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How load bank testing prevents pharmaceutical manufacturing downtime
Added: 7 Apr 2026
When a single interruption can destabilise controlled systems, jeopardise batch integrity or delay …

NMITE follows robotics launch with new bursary programmes
Added: 7 Apr 2026
Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has created new bursaries to …

IChemE survey highlights alarm over process industry skills gap
Added: 7 Apr 2026
An IChemE member employment survey has highlighted extensive concern among respondents about both t…
Produced water is unpredictable, effective treatment shouldn’t be
Added: 22 Mar 2026
Produced water exposes the fragility of treatment systems built around steady state assumptions, ca…

John Crane celebrates double win at 2026 PIA awards
Added: 22 Mar 2026
Flow control and rotating equipment specialist John Crane scooped two of the eight categories at th…

Investment gives 10 times boost to Grangemouth biorefinery production
Added: 21 Mar 2026
Scottish firm Celtic Renewables has won £16.23 million in public and private funding to scale its p…

Government and schools need to do more to boost skills says Make UK
Added: 10 Mar 2026
Britain’s education system came under fire again from employers for failing to develop the skills n…

Veterans: UK industry needs you…
Added: 10 Mar 2026
Armed Forces veterans are facing a new call-up from British industry seeking to harness their range…

Lift off for space careers as UKSA launches 50-placement scheme
Added: 23 Feb 2026
Fifty placements in the UK space sector are up for grabs as a new internship programme opened for a…

Cross-border project aims to boost Irish SME digitalisation
Added: 23 Feb 2026
An Ireland-wide initiative has been launched to speed digitalisation north and south of the border.

What rising raw material prices mean for electronics
Added: 23 Feb 2026
Upstream volatility impacts design and procurement teams warns Chris Withers, who explains how engi…

Coventry scores a double at manufacturer awards
Added: 23 Feb 2026
Coventry’s Evtec Automotive scored double gold at Make UK’s Manufacturing Awards ceremony with wins…

The five 2026 trends impacting CNC machining
Added: 23 Feb 2026
Data, automation, and hybrid technologies are reshaping precision manufacturing, says Dominique Gal…

Apprenticeships plunge as levy pot swells says Make UK
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Apprenticeship starts in the manufacturing and engineering sectors have plunged 40% over the last n…

PMI figures show fourth month of increase for manufacturers
Added: 11 Feb 2026
UK industry performed strongly at the start of the year with the latest CIPS manufacturing purchasi…

Frankfurt to host 2026 Europump annual meeting
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Europump, the European Federation of National Associations of Pump Manufacturers’ 2026 Annual Meeti…

NMITE advances into drone tech with Army’s aid
Added: 27 Jan 2026
The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is inviting applications for its rec…

Water Discovery Challenge II braces for flood of entries
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Entry is open for the second Water Discovery Challenge and the opportunity to share in up to £7.5 m…

Salt-loving bacteria could give cheese makers the commercial edge
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Cheese producers could have a new ally in the production process – a bacteria that enables faster r…

CBA chief: chemical industry ‘openly questioning’ Government commitment
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Chemicals firms are “openly questioning” whether the Government is capable of creating the conditio…