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Furlough skews figures but historic low productivity remains an issue
Added: 7 Jul 2020
Office of National Statistics figures for the first three months of the year reveal a fall in UK pr…
Water companies will reap benefits of sharing data with suppliers
Added: 24 Jun 2020
By providing data to equipment providers, water companies would support the design, build and opera…
Process Industry leaders line up to support Women in Engineering Day
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Chair of Make UK Dame Judith Hackitt has marked this year’s International Women in Engineering Day …
Xylem/Scottish Water deal aims to cut Caledonian footprint
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Scottish Water subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons has signed a deal with technology company Xylem W…
How one industry leader is redressing engineering’s gender imbalance...
Added: 23 Jun 2020
As pressure builds on engineering and manufacturing companies to boost the number of females in the…
Robotics provides answer for scaling up production
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Artisan beer production often operate at small scale. Robotics offers the cost effective solution t…
Bilfinger's Hinkley £350 million deal creates a matching 350 jobs
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Bilfinger UK has won two contracts worth £350 million for work at EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear pow…
Engineering and manufacturing ‘lag behind’ for post-COVID flexible working
Added: 9 Jun 2020
UK manufacturing and engineering firms were among the sectors least prepared to offer flexible work…
Protect to thrive: meeting the growing cybersecurity threat
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Increasingly sophisticated threats, limited internal experience and a lack of cybersecurity culture…
Factors to consider before postponing statutory inspections
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Many companies find themselves urgently needing to decide whether to postpone major maintenance int…
NMIS appoints Michelin’s Reid as new CEO
Added: 26 May 2020
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has announced that former Michelin executive J…
Strict safety measures enable RPI to achieve ‘90% production’
Added: 21 May 2020
Specialist inspection systems develop RPI UK says its production capacity is back to 90% since reop…
Don’t let lockdown block recruitment of young talent says Make UK
Added: 27 Apr 2020
Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK called on engineering and manufacturing employers not to halt r…
UK pharmaceutical patents continue YoY rise
Added: 27 Apr 2020
Latest European Patent Office (EPO) data reveals the UK was responsible for 293 pharmaceutical sect…
VSD blowers ensure reduced maintenance programme
Added: 23 Apr 2020
Installing modern VSD rotary screw blowers, Scottish Water's Nigg wastewater treatment works now ac…
VFDs point the way forward for tackling animal feed crisis
Added: 22 Apr 2020
Growing demand for animal and fish food protein means more facilities will need controlled, ambient…
Lorien unveils Africa expansion plans
Added: 14 Apr 2020
Lorien Engineering Solutions has launched an office in South Africa prompted by a growing demand in…
Pandemic effect ‘likely to increase R&D commitment long term’
Added: 14 Apr 2020
The severity of the impact from the coronavirus pandemic could delay recent Government promises to …
Combating Covid-19: Process sector contributions continue
Added: 14 Apr 2020
Process industry firms are continuing to switch their attention to combating the Covid-19 crisis, w…
Virtual events ‘reduce carbon emissions by more than 99%’ claim
Added: 14 Apr 2020
The swathe of industrial and consumer trade shows cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic…
