All Industry 4.0

Norwell seeks training EDGE with upstream e-learning
Added: 23 Apr 2018
Oil industry company Norwell Engineering has launched a 50 module e-learning course to counter what…

3D is revolutionising manufacturing for metal components
Added: 17 Apr 2018
The way we manufacture is changing. Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is a quickly growing ar…

Manufacturers say UK can exploit global process industry equipment demand
Added: 16 Apr 2018
The UK’s specialist mechanical equipment industry is well placed to exploit its sector’s continued …

Process leader Austin replaces retiring Valente as TUV SUD UK chief
Added: 16 Apr 2018
TUV SUD has appointed Brian Austin as its new CEO for the UK and Ireland, succeeding Michael Valent…

Don't act on impulses, use good sensors
Added: 11 Apr 2018
The world has moved on and so has the technology at our disposal. Why then, asks Ken Roberts, do so…

UKCS operators could save on more than ‘£240 million cost and deferred revenue’
Added: 9 Apr 2018
UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) oil and gas operators are overlooking innovations that could be worth i…

Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…
Another dimension for pumps
Added: 6 Apr 2018
The traditional belief in the oil and gas industry that reliability needs to come first where techn…

UKOOG says shale announcement will help secure domestic gas supply
Added: 3 Apr 2018
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) chief executive Ken Cronin has hailed completion of the country’s fi…

Tata backing helps revolutionary pumps device break US market
Added: 3 Apr 2018
A Scottish firm which pioneered an intelligent device for preventing wastewater pipe blockages has …

Gas engineer awards aim to address recruitment dilemma
Added: 3 Apr 2018
Leading engineering body the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) has launched a raft o…
New sustainable food MOOC pinpoints jobs of the future
Added: 3 Apr 2018
The first ever MOOC – massive open online course – on the use of sustainable food systems in the Me…

Javid refusal for open cast mining bid prompts angry response
Added: 27 Mar 2018
Communities secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to overturn a ruling by the government planning inspec…

FDF welcomes Brexit deal on EU workers
Added: 27 Mar 2018
Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright has welcomed guarantees provided in the Brexi…

Brand new age for STEM recruitment
Added: 22 Mar 2018
Words such as branding and marketing are, one suspects, anathema to the average engineer.

Mixed report for UK oil and gas ‘shows need for transformative change’
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Average unit operating costs in the UK continental shelf have halved since 2014, while the average …

Nuclear industry lauds ‘outstanding quality’ apprentices
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Urenco UK’s multi-award winning Benjamin Crane has scooped the heavily contested UK Nuclear Apprent…

Euro trio calls for Brexit chemical industry guarantees
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Two of the leading chemical industries bodies in Europe and a leading continental trade union have …

Small Modular Reactors: into the energy mix?
Added: 13 Mar 2018
A common denominator among UK nuclear projects at Hinkley Point, Wylfa, Sizewell and Moorside has b…

UK pharma and biotech patent applications soar
Added: 13 Mar 2018
UK applications for pharmaceutical and biotech patents recorded the second highest rise in percenta…