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Revolutionary sludge treatment adopted by Thames after trial success

Added: 22 Mar 2019

SEEPEX recently trialled its revolutionary treatment for dewatered sludge handling and following te…

Why sensors will be in the vanguard of your 4.0 evolution

Added: 20 Mar 2019

Sensors are the right starting point for any facility looking to evolve for smart manufacturing and…

Hydro “making progress” after attack as experts call for more cyber cooperation

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Renewable energy and aluminium supplier Norsk Hydro, whose holdings include several UK sites, said …

Electronics drives manufacturing growth says Make UK

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Britain’s electronics sector fuelled nearly two thirds of the country’s manufacturing growth last y…

Technical advance helps downstream negotiate the petrochemical switch

Added: 19 Mar 2019

“Global energy demand is growing… fuelled by a bigger middle class coming on the market with more c…

Digitalisation could transform oil and gas pumping

Added: 19 Mar 2019

The concept of reliability is both a watchword and in some ways a curse for the oil and gas sector.

Bara robotics

SAS invests £750 million in AI over three years

Added: 19 Mar 2019

SAS has committed to invest the equivalent of $1 billion (£750 million) in artificial intelligence …

Non-Destructive Testing apprenticeships win national recognition

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Skills Training UK has been shortlisted for its pioneering work in the development of non-destructi…

Babcock launches £2.4 million composite test facility with Edinburgh university

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Babcock international is partnering the University of Edinburgh to launch a £2.4 million engineerin…

BP chemicals plant facility

Lords' concern for Government lack of clarity over chemicals risk assessment

Added: 12 Mar 2019

Chair of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, Lord Teverson has said it is “…

UK European patent applications leap for fifth year, thanks to pharma and pumps

Added: 12 Mar 2019

The number of European patent applications from UK firms and inventors has increased for the fifth …

Make UK launches cyber protection pilot for members

Added: 11 Mar 2019

Manufacturers’ association Make UK has signed a partnership with cyber security experts Vauban Grou…

UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report

Added: 6 Mar 2019

As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…

Food

Lords to quiz minister and FSA on post-Brexit food safety

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Peers on the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee will quiz a government minister…

Let's make apprenticeships work for everyone

Added: 4 Mar 2019

It's National Apprenticeship Week from today until 8 March – EU Automation’s Jonathan Wilkins highl…

Yorkshire Water puts its toe in the water for transparency

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Utility company Yorkshire Water has released details of its ethnic pay gap and vowed to publish mos…

INEOS announces £1 billion investment in UK oil and petrochemicals

Added: 27 Feb 2019

INEOS has announced a slew of investments in the British process industries totalling more than £1 …

Heavy duty pumps enable eco-friendly solution for cement slurry

Added: 26 Feb 2019

You need tough pumps to handle the abrasive cement slurry that European materials specialist Xella …

Funders seek Brexit opportunity from process industries

Added: 26 Feb 2019

A leading SME finance platform claims that UK energy companies are likely to benefit from a growth …

YSI Life Sciences will be at IBioIC’s 2nd Annual Conference

Scottish lifesciences secure record equity

Added: 26 Feb 2019

Scotland’s life sciences companies raised £85 million of equity investment during the last 12 month…