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Modern overhaul to historic site aids environment and efficiency

Added: 13 Apr 2020

Bedford Pumps came up with a modern solution to ensure a historic pumping site could boost its effe…

Process Industry rallies with Covid-19 action

Added: 8 Apr 2020

Companies throughout Britain and those which form part of the process industry supply chain have do…

AD equipment to be tested by avalanche of food waste from panic-buying

Added: 31 Mar 2020

AD and biogas operators should brace themselves for an avalanche of food waste that will test their…

HSE flags up need for ‘fit-testing’ facemasks

Added: 31 Mar 2020

The Health and Safety Executive has issued advice to essential industrial workers and companies war…

Spirax’s Mike joins British boilers’ top 20

Added: 31 Mar 2020

Steam systems expert and trainer at Spirax Sarco’s UK Steam Technology Centre (UKSTC) Mike Maslanka…

Five steps to combat failing CHP engines

Added: 25 Mar 2020

Combined heat and power (CHP) engines that convert biogas into usable energy are vital equipment. B…

Company vows to tackle source of one in five major oil & gas accidents

Added: 24 Mar 2020

Creators of a new digital tool for the oil and gas industry say it could help reduce a major cost a…

Rotherham advanced solutions firm gains US foothold

Added: 23 Mar 2020

Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability has opened its first subsidiary in the USA, following …

Call for £7.5 bn investment to erase plastic waste and refuel economy

Added: 23 Mar 2020

Britain must invest billions to tackle the nearly five million tonnes of plastic waste it generates…

There's no short cuts to boosting female recruits in the manufacturing supply chain

Added: 18 Mar 2020

The lack of female recruits into the manufacturing supply chain is a brake on talent and needs urge…

EPO reveals ‘significant’ growth for UK patent applications in Europe

Added: 17 Mar 2020

The volume of patent applications filed by UK businesses in Europe has risen ‘significantly’ for th…

Sleaford recognised for commitment to food innovation

Added: 17 Mar 2020

Multiple packaged foods supplier Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF), is celebrating after after winning t…

The importance of proper planning for height safety

Added: 11 Mar 2020

Designing a height safety system is essential from the start of any project, insists HCL Safety‘s S…

Valves provide the answer to a faulty blower problem

Added: 11 Mar 2020

When faulty blowers threatened a water company’s filtration system, Sulzer identified valves as the…

Pressure grows for Budget boost to manufacturing

Added: 9 Mar 2020

As the Chancellor prepared the first Budget of Boris Johnson’s administration, manufacturing leader…

Severn Trent Water

Severn Trent and partner get £1 mill innovation grant to treat wastewater 

Added: 3 Mar 2020

Clean tech company CCm Technologies has been awarded approximately £1 million in government funding…

VSDs to lose exemption from tough new Euro motor efficiency rules

Added: 3 Mar 2020

Variable speed drives will be included for the first time in stringent new rules for electric motor…

Manufacturing sparks

Expert warns coronavirus impact will heighten need for Industry 4.0 solutions

Added: 3 Mar 2020

The economic disruption caused by global disasters such as the coronavirus outbreak would be tackle…

Oliver Valves wins record £10 million Middle East order

Added: 3 Mar 2020

Leading manufacturer Oliver Valves has marked its 40 years in business by winning an order in exces…

Nature offers key to producing sustainable chemicals

Added: 25 Feb 2020

Industrial products that currently depend for their creation on chemicals from hydrogen and fossil …