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Furlough skews figures but historic low productivity remains an issue
Added: 7 Jul 2020
Office of National Statistics figures for the first three months of the year reveal a fall in UK pr…
Water companies will reap benefits of sharing data with suppliers
Added: 24 Jun 2020
By providing data to equipment providers, water companies would support the design, build and opera…
Process Industry leaders line up to support Women in Engineering Day
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Chair of Make UK Dame Judith Hackitt has marked this year’s International Women in Engineering Day …
Xylem/Scottish Water deal aims to cut Caledonian footprint
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Scottish Water subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons has signed a deal with technology company Xylem W…
How one industry leader is redressing engineering’s gender imbalance...
Added: 23 Jun 2020
As pressure builds on engineering and manufacturing companies to boost the number of females in the…
Robotics provides answer for scaling up production
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Artisan beer production often operate at small scale. Robotics offers the cost effective solution t…
Bilfinger's Hinkley £350 million deal creates a matching 350 jobs
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Bilfinger UK has won two contracts worth £350 million for work at EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear pow…
Engineering and manufacturing ‘lag behind’ for post-COVID flexible working
Added: 9 Jun 2020
UK manufacturing and engineering firms were among the sectors least prepared to offer flexible work…
Oxford Flow secures £8.45 million to target utilities and industrial sectors
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Flow control equipment specialist Oxford Flow has secured £8.45 million to fuel the company’s expan…
Protect to thrive: meeting the growing cybersecurity threat
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Increasingly sophisticated threats, limited internal experience and a lack of cybersecurity culture…
Factors to consider before postponing statutory inspections
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Many companies find themselves urgently needing to decide whether to postpone major maintenance int…
Telehandle with care for process safety
Added: 27 May 2020
Telehandlers are ubiquitous in many process sectors yet can pose a deadly hazard, warns Brigade Ele…
Bühler honours memory of 'father of optical sorting' Fraenkel
Added: 27 May 2020
Global processing leader Bühler Group paid an official tribute this week to pioneering engineer, th…
NMIS appoints Michelin’s Reid as new CEO
Added: 26 May 2020
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has announced that former Michelin executive J…
Honeywell to produce 70 mill UK face masks in 18 months
Added: 21 May 2020
Honeywell has launched a new production line in the UK to produce 70 million face masks to support …
Strict safety measures enable RPI to achieve ‘90% production’
Added: 21 May 2020
Specialist inspection systems develop RPI UK says its production capacity is back to 90% since reop…
Manufacturing welcome for furlough scheme extension
Added: 12 May 2020
Make UK chief executive, Stephen Phipson has applauded the Government’s extension and changes to th…
WMFTG finds pumps solution for challenging foodstuff
Added: 8 May 2020
Some pumps find demanding food ingredients too hard to handle without damaging the end product. Wat…
Efficient pumps pay their way in ROI
Added: 30 Apr 2020
A refinery achieved improved performance from its pumps with help from Sulzer to deliver a return o…
Danish virus policy helps Landia forge ahead with new orders
Added: 27 Apr 2020
Leading pump and mixer manufacturer Landia reports that is has won significant new orders from Asia…
