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Siemens puts its money where its mouth is with Digital Academy pilot launch
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Six undergraduates have won £3,000 annual sponsorship and the chance of a three months paid placeme…

Process innovators win Queen’s Awards for breakthroughs and exports
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Three process industry firms are celebrating this week being among 200 companies to receive a Queen…
Engineering salaries show rise despite business uncertainty
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Engineering pay increased year on year for August, with salaries for new roles in the industry up 1…

Michele Windsor on the overlooked element for effective industrial logistics
Added: 11 Sep 2019
While we know reliable power is essential for effective logistics, we tend to ignore the role of ba…

Ion Science stays on target to achieve £20 million turnover in anniversary year
Added: 10 Sep 2019
The world’s largest manufacturer of volatile organic compounds (VOC) monitors, Cambridge-based Ion …

Schaeffler supplies its largest-ever spherical plain bearing
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Schaeffler has produced the largest spherical plain bearing in the company’s history – a monster w…

Financial jargon a ‘brake on manufacturing growth’
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Small to medium sized manufacturing enterprises are missing out on access to better finance because…

'Interesting times' beckon for pharma and biotech
Added: 4 Sep 2019
The scale of pharmaceutical counterfeiting can be staggering to behold – whether in terms of the nu…

Patent sense for pumps and pharmaceuticals
Added: 4 Sep 2019
The area where pumps intersects with pharma and biotech is thriving and growing. Patent application…

Company claims another first for automated gas filling plants
Added: 3 Sep 2019
The company that created the first full automated gas filling plant has launched a rival site now b…

Manufacturing unprepared for supply chain legal changes, warns consultancy
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Nearly two thirds of engineering, manufacturing and tech business responding to a survey say they a…
Nominations launch for IChemE 2020 medals including new Clean Energy award
Added: 2 Sep 2019
The Institution of Chemical Engineers has added a Clean Energy category to its annual array of meda…

Nearly 40 key bodies back new engineering manifesto demands
Added: 28 Aug 2019
The body representing key professional organisations and almost half a million UK engineers, has pu…

Manufacturers report turnover fall and recruitment squeeze, claims survey
Added: 27 Aug 2019
UK manufacturers are developing their own workforces to counter a chronic shortage of suitable recr…

First UK training course for fast-growing industrial drones market
Added: 19 Aug 2019
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched the UK’s first training c…

North West hatches scheme for ‘smart’ eggs and a digital-led boom
Added: 19 Aug 2019
A company planning to use Big Data and analytics to produce more efficient and happier egg-laying h…

ABB secures key Central Asian digital refinery project
Added: 12 Aug 2019
Global technology leader ABB is to play a strategic role in the transformation of Central Asia’s ma…

Assystem’s Fouin becomes first female to chair Nuclear Institute in North East
Added: 12 Aug 2019
Global engineering organisation Assystem has announced that its senior mechanical engineer has been…

Understanding Arc Flash jargon can help you save lives
Added: 2 Aug 2019
Arc Flash is a daily risk for those working in the utilities sector. So it’s essential, says ProGAR…

Why packaging mustn’t become the weak link in your cold chain
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Cold chain technology is vital for efficient food production, says Advanta’s Miguel Campos. It’s ti…