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Blockchain will release the energy industry's potential
Added: 17 Jul 2019
The energy industry is understandably cautious about blockchain technology, but we should heed the …

Shell’s AM centre wins Lloyd’s coveted ‘badge of excellence’
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Lloyd’s Register has awarded a prestigious best practice qualification to Shell’s groundbreaking 3D…

Assytem's ASCO acquisition heralds French expansion
Added: 12 Jul 2019
Blackburn-based Assystem, now the world’s third largest nuclear engineering organisation has acquir…

Wanner’s Hydra-Cell hard sell reaps massive growth dividends
Added: 11 Jul 2019
Wanner International says it has recorded an average annual organic growth rate of over 14% over th…

EU directive's £17 million threat 'has put cyber security on the process agenda'
Added: 10 Jul 2019
The threat of massive multi-million pound fines for failing to safeguard against cyber security ris…

MP welcomes new food training facility as apprentice capacity doubles at site
Added: 10 Jul 2019
Redditch MP Rachel Maclean officially opened engineering training provider MGTS’s purpose-built fac…

px Group appoints Ineos Upstream’s Holmes as chief executive
Added: 9 Jul 2019
Infrastructure solutions leader px has appointed Ineos senior executive Geoff Holmes as its chief e…

Research reveals engineers’ creativity peaks long after others dip…
Added: 9 Jul 2019
New research claims to reveal that engineers reach peak creativity in the day long after other prof…

Huddersfield shares in €4 million Euro-donation to train new 5G experts
Added: 9 Jul 2019
A generation of 5G network experts will be trained by the University of Huddersfield, which receive…

Brexit uncertainty contributes to manufacturing’s sharp drop, says report
Added: 3 Jul 2019
UK manufacturing levels in May were at their lowest since February 2013 owing to mounting concern o…

CFMS appoints former Innovate chief Gray as chairman
Added: 3 Jul 2019
Digital engineering specialist the Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) has appointed the for…

Network Rail eyes steel assets to keep trains on track
Added: 3 Jul 2019
Network Rail has indicated it may be among the bidders after suggesting it was interested in part o…

Fish friendly pump stations help save a threatened species
Added: 26 Jun 2019
The European Eel is a species in rapid decline and pumps are part of the problem. Unless, that is, …

Siemens launches Industry 4.0 curriculum for universities
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Siemens is stepping into university with the launch of a teaching programme designed to put industr…

Midlands firm achieves national prominence with manufacturing award
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Midlands family firm MNB Precision has won a second industry award in two months, scooping the Nati…
Ofwat £126 million charge to Southern Water for sewage treatment failures
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Regulator Ofwat has imposed a massive £126 million penalty on Southern Water after serious failures…

Assystem signs energy transition agreement with Uzbekistan
Added: 25 Jun 2019
International engineering group Assystem has signed a deal with the Central Asian republic of Uzbek…

After a century of campaigning, why do we have so few women engineers?
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Windscreen wipers, computer software, space station batteries and the circular saw can all be credi…

Telemetry: the often overlooked Industry 4.0 gain
Added: 18 Jun 2019
You can’t ignore the impact of IIoT in the process sectors but you might miss one low key yet signi…

Bumper share of new research money goes to process industry projects
Added: 18 Jun 2019
Institution of Mechanical Engineers head of engineering Dr Jenifer Baxter has applauded the announc…