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Chemical sector urges Johnson to deliver on exports and manufacturing growth
Added: 24 Jul 2019
A leading chemical sector organisation has urged new prime minister Boris Johnson to start deliveri…

Racing ace Button says time to get women engineers in the fast lane
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Formula 1 driver Jenson Button has used his public profile to support Santander UK’s inaugural STEM…

Engineering applicants on the rise in second quarter
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Summer may be traditionally a bad time for hiring but independent jobs board CV-Library claims that…

AxFlow's acquisition provides it with a foothold in Irish valves market
Added: 23 Jul 2019
AxFlow’s Irish subsidiary has acquired the Carlow-based Irish Pumps & Valves Limited, a major suppl…

Stasis or industry for the process sectors?
Added: 22 Jul 2019
A mighty, Brexit-sized freeze frame has sat around the process industries for the last three years.

Delivering a better SAP system without harming product line or the bottom line
Added: 22 Jul 2019
Installing a new SAP system at short notice to boost stock management was a tall order but CSB mana…

Pumps maintenance needs to combine DIY with good advice
Added: 22 Jul 2019
Do it Yourself is a motto best applied with caution within the increasingly refined pumps systems a…

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, …