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Visitor registration opens for the UK Chemical Industries EXPO, CHEMUK 2021

Added: 16 Jun 2021

Visitor registration for the CHEMUK 2021 EXPO, running from 15-16 September 2021 at the NEC in Birm…

Lighting’s vital role in safe HMI

Added: 16 Jun 2021

Electro-sensitive protective equipment provides safe, barrier-free access in an era of human-machin…

Robot ready manufacturers can take on the skills gap

Added: 16 Jun 2021

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of technology in the manufacturing industry. Continued …

Royal Society of Chemistry win for industry-boosting hydrogen peroxide production breakthrough

Added: 15 Jun 2021

A new method to allow utility and other industrial companies to deliver hydrogen peroxide on site a…

Water

Utilities’ business investment fall is nearly twice the average for UK industries say analysts

Added: 15 Jun 2021

Latest ONS data shows business investment in UK utilities sector fell by almost a quarter last year…

Make UK/BDO survey's manufacturing growth forecast doubles to outpace economy overall

Added: 15 Jun 2021

British manufacturing’s growth prospects have significantly improved, according to a major survey p…

Springpod provides launchpad for Siemens’ move to online placements

Added: 15 Jun 2021

Siemens will launch a new round of its virtual skills scheme to interest young people in engineerin…

Valves ensure chemical safety

Added: 8 Jun 2021

Ensuring a chemical plant meets the latest safety standards requires proven experience, given the h…

UK manufacturing fails to keep pace with millennial director trend

Added: 1 Jun 2021

The UK manufacturing sector is lagging behindthe rest of industry in the race to attract younger di…

Brewing consultancy toasts R&D success in creating 100k savings

Added: 31 May 2021

Brewing supplies and consultancy business Murphy & Son saved almost £100,000 over the past three ye…

Survey reveals nearly half of pharma companies can’t make use of their own data

Added: 31 May 2021

Almost one in two pharmaceutical European and US companies surveyed (48%) say their competitiveness…

TÜV SÜD unveils verification service to meet post-Brexit machinery rules

Added: 19 May 2021

TÜV SÜD UK has launched an audit service to help users to verify before final purchase that newly a…

Queen Elizabeth Prize launches search for next winner of £500,000 award

Added: 19 May 2021

Applications have opened for the next a competition for one of the most presitigious and lucrative …

Deadline for NMITE engineer applicants’ chance of bursary aid

Added: 19 May 2021

Prospective engineers wanting to join this year’s New Model Institute for Technology and Engineerin…

Landia chopper pumps provide effluent solution twice over

Added: 5 May 2021

Landia’s expertise in treating effluent and waste provided answers for two food producers and their…

Technician Janet goes for gold with Invertek's two millionth VFD

Added: 5 May 2021

Variable frequency drives (VFD) manufacturer Invertek Drives has marked the production of its two m…

Queen’s award for engineering company that grew export sales five times in three years

Added: 5 May 2021

Engineering company Chelburn Precision has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade, after its…

Chemicals sector finds Brexit's sunlit uplands hard to REACH

Added: 28 Apr 2021

Brexit’s sunlit uplands are proving difficult to access and, for one sector at least, the blame for…

Why it pays to take your tools to the repair shop

Added: 21 Apr 2021

Updating or repairing an injection mould tool can be complex yet helps extend lifespan and quality …

Milk production factory

Procurement, the vital link in the supply chain

Added: 21 Apr 2021

Procurement is often the weak link in the supply chain, warns Nick McGrane of K3 Syspro. It needn’t…