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Manufacturers report turnover fall and recruitment squeeze, claims survey

Added: 27 Aug 2019

UK manufacturers are developing their own workforces to counter a chronic shortage of suitable recr…

Valves should be on your summer maintenance list

Added: 22 Aug 2019

Recent summer maintenance programmes within industrial facilities should not have overlooked the im…

Xylem salute to Whaley Bridge flood emergency team

Added: 20 Aug 2019

Xylem UK chief Jason Howlett has congratulated his staff for their part in helping to prevent the c…

Nuclear know-how gets to heart of a critical pumps issue

Added: 19 Aug 2019

By asking the right questions, Sulzer helped reduce power demand for a critical pump serving a nucl…

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First UK training course for fast-growing industrial drones market

Added: 19 Aug 2019

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched the UK’s first training c…

North West hatches scheme for ‘smart’ eggs and a digital-led boom 

Added: 19 Aug 2019

A company planning to use Big Data and analytics to produce more efficient and happier egg-laying h…

Precision flow cuts costs for water authority

Added: 15 Aug 2019

Keen to put an end to expensive, time consuming calibration and measurement methods to maintain wat…

Peel deal creates £130 million plastic-waste-for-hydrogen solution

Added: 13 Aug 2019

Eleven waste-plastic-to-hydrogen facilities are to be created across the UK in a new agreement betw…

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Assystem’s Fouin becomes first female to chair Nuclear Institute in North East

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Global engineering organisation Assystem has announced that its senior mechanical engineer has been…

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It's not only in life that engineers avoid the limelight

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Engineers’ long acknowledged habit of being overly modest about their achievements appears to stay …

ABB secures key Central Asian digital refinery project

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Global technology leader ABB is to play a strategic role in the transformation of Central Asia’s ma…

Understanding Arc Flash jargon can help you save lives

Added: 2 Aug 2019

Arc Flash is a daily risk for those working in the utilities sector. So it’s essential, says ProGAR…

Why packaging mustn’t become the weak link in your cold chain

Added: 31 Jul 2019

Cold chain technology is vital for efficient food production, says Advanta’s Miguel Campos. It’s ti…

Schneider joins world cybersecurity watchdog

Added: 30 Jul 2019

Schneider Electric has become a founder member of the new Global Cybersecurity Alliance formed by t…

Only one in 20 manufacturers surveyed are happy with apprenticeship levy

Added: 30 Jul 2019

A survey by manufacturers’ organisation Make UK has revealed that 95% of respondents who expressed …

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UCL joins list of universities offering degree apprenticeships

Added: 30 Jul 2019

University College London has joined the growing list of British universities offering degree appre…

New international award to honour memory of pioneering BSC founder

Added: 30 Jul 2019

British Safety Council founder the late James Tye is to be commemorated in one of three new categor…

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Labour’s anti-fracking stance will boost emissions, claims UKOOG

Added: 30 Jul 2019

UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) chief executive Ken Cronin has accused the Labour Party of ‘wanting …

How process optimisation promotes workflow

Added: 24 Jul 2019

Bürkert’s Greg Wainhouse examines how the wastewater and brewing sectors employ process optimisatio…

SEEPEX joins Thames Water to enhance the skills of aspiring engineers

Added: 24 Jul 2019

SEEPEX has been asked by Thames Water to take part in the leading utility company’s work experience…