024
Plastics and polymers are vital materials in manufacturing. Global Heat Transfer’s Clive Jones expl…

Case study: Pumps prove vital to decarbonisation and environmental materials
Added: 9 Jan 2024
Peristaltic pumps help decontaminate water at Cornish Metals’ new treatment plant in a former mine …

HSE issues stern warning against falsifying NDT records
Added: 15 Nov 2023
The Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning against attempting to falsify records for non-de…

Two handed touchy-feely robot can pick a peck of pickled Pringles
Added: 10 Sep 2023
Scientists at the University of Bristol say their AI enhanced, bi-manual robot has achieved ‘near-h…

Wood secures SSEN preferred bidder status
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Global consulting and engineering company Wood has been selected as a preferred bidder on Scottish …

Latest PMI results produce a chorus of industry warnings
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Manufacturers have reacted with gloom to the latest CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ inde…

Process industries’ relief as Government shelves CE replacement plans ‘indefinitely’
Added: 15 Aug 2023
Process industry firms and organisations have reacted with relief to the announcement that the UK w…

Chemical industry ‘must be seen as crucial to net zero or struggle to attract talent’
Added: 15 Aug 2023
Public belief that the chemicals industry is not key to achieving net zero is undermining its recru…

Rule changes create double headache for R&D claimants
Added: 15 Aug 2023
Reforms to the system of tax relief for research and development projects could increase the admini…

Methane leaks: overlooked offender faces a regulatory crackdown
Added: 1 Aug 2023
Its contribution to global warming might be dwarfed by that of carbon dioxide but the relative impa…

Case study: Waste contractor brings in the Beast to transform Cornwall’s provision
Added: 27 Jul 2023
Proving that investment in innovation pays off, a Cornish liquid waste disposal company has increas…

UK Manufacturers embrace digital technologies to achieve Net Zero
Added: 23 Jul 2023
UK manufacturers are making significant strides in their digital transformation journey to achieve …

CBA welcomes pending UK REACH registration deadlines extension
Added: 12 Jul 2023
The Chemical Business Association has given a favourable response to the publication of the REACH …

White paper: How synthetic biology can help decarbonise pharmaceuticals
Added: 3 Jul 2023
Tunley Engineering’s Dr Robert Moorcroft, Nathan Wood and Dr Torill Bigg explain in their white pap…

PE Roundup 1 July – Steel warning, sustainable progress, young winners, new contracts, appointments
Added: 29 Jun 2023
DG of UK Steel Gareth Stace warned that almost 23 million tonnes of non-EU steel could flood the UK…

Your guide through the safety compliance jungle
Added: 14 Jun 2023
The Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades’ Peter Rawlinson provides us with some guidance…

How to Sample Gases and Volatile Liquids Properly
Added: 14 Jun 2023
Gases and volatile liquids used in your industrial fluid system must be of the highest quality and …

Bath says graphene research offers industrial disinfectant breakthrough
Added: 13 Jun 2023
Researchers at the University of Bath say they have developed a new graphene based process that can…

UK dependence on European hazardous waste disposal ‘could hamper growth’
Added: 13 Jun 2023
Industrial growth in the UK could be threatened by over-dependence on other countries to deal with …