All Industry 4.0
Academics’ toolkit offers digital steer for SMEs
Added: 2 May 2025
University of East Anglia academics have developed a government-funded toolkit for SME manufacturer…
Process sectors’ new jobs opportunity: acoustics
Added: 2 May 2025
Workplace safety experts are urging graduates interested in environmental issues to consider a care…
Pharma sector suffers longest downtime disruptions says report
Added: 2 May 2025
UK and European pharmaceutical firms suffer the longest downtime disruptions of any industrial sect…
Deadline for £50k science and engineering scholarship extended to 10 May
Added: 10 Apr 2025
The deadline to apply for a new £50k scholarship administered by the National Physical Laboratory h…
Europe accused of trailing Middle East on sustainable plastics policy
Added: 10 Apr 2025
The European Union is “stuck in the past” in its attitude to so-called oxo-biodegradable plastics, …
ADE warns against two tier approach to net zero
Added: 10 Apr 2025
Factories and business that lie outside government-supported industry clusters are being overlooked…
Entrepreneur Jackson is new Digital Catapult chair
Added: 10 Apr 2025
Entrepreneur and academic professor Keith Jackson is the new chair of deep tech accelerator Digital…
Endress+Hauser level and pressure centre chief killed in car crash
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure centre managing director Dr Dirk Mörmann has been killed in a car acc…
AI pioneer spin-out Polaron wins inaugural £1 million Manchester Prize
Added: 24 Mar 2025
The first ever award of the new £1 million Manchester Prize for UK-led AI breakthroughs has gone to…
Fighting wars on factory settings
Added: 23 Mar 2025
Critical industries’ emergence as a target for hostile states reflects the increasingly digital asp…
Universities fear boost to young apprentices will undermine employee retraining
Added: 20 Mar 2025
A substantial majority of UK universities polled say pending government reform of apprenticeships w…
Balancing supply and demands
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Pharmaceutical manufacturing is becoming subject to greater disruption says Aggreko’s Craig Akers, …
EU eight call for critical chemicals law for access to industry building blocks
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Eight European Union member states have issued a demand for an EU critical chemicals act to address…
Vetter expands storage for temperature-sensitive meds demand
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Manufacturer Vetter is on course to expand storage plant capacity at its Ravensburg facility in Ger…
Integrating legacy data in the pharmaceutical sector
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Pharmaceutical companies transitioning to electronic records need to be mindful that, convenient or…
'Targeting SEND recruits could help plug engineering talent gap'
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a higher than average inte…
Willetts RIO appointment welcomed as boost for manufacturing innovation
Added: 11 Mar 2025
Former Tory minister Lord Willetts has been appointed as the chair of the Regulatory Innovation Off…
Infrastructure and safety issues ‘limiting green fuel producers’ access to key market’ claim
Added: 10 Mar 2025
Growth in one of the biggest potential markets for green energy producers could be hindered by infr…
Industry collaboration: The key to tackling supply chain disruption
Added: 24 Feb 2025
The critical role played by companies in the UK chemical supply chain is being hampered by a range …
Recruitment boost from Government and industry marks National Apprenticeship Week
Added: 13 Feb 2025
The Department for Education has announced plans to relax the rules governing apprenticeships in re…
