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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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…
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…