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BVAA chief Findlay is new Severn Glocon CEO
Added: 7 Jan 2020
British Valve and Actuator Association chairman Colin Findlay is the new CEO of Severn Glocon, succ…

Watson-Marlow expands international reach with Eastern Europe offices
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), has launched direct sales and technical support in th…

Make UK/Santander report blows hot and cold on UK food and drink
Added: 7 Jan 2020
The food and drink sector contributed 15.9% of UK manufacturing’s total Gross Value Added (GVA), ac…

ARC's Allan wins BCAS gong for banging the drum for engineering
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Engineering evangelist Allan Crawford is the winner of the BCAS Rogers Knight Award for his years o…

Blockchain's process industry benefits
Added: 22 Dec 2019
Just as the internet led to the complete overhaul of processes, so blockchain is creating a profoun…

Effective calibration ensures top quality instrumentation
Added: 18 Dec 2019
The long-standing relationship between materials expert Solvay and process automation leader Endres…

The hazardous limits to bringing your own device to the workplace
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Sophie Hand of EU Automation, assesses whether personal devices are equipped for hazardous environm…

Equipment counts for fall safety protection but so does training
Added: 11 Dec 2019
When working at height, quality training is every bit as important as providing suitable fall prote…

Charles honours the GPS Four at Buckingham Palace
Added: 10 Dec 2019
Four individuals who played a key part in the creation of GPS have been awarded the 2019 Queen Eliz…

It’s make or break for UK automation warns FANUC UK chief
Added: 10 Dec 2019
The UK is the only G7 country that has an industrial robot density below the world average – a fact…

Valves association announces first winner of new leadership trophy
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Rotork’s Dave Godfrey is the first ever winner of the British Valve and Actuator Association’s Futu…

Edwards’ mega-installation is one of Scottish engineering’s largest
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Edwards Engineering has completed a £4.5 million installation of a new furnace building at the Supe…

Strathclyde AFRC helps transform manufacturing insurance for 4.0 era
Added: 4 Dec 2019
The University of Strathclyde Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has teamed up with a leading …

UK businesses ‘ignoring the savings to be found by cutting energy waste’
Added: 3 Dec 2019
Nearly three times as many small to medium business in the UK fail to measure energy losses compare…

UK, Qatar and Dubai dominate BSC awards with eight doubles winners
Added: 3 Dec 2019
Eight companies from the UK and Arabian Gulf region have chalked up ‘doubles’ wins at the annual Br…

Essential training for process engineers from the Wolfson Centre
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Process Engineers working with powders, particulates and bulk solid materials can benefit from atte…

UK chemical sector R&D spend hits a high for yet another year
Added: 25 Nov 2019
The UK chemicals sector has increased its annual spending on research and development by 3.4% - its…

Landia helps Stornoway scoop top environmental prize
Added: 25 Nov 2019
A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the…

Application submitted for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Added: 25 Nov 2019
A planning application has been submitted for the development of the National Manufacturing Institu…

IQE’s Nelson wins 2019 Bessemer Award
Added: 25 Nov 2019
The Bessemer Society has presented its Lifetime Fellowship Award to Dr Drew Nelson, co-founder and …